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| | CHT 4111, 揟he Chinese Novel: Dream of the Red Chamber |
 | | The unfolding intensity of their relationship draws much of its poignancy, however, from the powerfully told chronicle of the Jia clan’s decline, and the cousins’ youthful resistance to the family’s corruption and oppressively patriarchal values. |
 | | The Dream’s scope includes characters from virtually every class and profession (maids-in-waiting, stewards, gardeners, cooks, nuns, actors, officials, members of the imperial family, gamblers, thieves, etc.). |
 | | CHT 4111 explores the social and intellectual culture of traditional China through a 120-chapter novel known variously as Dream of the Red Chamber and Story of the Stone. |
| www.clas.ufl.edu /users/cchenna/CHT4111B.htm (1463 words) |
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