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Over the last five years, Oklahoma students have been writing the classical Chinese poetry form known as jueju (a stanza of four lines) as part of a state-wide poetry competition held in conjunction with the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature. Unlike the centuries worth of jueju written in other languages, the English form is just now turning 20 years old, as it was first taught by Dr. Jonathan S

talling at UC Berkeley in 1997. By allowing English speakers the ability to use their own language as if it were Chinese, they are able to learn deep cultural concepts that have guided Chinese civilization for thousands of years. While most American students have composed a Japanese Haiku, few have read, let alone composed, a Chinese jueju, which inspired the Japanese form. Oklahoma students are leading the way in introducing this poetic form to the English speaking world.

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