New books on the shelf

How to Read Chinese Prose: A Guided Anthology

How to Read Chinese Prose : A Guided Anthology

Editor: Cai Zong-qi, Lee Wing Tat Chair Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of Chinese
Publisher: Columbia University Press

 

This book offers a guided introduction to Chinese nonfictional prose and its literary and cultural significance. It features more than 100 major texts from antiquity through the Qing dynasty that exemplify major genres, styles, and forms of traditional Chinese prose. For each work, the book presents an English translation, the Chinese original, and accessible critical commentary from leading scholars.

 

How to Read Chinese Prose in Chinese: A Course in Classical Chinese

How to Read Chinese Prose in Chinese: A Course in Classical Chinese

Editors: Cai Zong-qi, Lee Wing Tat Chair Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of Chinese (with Cui Jie and Liu Yucai)
Publisher: Columbia University Press

 

This book is at once a guided introduction to Chinese nonfictional prose and an innovative textbook for the study of classical Chinese. It is a companion volume to How to Read Chinese Prose: A Guided Anthology, designed for Chinese-language learners.

 

Covid-19 in Southeast Asia: Insights for a Post-Pandemic World

Covid-19 in Southeast Asia: Insights for a Post-Pandemic World

Editors: Oh Do-young, Research Assistant Professor, School of Graduate Studies (with Hyun Bang Shin and Murray McKenzie)
Publisher: LSE Press

 

COVID-19 presented huge challenges to governments, businesses, civil societies, and people from all walks of life. But its impact was highly variegated, affecting society in multiple negative ways, with uneven geographical and socioeconomic patterns across Southeast Asia.

 

The crisis revealed existing contradictions and inequalities in society, compelling us to question what it means to return to ‘normal’, and exploring what insights can be gleaned from Southeast Asia for thinking about a post-pandemic world.

 

Hong Kong Xiqu Overview 2019

Hong Kong Xiqu Overview 2019

Authors: Li Siu-leung and Yu Siu-wah, Adjunct Professors, Department of Cultural Studies
Publisher: Centre for Cultural Research and Development, Lingnan University

 

Hong Kong Xiqu Overview 2019 is a project funded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council reviewing Chinese opera in Hong Kong and offering an annual overview. It discusses opera issues and encourages readers to suggest how the art can flourish.