狂人日記
A Madman's Diary
Read the opening of A Madman’s Diary. Compare the narrator’s claim of clear thinking with his reaction to the dog.
Read this sectionHSK 7–9 reading: advanced Chinese texts
Interpret narrative voice, irony and older Chinese phrasing in sustained source texts.
Start with one section. Paraphrase its argument or point of view in modern Chinese, and distinguish the narrator’s judgement from what the text actually establishes.
阿Q正傳
The True Story of Ah Q
Read the first chapter of Ah Q. Identify the narrator’s difficulties in presenting the protagonist.
Read this section論語
The Analects
Choose one saying from the opening section of The Analects. Restate it in modern Chinese and give a concrete example.
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