5 pgs paper about chinese literature
Write a 5 pgs long paper involving Chinese Strange Tales.
Materials needed attached.
Answer the two prompts below in your paper
Part I
1) How did Chinese people imagine and represent the heavenly or supernatural world? What is the relationship among Gods, Goddesses, Ghosts, and Ancestors within the Chinese context? Use at least two examples (tales) from our reading materials to support your arguments.
Part II :
2) What is the relationship between the living and the dead (ghosts) as evinced in early Medieval Chinese zhiguai stories (Lieyi zhuan by Caopi, Youming lu by Liu Yiqing, and Soushen ji by Gan Bao)? Use at least three examples from our reading materials to support your arguments.