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代写CHNS 3646: Classical Chinese Fiction
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School of Languages and Cultures

Department of Chinese Studies

CHNS 3646: Classical Chinese Fiction

Semester 2 , 2016

Uni t o f Study Ou t l ine

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Unit Coordinators

Unit coordinators are listed on undergraduate and postgraduate coursework

semester timetables, and can be consulted for help with any difficulties you may

have.

Unit coordinators (as well as the Faculty) should also be informed of any illness or

other misadventure that leads students to miss classes and tutorials or be late with

assignments.

Unit Coordinator: Dr ZHAO Xiaohuan

Location: Room 642 Brennan-MacClallum Building A18

Email address: [email protected]

Phone: 02-93513555

Consultation Hours: Wed 17:00-18:00; Thu 17:00-18:00

This Unit of Study Outline MUST be read in conjunction with the Faculty of Arts and Social

Sciences Student Administration Manual

(http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/student_admin_manual.shtml) and all applicable

University policies. In determining applications and appeals, it will be assumed that every

student has taken the time to familiarise themselves with these key policies and procedures.

CHNS3646: Classical Chinese Fiction

UNIT DESCRIPTION

How does the lean prose of classical Chinese express complexities of feeling or imagination? What

issues does fiction in this ancient language raise about traditional Chinese society, beliefs and

values? In light of these questions and of modern scholarship, this unit of study examines samples of

pre-Tang zhiguai (tales of the strange and supernatural) and zhiren (tales of the world), Sui-Tang

chuanqi (transmission of the marvellous), and the "strange stories" of the seventeenth-century scholar

Pu Songling.

This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit for students who are already enrolled in the BA

(Advanced) degree program.

OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES

Unit objectives and outcomes include but are not limited to:

1. Understanding the genre of wenyan xiaoshuo, or classical Chinese fiction and its development

over time (from per-Qin period to the Qing period).

2. Analysing critically major texts and genres of classical Chinese fiction.

3. Examining critically major recurring themes, concerns and values in classical Chinese fiction.

4. Thinking critically about social customs, intellectual pursuits, aesthetical tastes, political and

institutional systems, and religious and folk beliefs and practices as reflected in classical Chinese

fiction.

LEARNING STRUCTURE

Lecture: 1× 1 hr per week

Tutorial: 2 ×1 hr per week

Lecture: Wed 12:00-13:00

Venue: Quadrangle Building, Latin 2 S225

Tutorial: Thu 10:00-12:00

Venue: Carslaw Tutorial Room 361

UNIT SCHEDULE

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45); Mair (1983: 1-27);

Zhao (2005b: 157-181)

3 08 August Xiaoshuo in embryo Zhao (2003: 18-25;

2005a: 22-29)

Myths, anecdotes,

parables, and legends

in pre-Qin classics

4 17 August Six Dynasties Xiaoshuo (1):

Gan Bao”s Soushen ji (SSJ)

Zhao (2003: 27-454;

2005a: 31-60)

Selected tales from

SSJ

5 24 August Six Dynasties Xiaoshuo (2): Mather (1976:xiiixxx)

Lu Hsun (1982:

Excerpts from SSXY

66-79); Nienhauser,

Jr. (1986: 704-705)

6 31 August The Taiping guang ji (TPGJ)

(1)

Zhao (2009: 1-14);

Nienhauser (1986:

744-745)

Zhao (2003: 55-77;

2005a: 61-85);

Excerpts from TPGJ

7 7 Sept. TPGJ (2) Zhao (2009: 1-14);

Nienhauser (1986:

744-745)

Test 1 in tutorial class

@10:30-11:10 pm

8 14 Sept. Tang chuanqi fiction (1): Lu (1976: 80-105);

Nienhauser, Jr.,

1986: 356-360)

Selected tales from

Tang chuanqi stories;

OP Session 1

9 21 Sept. Tang chuanqi fiction (2): Lu (1976: 80-105);

Nienhauser, Jr.

