Final Essay (2000 words) -
Please pick ONE of the 2 topics below to finish your essay.
1. Please compare 2 main regional paper cutting art produced by Northern & Southern folk artists in China. Attach some samples from each region respectively so as to support your view.
Discuss how paper cutting design have been applied to traditional craft production until recent development in fashion design either in mainland China or overseas.
2. Please introduce the evolution of Beijing Opera from 1790 CE until now according to chronological order. What are the major features of this national theatre art? Please attach some visual images as samples of your description.
What is the current situation of Beijing Opera? Is it declining or losing public support because of a series of reasons? Please conclude how we can preserve and revive it.
Advice on structure & personal information-
An essay of 2000 words is merely a draft or skeleton like a small replica of a full scale book.
Tips: A small & condensed topic is easier to handle so as to pin-point into the core discussion of a specific topic related to what had been discussed during the lectures.
Content outline:
1. List of contents: chapter by chapter in order.
2. Introduction/foreword/preface: the purpose and intention of writing such an essay, what to achieve after this research. To what extend this study will include.
3. Chapter by chapter in paragraphs, with subtitles.
4. Conclusion: any new discovery? Any new idea? Anything yet to be dissolved? Further discussion needed? Any possible prospect or development of this aspect?
5. Footnotes & captions for illustrations(if any)
6. Reference resources: bibliography or websites, articles, periodicals, documentaries....etc.
7. Appendix: such as chronological charts, maps, pin-yin tables....etc.
8. word count
9. Book list should include the title, writer or editor, publisher, year of publication.
1. Word limit: Minimum 2000 up to 2500 maximum.
2. All pictures uploaded MUST have a caption underneath.
3. All Chinese terms or names in Pinyin must be followed by a CHINESE version in bracket.
4. Reference resources: You can use any resource in both Chinese & English, but you must list them all in a reference list at the end. List all the Chinese resources in Chinese in the reference list.