"Selections from Classical Chinese: Historical Texts" aims to instruct, inform, and inspire students of Chinese by presenting selected historical texts and their annotations. Taken from the seminal works known as the Four Histories, the fourteen included texts offer insights into the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of China over a long period of time. The comprehensive annotations provide full pronunciation in pinyin, the grammatical function of individual words, and a full explication of the texts.

One of the supplementary readings to "Classical Chinese: A Basic Reader," this volume includes eight selections from the "Shi Ji" and two each from the "Han Shu," the "Hou Han Shu," and the "San Guo Zhi." Each unfolds a fascinating account of the historical events and figures that represent certain salient values or distinctive cultural characteristics of what has come to be the Chinese tradition.

The "Shi Ji," a grand history by Sima Qian chronicling three thousand years of Chinese history, is divided into five sections of 130 chapters. Sima Qian is especially noted for his biographical style, and his work is considered the first and only "universal history" of China. The "Han Shu," by Ban Gu, recounts the history of a single dynasty and is known for its dynastic style in depicting history. Together, these two histories represent paradigms of Chinese historiography. The "Hou Han Shu," by Fan Ye, and the "San Guo Zhi," by Chen Shou, continue this tradition of excellence. These four works are known collectively as the "Four Histories."

All texts are fully annotated to include a pinyin version marking the pronunciation of each word, glosses of each word by grammatical function and its meaning in the text, as well as detailed explication of each word. The exercises at the end of each selection are intended to help students apply newly gained knowledge, better appreciate Chinese history, and stimulate interest in additional reading.

This textbook provides an innovative approach to support students' learning and acquisition of Spanish through ten plays (all presented in Spanish) from Spain and Latin America. It offers direct interaction through realistic discourse from plays that also present current topics, thus facilitating class conversations. Each chapter provides an introduction to the play and author, pre-reading activities, acting exercises, reading comprehension and literary analysis questions, writing prompts, and topics for reflection on culture. Additional role-playing, improvisation, scriptwriting and non-verbal games help to acquaint the learner with diverse forms of social interactions. Este libro de textos proporciona un acercamiento innovador para el aprendizaje y adquisicion del espanol mediante el empleo de diez piezas dramaticas procedentes de Espana y America Latina. El libro ofrece la oportunidad de interactuar con el lenguaje hablado de las obras, las que a su vez presentan temas de actualidad, estimulando asi la practica de la conversacion en el contexto de una clase. Cada capitulo proporciona una introduccion a la obra y su autor/a, actividades de lectura, ejercicios de actuacion, preguntas de lectura y comprension, preguntas de analisis literario y consignas para la redaccion y la reflexion sobre la cultura. Ademas de esto, los ejercicios de role-playing, improvisacion, escritura dramatica y juegos de comunicacion no verbal posicionan al alumnado a entrar en contacto con diversas situaciones comunicativas.

Ausgangspunkt der Untersuchung ist die Blutstropfenszene im "Parzival" Wolframs von Eschenbach. Die in dieser Szene geschilderten Wahrnehmungs- und Erkenntnisprozesse werden vor dem Hintergrund der fruhscholastischen Wahrnehmungs- und Erkenntnistheorie interpretiert. In einem zweiten Schritt der Untersuchung wird allgemeiner nach der Bedeutung von Wahrnehmung und Erkenntnis in Wolframs Dichtung gefragt. Dieser Frage wird zunachst auf der Handlungsebene und dann auf der Erzahlerebene nachgegangen. Auf der Handlungsebene geht es um eine Neuinterpretation der Parzivalgeschichte unter dem Gesichtspunkt der beschrankten Wahrnehmungsfahigkeit des Helden. In Auseinandersetzung mit der bisherigen Forschung werden wichtige Stationen der Handlung (Kindheit in Soltane, Frageversaumnis in Munsalvaesche, Begegnung mit Trevrizent) neu beleuchtet. Auf der Erzahlerebene geht es darum, die Selbstdarstellung des Erzahlers als Analphabet (ine kan decheinen buochstap) vor dem Hintergrund der zeitgenoessischen Diskussion uber den Wert der Wissenschaft und die Moeglichkeit der Wahrheitserkenntnis zu wurdigen. Das fuhrt schliesslich zum Problem der Poetik des Parzivalromans.