(1986: 356-360)

Selected tales from

Tang chuanqi stories;

OP Session 2

BREAK 28 Sept SESSION BREAK

10 5 Oct.* Pu Songling and his Liaozhai

zhiyi (LZZY)

Zhao (2003: 109-

124; 2005a: 126-

134)

Selected tales from

LZZY;

OP Session 3

11 12 Oct. Yuan Mei’s Zi bu yu (ZBY) Zhao (2003: 124-

134; 2005a: 134-

147)

Selected tales from

ZBY;

OP Sessions 4

12 19 Oct. Ji Xiaolan’s Yuewei caotang

biji (YWCTBJ

Selected tales from

YWCTBJ;

OP Sessions 5

13 26 Oct. OP session 6 and Review Test 2 in tutorial class

@10:30-11:10 pm

STUVAC 02 Nov. STUVAC

* NB: Public holiday on Monday 5 October.

READING REQUIREMENTS

Textbook and reading/reference materials:

There is no textbook designated for this unit of study. Non- xiaoshuo readings assigned for lectures

and tutorials are available online, via the Library’s eReadings system. As for the xiaoshuo works

covered in the syllabus, they are available in hard copies in the Library, and most of them are

gooleable as well. You are welcome to ask your instructor for help if you have difficulty locating

them in the library or searching them online.

Aside from weekly assigned readings, a list of books and articles is given in the Bibliography for your

reference.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Titles marked with an asterisk (*) are on Special Reserve, Level 2, Fisher Library.

Primary sources: Xiaoshuo works and anthologies:

*干寶著，汪紹楹校注，《搜神記》，北京：中華書局，1979

郭郛注，《山海经注证》，北京：中國社會科學出版社，2004

郭璞注，《山海經》，台北：世界書局，1988

纪昀，《閱微草堂筆記》，北京：中華書局，1999

*李昉等編，《太平廣记》全十冊，北京：中華書局，1961

*劉義慶編撰，劉孝標注，朱鑄禹集注，《世說新語彙校集注》，上海：上海古籍出版社，2002

劉義慶編撰，劉孝標注，徐震堮校箋注，《世說新語校箋》，北京：中華書局，1984

*蒲松齡著，張友鶴輯校，《聊齋誌異會校會注會評本》，上海：上海古籍出版社，1978

*汪辟疆校錄，《唐人小說》，上海：上海古籍出版社，1978

袁枚，《子不語》上下冊，上海：上海古籍出版社，1986

Secondary sources in Chinese: book-length studies of xiaoshuo:

卞孝萱，《唐人小說與政治》，廈門: 鷺江出版社, 2003

陳珏，《初唐傳奇文鈎沈》，上海：上海古籍出版社，2005

陳文新，《文言小說審美髮展史》，武漢：武漢大學出版社，2002

程毅中，《神怪情俠的藝術世界：中國古代小說流派漫話》，北京: 中共中央黨校出版社: 新華書店經

銷, 1994

——《古小說簡目》，北京：中華書局，1981

*董乃斌，黃霖主編，《古代小說鑒賞辭典》上下冊，上海：上海辭書出版社，2004

干寶著，張覺譯，《白話搜神記》，長沙：岳麓書社，1991

郭豫適，《中國古代小說論集》，上海：華東師範大學出版社，1992年第3版（修訂版)

韓雲波，《唐代小說觀念與小說興起研究》，成都：四川民族出版社，2002

纪昀著，老山译，《白話閱微草堂筆記》，长沙：岳麓书社,1996

*候忠義，劉世林，《中國文言小說史稿》，北京：北京大學出版社，1993

*李劍國，《唐前志怪小說史》，天津：南開大學出版社，1984

劉義慶編撰，柳士鎮等譯，《世说新语全译》，貴陽：贵州人民出版社, 1996

*魯迅，《中國小說史略》（插圖本），上海：上海古籍出版社，2004

朴美齢，《世說新語中所反映的思想》，台北：文津出版社，1990

蒲松齡著，萧艾等譯，《白话聊斋全本》，長沙：岳麓書社，1990.

萧虹，《世說新语整體研究》，上海：上海古籍出版社，2005

王能憲，《世說新語研究》，南京：江蘇古籍出版社，1992

王青，《西域文化影響下的中古小說》，北京：中國社會科學出版社，2006

*葉桂剛，王貴元主編，《中國古代十大志怪小說賞析》，北京：北京廣播學院出版社，1992

袁枚著，古晔等譯，《子不語》，北京：中國國際廣播出版社，1992

袁行霈，侯忠義編，《中國文言小說書目》，北京：北京大學出版社，1981

*《中國古代小說百科全書》編輯委員會，《中國古代小說百科全書》，北京: 中國大百科全書出版

社, 2006年第三版（修訂版）

*周次吉，《六朝志怪小說硏究》，台北：文津出版社，1986

*朱一玄编，《聊齋誌異资料匯编》，鄭州：中州古籍出版社，1985

Secondary sources in English: General studies:

Birrell, Anne, Chinese Mythology: An Introduction. Baltimore and London: The John Hopkins

University Press, 1993.

