Week 1(9/13):  Introduction

Liang Qichao, “On the relationship between fiction and the government of the people,” in Denton ed., Modern Chinese Literary Thought: Writings on Literature 1893-1945. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996.

梁启超， “论小说与群治之关系”. 梁启超选集，北京：人民文学出版社， 2013.

Anderson, The Limits of Realism, Chapter 1.

Week 2 (9/20): Realism to the Rescue 

Chen Duxiu, “On Literary Revolution,” in Denton ed., Modern Chinese Literary Thought: Writings on Literature 1893-1945. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996.
陈独秀, "文学革命论". 《新青年精粹 》第一卷， 陈独秀，李大钊编撰. 北京：中国画报出版社，2013.

Hu Shi, “Some Modest Proposals for the Reform of Literature,” in Denton ed., Modern Chinese Literary Thought: Writings on Literature 1893-1945. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996.
胡适, "文学改良刍议". 《新青年精粹》第一卷， 陈独秀，李大钊编撰.  北京：中国画报出版社，2013.

Lu Xun, “Madman’s Diary” and “The True Story of Ah Q.”
鲁迅, "狂人日记". 《鲁迅全集》(第一卷). 北京：人民文学出版社，2005.

Anderson, The Limits of Realism, Chapter 2.

Week 3 (9/27): "Moral Impediments to Realism" I

Lu Xun, “The True Story of Ah Q.”
鲁迅, "阿Q正传". 《鲁迅全集》(第一卷). 北京：人民文学出版社，2005.

Anderson, The Limits of Realism, pp. 76-92.

Week 4 (10/4): "Moral Impediments to Realism" II

Ye Shengtao, Ni Huanzhi, selected chapters.
叶圣陶 (叶绍钧), 《倪焕之》, Hongkong : Yi xin shu dian, [196-?]

Anderson, The Limits of Realism, pp. 93-118.

Week 5 (10/11): "Social Impediments to Realism" I

Lao She, Rickshaw (selection). translated by Howard Goldblatt. New York : Harper Perennial Modern Chinese Classics, 2010　　　　　　　　　　　
老舍, 骆驼祥子. 《老舍作品经典》，第二卷 。 北京：中国华侨出版社， 1999。 

Recommended:       Film: Rickshaw (1982). 

Week 6 (10/18): "Social Impediments to Realism" II

Mao Dun, Spring Silkworms. Beijing: Foreign Language Press, 2001.
茅盾, 《春蚕》.  北京: 外文出版社, 2001.

Anderson, The Limits of Realism, Chapter 4.

Week 7 (10/25): Political Impediments to Realism

Mao Zedong, “Talks at the Yan’an Forum on Literature and Art,” in Denton ed., Modern Chinese Literary Thought: Writings on Literature 1893-1945. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996.
毛泽东，“在延安文艺座谈会上的讲话“. 《民国思潮读本 第4卷 》 - 田晓青主编 2013

Ding Ling, “We Need the Zawen Essay,” in Denton ed., Modern Chinese Literary Thought: Writings on Literature 1893-1945. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996.
丁玲, "我们需要杂文," 《中国新文艺大系：1937-1949》 第3卷，散文杂文集 . 北京：中国文联出版社， 1996.

Ding Ling, “When I was in Xia Village.”
丁玲,"我在霞村的时候", 《丁玲选集》.  成都：四川文艺出版社，1990.

Anderson, The Limits of Realism, pp. 200-2.

Week 8 (11/1): The Political Economy of Socialist Realism

Zhao Shuli, Sanliwan Village. Beijing: Foreign Language Press, 1957.
赵树理,《三里湾》. 太原：北岳文艺出版社，1999.

Recommended: 

Evgeny Dobrenko, Political Economy of Socialist Realism, Chapter 1.

Week 10 (11/15): Cultural Revolution

He Jingzhi, Ding Yi etc., The White-Haired Girl.　　　　
贺敬之，丁毅 等， 《白毛女》. 上海： 新华书店，1949.

Recommended: 
Ballet: The White-Haired Girl (1964) (available via YouTube)

Week 11 (11/22): The Beginning of Avant-garde Literature 

Beidao, “Waves” in Waves.
北岛，《波动》. 香港：中文大学出版社， 1991.

Ah Cheng, “The King of Trees” in The King of Trees.
阿城， "树王", 《阿城小说选》. 北京： 中国文学出版社， 1999.

Recommended:
Li Tuo, “Resistance to Modernity,” in Chinese Literature in the Second Half of a Modern Century, pp. 137-146. 

Week 12 (11/29): Root-seeking Literature

Han Shaogong, A Dictionary of Maqiao (selection). New York: Columbia University Press, 2003.
韩少功， 《马桥词典》. 济南：山东文艺出版社， 2001.

Week 13 (12/6)  The Nobel Dream and Conclusion

Mo Yan, Red Sorghum (selection). New York: Viking, 1993.
莫言，《红高粱》 （莫言文集， 第一卷）， 北京：作家出版社， 1995.

Recommended:
Film: Red Sorghum (1987)

Reread:
Anderson, The Limits of Realism, Chapter 1.