This month, Jiang Tao, an associate professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, will bring us the classical work ZiYe of Mr. Mao Dun.

A classic of Chinese Modern Literature, the novel ZiYe describes the social turbulence of 1930's China on a large scale, in which Mao Dun discusses the inner crisis of “The Magic City of Shanghai” by exploring the relationship between economics and desire. This time, let’s shift to another angle to appreciate this work and discover economics in literature.

Guest: Jiang Tao (Associate Professor at the Chinese Department at Peking University)

Jiang Tao, Ph. D. of Literature, Associate professor in the Chinese Department at Peking University, studies New Poetry and modern Chinese literature and society. He published New poetry collections and the rise of New Poetry, The Hand of Bakunin, Classic of Birds (poetry collection) and other works.