*Idema, Wilt and Lloyd Haft, A Guide to Chinese Literature. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies,

The University of Michigan, 1997.

*Lu Hsun (aka. Lu Xun), A Brief History of Chinese Fiction. Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1976.

*Mair, Victor, ed., The Columbia History of Chinese Literature. New York: Columbia University

Press, 2001.

Nienhauser, William H., Jr., ed., The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature. 2 v.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986-1998.

Secondary sources in English: Anthologies and book-length studies/translations

Birch, Cyril, ed. Anthology of Chinese Literature from Early Times to the Fourteenth

Century. New York: Grove Press, 1965.

Campany, Robert Ford, Strange Writing: Anomaly Accounts in Early Medieval China. Albany: SUNY

UP, 1996.

*Ding, Wangdao, trans. 100 Chinese Myths and Fantasies: Chinese-English, Beijing: Shangwu

yinshu guan, 1988.

Dudbridge, Glen, The Tale of Li Wa: Study and Critical Edition of a Chinese Story from the Ninth

Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1983.

Huntington, Rania, Alien Kind: Foxes and Late Imperial Chinese Narrative. Cambridge. MA:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Asia Center, 2003.

Ma, Y. W. and Joseph S. M. Lau, eds. Traditional Chinese Stories, Themes and Variations. Boston:

Cheng & Tsui Co., 1986.

Mair, Victor, ed. The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature. New York: Columbia

University Press, 1994.

Minford, John and Joseph S. M. Lau, eds. Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of

Translations. Volume 1: From Antiquity to the Tang Dynasty. New York: Columbia University

Press, 2000.

Owen, Stephen, trans. & ed. An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911. New York:

Norton, 1996.

*Liu I-ch’ing. Shih-shuo Hsin-yü—A New Account of Tales of the World, with commentary by Liu

Chün; translated with introduction and notes by Richard B. Mather. Ann Arbor: Center for

Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 2002.

*Gan Bao. 1996. In search of the Supernatural: The Written Record, translated by Kenneth J.

DeWoskin and J.I. Crump, Jr. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1996.

*Pu Songling, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, translated with Introduction by John Minford.

London: Penguin Books, 2006.

*Yang, Winston L. Y, et al. ed. Classical Chinese Fiction; A Guide To Its Study and Appreciation:

Essays and Bibliographies. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1978.

*Yang, Xianyi, and Gladys Yang, trans. Tang Dynasty Stories. Beijing: Panda Books, 1986.

*Yuan Mei, Censored by Confucius: Ghost Stories, edited and translated with an introduction by

Kam Louie and Louise Edwards. Armonk, N. Y.; London, Eng.: M.E. Sharpe, 1996.

*Zeitlin, Judith, Historian of the Strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale. Stanford, CA:

Stanford University Press, 1993.

*Zhao, Xiaohuan. “From Shanhai jing to Liaozhai zhiyi: Towards a Morphology of Classical Chinese

Supernatural Fiction. PhD Thesis, the University of Edinburgh, 2003.

*Zhao, Xiaohuan. Classical Chinese Supernatural Fiction: A Morphological History. New York: The

Edwin Mellen Press, 2005a.

Secondary sources in English: essays, articles and reviews

Campany, Robert Ford, “Ghosts Matter: The Culture of Ghosts in Six Dynasties Zhiguai,” Chinese

literature: Essay, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR), Vol. 13 (Dec., 1991), pp. 15-34.

Cutter, Robert Joe, “History and ‘The Old Man of the Eastern Wall’,” Journal of the American

Oriental Society, Vol. 106, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1986), pp. 503- 528.

DeWoskin, Kenneth, J., “Hsiao-shuo,” in William H. Nienhauser, Jr. ed., The Indiana Companion to

Traditional Chinese Literature, Vol. 1, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 423-

426.

-- "On Narrative Revolutions", Chinese literature: Essay, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR), Vol. 5, No. 1/2

(Jul., 1983), pp. 29-45.

