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A Reflection of Reality
Selected Readings in Contemporary Chinese Short Stories
By Chih-p'ing Chou, Liping Yu, Joanne Chiang PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-5256-7
PREFACE
A Reflection of Reality is the first anthology of modern Chinese short stories that the Chinese Language Program at Princeton University has developed over the past 25 years. This textbook is designed for those who have completed three years of college Chinese. Princeton University Press has published several titles for the advanced level students, such as All Things Considered, A Kaleidoscope of China, Anything Goes, China's Own Critics, Literature and Society, and China's Peril and Promise. None of these books were devoted to contemporary Chinese short stories. We have been working on this anthology for the past ten years and Chinese Linguistics Project has been distributing this textbook for adoption in the classroom by several universities.
Many advanced Chinese language textbooks have been taking a very practical approach, such as branching into Business Chinese. We believe that in order to improve students' Chinese proficiency, especially at the advanced level, a more general, non-specific, content base is necessary. A Reflection of Reality takes a different direction in its pedagogical approach by presenting a selection of twelve short-stories written by contemporary authors. These stories appeared in various newspapers and magazines published in China and reflect contemporary Chinese society from various perspectives in the hopes of covering all walks of life. We believe this textbook will not only improve students' language proficiency, but enhance their understanding of contemporary China. Hence, this textbook can be adopted for language as well as contemporary Chinese literature courses.
Chih-p'ing Chou
Liping Yu
Joanne Chiang
May 1, 2014
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