Chinese History: 2 questions, 4 pages for each, total 8 pages. MUST BE CAREFULLY WRITTEN

Essay Instructions

Each essay question should be about 4 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, and checked for spelling, typos, and grammar. Your essay should articulate a main point, and draw on concrete examples from the readings and lectures to illustrate that point. Be sure to incorporate material from the documents you have read so far this quarter.

· Obviously the first essay should draw on Liu Dapeng (and incorporate other course materials).

· The second essay should focus on the readings/documents through Week 4.

Both essays should incorporate some of the key terms for Weeks 1 to 4, which is almost inevitable. You will not be graded on how many terms you use. Rather, the terms may offer you some clues about points to explore.

As your essay will be drawing on course readings, it is not necessary to have formal footnotes or a bibliography. Instead, cite materials in parentheses in the text of your essay, e.g., (Zou Rong, p. 3).

1.What does The Man Awakened from Dreams (through p.135) convey about the impact of political events (such as the Boxer Uprising, the Revolution of 1911, etc.) and modernization at the local level? How would you contextualize this account, in terms of his location and individual background and experience?

2) What are the major changes in articulations of nationalism (particularly its relationship to issues of women’s status/rights) that took place from the late-19th century through the early-20th century May Fourth Movement? How do you account for these changes? (Consider Liang Qichao, Zou Rong, Qiu Jin, Chen Xiefen, Lu Xun, Mao Zedong, Tao Yi, and Shi Pingmei).

Keep this in mind: these essays are an opportunity to think about and anlalyze the class readings; no outside research is expected, and in fact, is not desired. Do not submit papers that draw on different sources than the ones provided.

For your general reference, you might want to look over this Guide to Writing History Papers, prepared by a professor of History at Bowdoin College:

http://www.bowdoin.edu/writing-guides/