Francis, Sing-chen Lydia, “ ‘What Confucius Wouldn't Talk About’: The Grotesque Body and Literati

Identities in Yuan Mei's ‘Zi buyu’,” Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR),

Vol. 24 (Dec., 2002), pp. 129-160.

Gjertson, Donald E., “The Early Chinese Buddhist Miracle Tale: A Preliminary Survey,” Journal of

the American Oriental Society, Vol. 101, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1981), pp. 287-301

Hegel, E. Robert, "Traditional Chinese Fiction-The State of the Field," The Journal of Asian Studies,

Vol. 53, No. 2 (1994), pp. 394-426.

Hightower, James R., “Yuan Chen and ‘The Story of Ying-Ying’,” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies,

Vol. 33, (1973), pp. 90-123.

Huntington, Rania, “Classical Chinese Supernatural Fiction: A Morphological History (review),”

China Review International, vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2007), pp. 307-312.

Kao, Karl S.Y., “Aspects of Derivation in Chinese Narrative,” Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles,

Reviews (CLEAR), Vol. 7, No. 1/2 (Jul., 1985), pp. 1-36

--“Bao and Baoying: Narrative Causality and External Motivations in Chinese Fiction,” Chinese

Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR), Vol. 11 (Dec., 1989), pp. 115-138

Kirkland, Russell, “A World in Balance: Holistic Synthesis in T’ai-pi’ing Kuang-chi,” Journal of Sung-

Yuean Studies, 23 (1993), pp. 43-70.

Lu Hsun (aka, Lu Xun), “The Historical Development of Chinese Fiction,” in Lu Hsun, A Brief History

of Chinese Fiction, translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang. Beijing: Foreign Languages

Press, 1976, pp. 373-419.

Ma, Y. W. “Fact and Fantasy in T’ang Tales,” Chinese literature: Essay, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR),

Vol. 2, No. 2 (July 1980), pp. 167-181.

Mair, Victor, "The Revolutions in Chinese Narrative Literature: Ontological Presuppositions",

Chinese literature: Essay, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR), Vol. 5, No. 1/2 (Jul., 1983), pp. 1-27.

Mather, Richard B., “Introduction,” in Liu I-ch’ing. Shih-shuo Hsin-yü—A New Account of Tales of

the World, with commentary by Liu Chün, Minnespolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1976,

pp. xiii-xxx.

Nienhauser, WH Jr., 1988-89, "The Origin of Chinese Fiction," Monumenta Serica, MS 38 (1988-

1989), pp. 1-14.

Schafer, Edward H., “The Table of Contents of the ‘T'ai p'ing kuang chi,” Chinese Literature: Essays,

Articles, Reviews (CLEAR), Vol. 2, No. 2. (Jul., 1980), pp. 258-263.

Wong, Timothy C., “Self and Society in T’ang Dynasty Love Tales,” Journal of American Oriental

Society, Vol. 99, No. 1 (1979), pp. 95-100.

Wu Hua, Laura, "From Xiaoshuo to Fiction: Hu Yinglin's Genre Study of Xiaoshuo", Harvard Journal

of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 55, No.2 (1995), pp. 339-371.

Yu, Anthony C., "Rest, Rest, Perturbed Spirit!" Ghosts in Traditional Chinese Prose Fiction,”

Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 47, No. 2. (Dec., 1987), pp. 397-434.

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Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2005b), pp.157-181.

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Asian Cultural Studies, Vol. 35 (March 2009), pp. 1-14.

Zhao, Xiaohuan. “Towards an Integrated Cognitive Model of Literature: With Special Reference to

Tang Chuanqi Fiction,” AUMLA, Issue 114 (November 2010), pp. 57-72.

ONLINE COMPONENTS

This unit requires regular use of the University’s Learning Management System (LMS), also known as

Blackboard Learn. You will need reliable access to a computer and the Internet to use the LMS.

The easiest way to access is through MyUni (click on the ‘MyUni’ link on the university home page,

http://sydney.edu.au or link directly to the service at https://myuni.sydney.edu.au/. There is a

‘Blackboard LMS’ icon in the QuickLaunch window on the left hand side of the screen.

If you have any difficulties logging in or using the system, visit the Student Help area of the LMS site,

http://sydney.edu.au/elearning/student/help/.

