A Private Life, translated by John-Howard Gibbon

1. READ Chen Ran [Chen, Ran], A Private Life, translated by John-Howard Gibbon. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004: First half of the book.

Prompt question: What kind of person is the main character? How do you know? What is her family like? Does she have any friends? Do you think she is based on the author?(200 words minimum)

2. Finish reading Chen Ran [Chen, Ran], A Private Life, translated by John-Howard Gibbon. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004: Second half of the book.

Prompt question:Write a paragraph in the “voice” or style of Chen Ran’s Private Life. What about your paragraph makes it similar to Chen Ran’s—the language, the theme, the mood? Explain why you chose to write it this way.(200 words minimum)

3.READPaiHsien-yong [PaiHsien-yung], Crystal Boys: A Novel

Prompt question: write a minimum 200 words response to the novel.

4. READ QiuMiaojin, Last Words from Montmartre – please read the Afterword + any 8 chapters(excluding chapters 18 and 19, and “witness,” which have minimal text)

Prompt question:List which chapters you read. Did you choose to read in order or at random? List five things about Qiu’s novel that you appreciated or enjoyed, and five things that made you uncomfortable or that you did not like. Would you feel differently about the novel if it was written by your best friend? What would be different if Qiu wrote the novel today?(200 words minumum)

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