#  Tang Dynasty Tales 

 





 Semester:   Spring 

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 Year offered:  2018 

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 Link: [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/35719) 

 

 

 

This semester’s focus is Tang dynasty’s tales, balancing canonical tales with less well-known ones. Central themes include: 1) the relationship between humans and things; 2) sexuality and romance—especially with the alien kinds; violence; metamorphosis; 3) representations of trauma, nostalgia, and historical memory.