Mobile Learn

You can also access your LMS sites via the Sydney Uni App for iPhone and Android. The full set of

features available on the mobile app for the University LMS can be found in detail in this PDF

document: Features in the mobile App for the University LMS (PDF)

To download the University of Sydney mobile app directly to your phone or mobile device you need to

be able to access the marketplace associated with your device's operating system.

• iTunes store on your iPhone/ iPod touch or iPad

• Play Store or the Android Marketplace (depending on the phone's OS)

• BlackBerry App World® on your BlackBerry® smartphone device

• Palm App Catalog on your HP webOS device

Once you are at the marketplace or app store:

1. Search for University of Sydney

2. Install the app

3. Open the app and click on the icon 'Bb Learn' to access the LMS

4. Login to the LMS with your UniKey and password.

Important: due to the limitations of mobile devices you cannot submit assignments using the

assignment tool. You should not complete graded tests (quizzes) using your mobile device due to the

possibility of Internet drop out.

The University’s Privacy Management Plan governs how the University will deal with personal

information related to the content and use of its web sites. See http://sydney.edu.au/privacy.shtml for

further details.

ASSESSMENT TASKS AND DUE DATES

Assessment Task

Code Weighting Due date

Class work A 10% Weekly lectures/

tutorials, and peermarking

of OP

2x40-minute tests (equivalent

to 1,000 words)

B 2x15% Test 1 on Thursday 08

Sept. in Week 7; Test

Two 2 Thursday 27

October in Week 13

1x 10-12 minute presentation based on work for

essay (equivalent to 800 words)

C 15% OP as scheduled*

1x2000 word essay (in English, if tests are written in

Chinese) or 2,500-character essay (in Chinese, if

tests are written in English)

D 30% Friday 21 October in

Week 12

3 x Chinese-English translation exercises (equivalent

to 600 words of essay)

E 15% Ex 1 due Friday 19 Aug

in Week 4

Ex 2 due Friday 16 Sept

in Week 8;

Ex 3 due Friday 21 Oct in

Week 12

All assessment tasks must be completed to pass the unit. Students who do not complete all the

assessment components without a valid reason will be awarded the “Absent fail” grade.

Language for assessment

Oral presentation must be given in English. Chinese native speakers may use Chinese either in B or

D. In other words, if you choose to write the two 40 minute tests in Chinese (30%), you must write

your essay in English (30%), or vice versa. Note that the number of words/characters required of the

essay written in English differs from that in Chinese.

Class work may be in either language.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

This unit uses standards referenced assessment for award of assessment marks. Students’

assessment will be evaluated solely on the basis of students’ achievement against criteria and

standards specified to align with learning outcomes.

For details about task-specific criteria, see below.

Essay (30%):

This assignment will require you to read and research on at least one of the authors or the works

covered in the syllabus. You should begin thinking as early in the semester as possible about the sort

of question you intend to ask of your author(s) and work(s). In both lectures and tutorials, many

suggestions will be provided about how to approach the writing of a creative and thoughtful essay on

some aspects of classical tale corpus.

You have the option of writing the essay on pre-Tang classical Chinese fiction covered in the first half

of the semester, in which case you may submit your essay as early as Week 10, after the break.

Alternatively, you may wait until later in the semester and write on a somewhat broader range of

topics, including strange tales by Pu Songling, for submission in Week 12.

Referencing is an essential part of academic writing. Its purpose is to acknowledge the original source

of ideas and work that is not the author's own, and to point the reader to the original documents so

that they can determine independently whether the attributed sources support the author’s argument

as written.

Referencing generally has two key elements;

• An in-text marker that indicates to the reader that a particular concept, phrase or idea is

attributable to someone else, and;

• A complete reference list giving the full citation details for all sources referred to in the

document.

The manner in which you are required to write the in-text citation and the reference list is determined

by the Reference Style.

Reference Styles

There are two common systems for referencing: note systems and parenthetical systems.

Note systems involve the use of sequential numbers as in-text markers that refer to either

footnotes or endnotes.

• Footnotes: these are notes included at the end of each page.

• Endnotes: these are notes on a separate page at the end of a paper (not to be confused with

EndNote, a bibliographic management program).

Common note systems include Chicago16th and MLA.

Parenthetical systems, also known as Author-date or Harvard referencing, involve the use of a partial

reference contained within parenthesis as in-text markers (such as the author and date). The

complete reference is then included in a list on the last page of the document. Common parenthetical

systems include APA and Harvard.

