Quizzes Flashcards
One of the most important sources for all later martial arts narratives in China is a Ming Dynasty linked-chapter fiction entitled:
Outlaws of the Marsh
Variety plays (zaqu) first emerged as a popular form of drama
In the pleasure quarters of the Yuan Dynasty
Zhang Dai wrote his nostalgic collection of ‘miniature’ prose works, “Dreams Memories of Tao’an”
After the fall of the Ming
Ming Dynasty
1368-1644
Feng Menglong was an advocate of
The cult of qing
The May 4th movement took place
On May 4th, 1919 in response to the Treaty of Versailles
Synecdoche
A metonymic figure in which a part stands for the whole
Lu Xun’s decision to become a writer was prompted by
Viewing a lantern slide of an execution of a Chinese spy
Li Zhi, author of the miniature essay “On the Child Mind” also wrote
A Book to be Burned
Wu Jianren’s novel Sea of Regret is set against the backdrop of
The Boxer Uprising of 1899-1901
Chairman Mao’s “Talks at the Yan’an Forum on Art and Literature,” the document that served as a blueprint for literary And cultural life in China for nearly 40 years, asserts that
Literature and art are an essential cog in the literary machine
Eileen Chang’s collection of short stories “Romances” was written:
In Shanghai under Japanese occupation
Lu Xun’s essay “What Happens After Nora Leaves Home?” is
A cautionary lesson about woman’s emancipation ungrounded in economic realities
Pu Songling’s “Lian-Xiang”
Is a story in the classical register from Liao-zhai’s Tales of Wonder
The Opium Wars of 1838-1842 resulted in
The establishment of a series of ‘treaty ports’ including Hong Kong and Shanghai
