China 高二 Chinese Language and Literature

1. Selective Book 1 U1 Revolutionary tradition

Speeches, reportage, news of the PRC era

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2. Selective Book 1 U2 Pre-Qin philosophers

Analects, Great Learning, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Mozi

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3. Selective Book 1 U3 Foreign novels

Dickens, Tolstoy, Hemingway, García Márquez excerpts

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4. Selective Book 1 U4 Power of logic

Spotting fallacies; valid inference; argument methods

• Logic: How Good Arguments Work – Logic studies good reasoning. An argument has premises (reasons) and a conclusion; inference is the step between them. In a deductive argument, if the premises are true the conclusion must be true; such an argument is valid, and it is sound if the premises really are true. One counterexample shows an argument form is invalid. Inductive arguments move from observed cases to a general or likely conclusion; they are strong or weak, never certain. Categorical propositions (A, E, I, O) and simple predicate logic (∀, ∃) help us write arguments precisely and spot fallacies.

5. Selective Book 2 U1 Theoretical essays

Essays on history, practice, truth

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6. Selective Book 2 U2 Revolutionary-era literature

Memorial essays, reportage, fiction

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7. Selective Book 2 U3 Historical biographies

Shiji and Hanshu biographies; 过秦论

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8. Selective Book 2 U4 Foreign drama and poems

Ibsen; Goethe, Pushkin, Whitman

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