You may use any one of the above-mentioned referencing systems for your essay. Once a reference

style is selected, you must keep it throughout your essay.

USYD library guidelines on the use of these reference styles are available at:

http://libguides.library.usyd.edu.au/citation

Marking criteria for the essay:

1. Relevance of answer to question

2. Effective use of evidence

3. Critical use of scholarship

4. Extent of research

5. Development of argument

6. Originality of argument

7. Organisation and structure

8. Clarity of expression

9. Originality of expression (versus paraphrasing; summarising)

10. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling

11. Footnotes

12. Bibliography

Note that the marker will take into account the following factors when grading your essay:

1. Does the essay have a clearly defined thesis?

2. Is the argument well developed and elaborated?

3. Is the essay well organized?

4. Does the essay demonstrate research effort plus the student’s own clearly-expressed ideas?

5. Are source materials and examples carefully chosen and appropriately acknowledged?

6. Is the essay written in proper style and grammar?

7. A reference page must be included (the word count of 2000 in English or 2500 in Chinese

characters, is exclusive of the reference page)

Translation exercise (15%):

There will be three translation exercises, which are equivalent to 600 words in total. Each of them

accounts for 5% of the total marks for this unit of study. The due dates for the three exercises are

Friday 19 Aug in Week 4; Friday 16 Sept in Week 8, and Friday 21 Oct in Week 12, respectively.

Marking criteria are based on accuracy of comprehension and accuracy of language (style, register,

grammar and vocabulary.

Oral presentation (15%):

There will be six sessions of 10-12-minute individual presentations that are all scheduled for the

second hour of the Thursday tutorials in Weeks 8-12. This assessment task is both peer-graded and

teacher-graded. Your presentation should aim to teach and stimulate discussion about the section of

text you have chosen. A sign-up sheet will be circulated in Week 1.

Failure to give your presentation at the confirmed time will directly affect the progress of class;

therefore, you will receive a mark of 0 unless you have an acceptable reason for your absence. Your

oral presentation (8%) must be accompanied by a handout (5%) of not more than one side of A4

paper, which should give essential information about the topic of your presentation and clearly

indicate all sources of information. After the presentation, the class will continue discussion of the

author(s) and/or tale(s) for 10-15 minutes. It is required that you finish your presentation with a short

series of questions to stimulate discussion (2%).

You have the option of giving a presentation on pre-Tang xiaoshuo covered in the first half of the

semester. Alternatively, you may wait until later in the semester and give a presentation on post-Tang

xiaoshuo, including strange tales by Pu Songling. In either case, your handout should be submitted as

email attachment to the unit coordinator and is due on Friday of the week before you’re scheduled

to give your presentation. Late submission of it will result in the deduction of 1% per day out of the

total of 5% for the handout. Submission after your scheduled presentation for no good reason will not

be accepted.

In-class Tests (30%):

The two in-class tests each will last 40 minutes and cover translation, analysis and appreciation of the

works included in the syllabus with emphasis on those discussed in class. Two short essay-type

questions, requiring answers in one or two brief paragraphs, may be included.

Marking criteria for the test are:

(a) relevance of answer to question

(b) accuracy of factual evidence

(d) clarity of expression

Attendance and participation (10%)

Marks for class work are not awarded for attendance only.

Class work involves preparation for each class meeting, participation in all class activities including

oral presentation, peer marking, and guided discussion/translation. ALL students are responsible for

ALL readings assigned for each class. Anyone in class may be called on to answer questions or

discuss certain issues. This will be counted as your class work mark.

Class participation: You are supposed to attend all the lectures, tutorials, and oral presentations (OP)

unless you have a valid reason for absence, for which supporting documents, such as certificates of

medical consultation, are required. Attendance and punctuality will be monitored on a daily basis,

usually through an attendance sheet circulated at the beginning of the class. It is your responsibility to

make sure that you sign the sheet. A deduction of one per cent from your total raw mark in the unit of

study will be applied for each unexcused absence after the third.

Regular non-attendance because of clashes with other units of study must be approved at the

beginning of the semester by the unit coordinator. Students who have timetable clashes should fill in a

“clash form” available on Blackboard. You are allowed three unexcused absences before marks are

deducted from the 10% assessment for class work. Thereafter, each unexcused absence will result in

a penalty of 1%. Unexcused absence from 1/3 or more of the scheduled class meetings (=11 times)

means “Absent fail.” For details about the FASS attendance policy and related matters, be sure to

consult: http://sydney.edu.au/arts/downloads/documents/policy/2009_Arts_Attendance_p olicy.pdf

Unpunctuality will also be recorded and will affect your class work marks. Your participation in class

discussion, voluntary or solicited, is required during lectures, group discussion, and oral presentations

given by your classmates. It is always important to prove that you have finished the readings for the

week and that you have made preparation for the readings assigned for the day.

