The Core of Chinese Classical Fiction

Provides a general view of classical Chinese fiction in five units and is accompanied by extracts from core works. A time line of important historical and literary events is included as an appendix. Unit One: Tales of the Six Dynasties (A.D. 222-589); Unit Two: Tang Dynasty Romances (A.D. 618-907); Unit Three: Storyteller's Scripts of the Song Dynasty (960-1279); Unit Four: Novels of the 14th to 16th Centuries; Unit Five: Novels from the 17th to early 20th Centuries.