What Memories Does Lu Xun Describe From His Childhood?
Questions on “Preface to Call to Arms” (pdf of translation online; it is also fine if students read the original Chinese)
What memories does Lu Xun describe from his childhood?
What was Lu Xun’s initial field of study and what events inspired him to turn to literature instead?
How does Lu Xun describe the "iron house," and how do you interpret this metaphor?
Questions on “Diary of a Madman” (pdf online)
Who introduces the "Diary of a Madman," and how do you interpret the introduction of the diary by a first-person narrator different from the actual writer of the diary? (note: the first person introduction is written in classical Chinese while the diary itself is written in colloquial Chinese)
What does the madman read through the lines of history? What examples of cannibalism does the diarist give (please give at least three examples)? What might cannibalism represent?
What symbols are employed in Lu Xun's story (please give at least three)? What might these symbols represent?
How do you interpret the madman’s being cured and becoming an office clerk?
What evidence of hope is offered in the story?
Please upload your 1-2 page response to Week 2 questions to Canvas in a separate Word file. If you choose to write more than 2 pages, that is great! Please base your responses on the readings and not on online web searches.
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