Assessment of “class work” is based on the level of attendance as well as participation in lectures and

tutorials, which take into account:

(a) the raising of questions

(b) participation in discussion

(d) demonstration of listening to the ideas expressed by others

(e) guided translation of texts into English and/or modern standard Chinese

No electronic devices are allowed for doing class work unless permitted by the instructor.

FINAL GRADE AND SCALING PROCEDURES:

The final grade a student receives is based on the standard of his or her own performance across all

the tasks set for the unit. Assessment tasks are designed so students can demonstrate how well they

have achieved a unit’s outcomes.

Please note that while marks for individual assessment tasks may give a good indication of the likely

final mark or grade for the unit, they do not guarantee a specific grade or final mark.

From time to time, final results for a unit may need to be adjusted or scaled. This can happen, for

example, if it is found that the marking process has not accurately represented the actual standards

achieved by students. If adjustment to raw scores is needed, this is always done with care and

attention to individual students’ work. The marking process involves consultation and cross-checking

to ensure that results faithfully reflect standards expected in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at

the University of Sydney.

SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN WORK

Compliance Statements

All students are required to submit an authorised statement of compliance with all work

submitted to the University for assessment, presentation or publication. A statement of

compliance certifies that no part of the Work constitutes a breach of Academic Dishonesty

and Plagiarism Policy.

The format of the compliance statement will differ depending on the method required for

submitting your work (see “Assessment Submission” below). Depending on the submission

method, the statement must be in the form of:

a. a University assignment cover sheet;

b. a University electronic form; or

c. a University written statement.

Assessment Submission

There are three different written assessment tasks set for this Unit of Study, namely,

handout for oral presentation, essay, and translation exercises. Each of them must be

submitted as detailed below. Failure to do so will result in deduction of points.

• Electronic submission only:

Handout for oral presentation must be submitted as email attachment by the due date.

• Dual online and paper submission for the essay

Your essay in hard copy is due by 4 pm on Friday 21 October in Week 12. For essays written in

English, the use of Chinese characters is optional, but all Chinese characters must be accompanied

by correct Romanization in pinyin.

Please submit your essay in hard copy through the Dropbox at the SLC Office (Room 506, Brennan

McCallum Building A18) together with a cover sheet (available at the SLC Office and on the

Blackboard), and a Marking Criteria (available on Blackboard and enclosed in the Outline) and also

submit it in soft copy using the Turnitin System through the LMS by 11.59 pm on Friday 21

October in Week 12. You must clearly complete, sign and attach a School of Languages and

Cultures Cover Sheet and a Marking Criteria Sheet to the hard copy of your essay when submitting it

for assessment. State clearly your name, SID, the unit of study number, and the title.

The Marking Criteria cover sheet shows how your essay will be assessed and will serve as a useful

guide on how to write your essay. The university’s WriteSite also offers excellent advice on writing

essays: http://writesite.elearn.usyd.edu.au/.

Your essay should be typed, using one side of the page only, double-spaced and with footnotes,

endnotes, or sidenotes and full references in standard academic style. Please note the word-count at

the foot of your essay. Excessively long or short word counts will be penalized.

[Note: Online submission of assignments must include the completion of an online

compliance statement. Contact your Educational Designer in FASS eLearning

<http://sydney.edu.au/arts/elearning> to set this up. Instructions on the submission process

must also be included in this section.]

LATE WORK AND EXTENSIONS

• Paper submission only

You must submit Translation exercises in hard copy through the Dropbox at the SLC Office (Room

506, Brennan McCallum Building A18) by 4pm on due date. You must clearly complete, sign and

attach a School of Languages and Cultures Cover Sheet (available at the SLC Office and on the

Blackboard) and a Marking Criteria Sheet to the hard copy of your translation exercise when

submitting it for assessment. State clearly your name, SID, and the unit of study number.

The Marking Criteria sheet, which is enclosed as Appendix II to this Outline, shows how your

translation will be assessed and will serve as a useful guide on how to do the translation exercises.

