E ASIAN 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sima Xiangru, Song Dynasty
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Audio recording started: 3:41 pm thursday, january 18, 2018. 16 y/o supposed to be prime age for marriage for girls. Dreams, reality, shadow - frequently in the text about what is/isn"t real. p. 129- scene 23- bridal is being asked to present her case. Judge says this is all lies p. 133- she is only child, and it occurred in dream, so it doesn"t count. It"s a very pragmatic attitude of that time. If these things, judged by confucian social order, they are transgressions. Invent object of desire in order have it fulfilled. In order to not feel hungry you draw a piece of cake. Her ghostness is being compared with a dream. She"s a ghost- not dreaming. p. 156- scene 28. Dream enables you to have something you can"t, irl. Kinda freudian- things you want to have- subconsciously or unconsciously- can appear in your dream. In that sense, both bridal"s and liu"s dream have that function. p. 158- portrait- representation.