LATE WORK AND EXTENSIONS

Essays and assignments not submitted on or before the due date are subject to penalty.

Refer to http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/late_work.shtml for the Policy on Late

Work.

Essays and assignments not submitted on or before the due date are subject to penalty. Late essays

will be penalized at the rate of 2 points a day out of the total of 100 for the essay. Submission two

weeks or more after the due date for no good reason is not accepted. Essays and assignments will

not be marked unless both of their hard and soft copies have been received.

Oral presentation

Any student who needs to change the time slot of presentation after signing up must seek the

approval of the instructor as soon as possible once the need arises and well in advance of the

scheduled date of presentation, with supporting documentation. If approval is given, late penalty may

be levied on a case-by-case basis.

Those who miss the presentation without a valid reason (such as illness as evidenced by a

professional practitioner certificate) will forfeit the mark for this assessment task. Since all assessment

tasks are required for this unit, this means the student will automatically get an “Absent fail” grade for

the entire unit. Only in exceptional circumstances with documented reason will special consideration

be given for a make-up presentation.

In-class test

If you must miss an assessment for an acceptable reason (i.e. serious illness or misadventure), you

should notify the unit coordinator as soon as possible, and then apply for Special Consideration using

the online system, with supporting documentation.

The test is a form of examination-based assessment. Students must hand in their answers within the

specified time in class. Students who miss the test without acceptable reason will get “0” mark, and be

considered not completing the component of assessment. There will be no make-up tests, and those

who are absent from the test on valid reason (for details see the policy on Special Consideration and

Simple Extension) are required to complete a replacement assessment task—of writing a 1,000-word

report on a book the coordinator deems to be relevant to this unit of study for one missed test.

Acceptable reasons

Acceptable reasons for missing the test and oral presentation do not include minor ailments, missed

trains or buses, slept-through alarms, traffic jams, obligations to friends or distant relatives, family

holidays, or non-emergency medical or dental appointments, etc.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AND PLAGIARISM

Academic honesty is a core value of the University. The University requires students to act

honestly, ethically and with integrity in their dealings with the University, its members,

members of the public and others. The University is opposed to and will not tolerate

academic dishonesty or plagiarism, and will treat all allegations of academic dishonesty or

plagiarism seriously.

The University’s Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy 2012 and associated

Procedures are available for reference on the University Policy Register at

http://sydney.edu.au/policies (enter “Academic Dishonesty” in the search field). The Policy

applies to the academic conduct of all students enrolled in a coursework award course at the

University.

Under the terms and definitions of the Policy,

• “academic dishonesty” means “seeking to obtain or obtaining academic advantage

(including in the assessment or publication of work) by dishonest or unfair means or

knowingly assisting another student to do so.

• “plagiarism” means “presenting another person’s work as one’s own work by

presenting, copying or reproducing it without appropriate acknowledgement of the

source.”

The presentation of another person's work as one's own without appropriate

acknowledgement is regarded as plagiarism, regardless of the author’s intentions.

Plagiarism can be classified as negligent (negligent plagiarism) or dishonest (dishonest

plagiarism).

An examiner who suspects academic dishonesty or plagiarism by a student must report the

suspicion to a nominated academic in the relevant faculty. If the nominated academic

concludes that the student has engaged in dishonest plagiarism or some other sufficiently

serious form of academic dishonesty, the matter may be referred to the Registrar for further

disciplinary action under the terms of the Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy 2012

and Chapter 8 of the University of Sydney By-Law 1999 (as amended).

USE OF SIMILARITY DETECTION SOFTWARE

Students should be aware that written assignments submitted in this Unit of Study will be

submitted to similarity detecting software known as Turnitin. The detection and identification

of work that may be suspected of plagiarism is an academic judgment for the unit

coordinator, and similarity detecting software is one of the tools that an examiner or marker

may use to inform a decision that plagiarism has occurred.

Turnitin searches for matches between text in your written assessment task and text sourced

from the Internet, published works and assignments that have previously been submitted to

Turnitin for analysis. It produces an originality report showing matches with various sources,

and an overall level of match or similarity index.

There will always be some degree of text-matching when using Turnitin. These are caused

by the use of direct quotations, technical terms and phrases, and the listing of bibliographic

material. This does not mean you will automatically be accused of plagiarism.

Further information about Turnitin is available at

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