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7.00 Credits
An introduction to the written language and spoken Mandarin. Seven hours weekly. Six hours credit each semester. Prerequisite: Course 101 is prerequisite to Course 102. A. Dooling, T. King
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6.00 Credits
Further development of the four language skills to support sustained oral and written performance at the Intermediate-mid proficiency levels. Situation/theme-driven and drill/image-enriched instructions lead to the design and staging of two task-based projects at semester ends. Students will acquire 500 new characters and 160 grammar patterns throughout the course sequence. Quizzing and review intensive. Course 202 is supplemented with a dictionary use and a character conversion component. Six hours weekly, including individually and or doubly scheduled oral practice sessions. Prerequisite: Course 101, 102, or satisfactory placement exam. Course 201 is prerequisite to 202. T. King
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4.00 Credits
A study of contemporary Chinese cultural imagination of peripheries and differences within and outside the once static and uniform "China."Topics include the so-called "ethnic" literature produced by both Han and non-Hanethnic minority writers; literature of the underground, exiles and the Diaspora; and popular culture in various forms ranging from urban pop fiction to new Hong Kong cinema (such as John Woo and Wong Kar-War). The key issue will be the problematics of China's rapidly changing cultural imagination and identity in this new global context. Prerequisite: East Asian Studies 101 or permission of the instructor. Y. Huang
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4.00 Credits
Major works of fiction and film in 20th-century China, in the context of the shifting cultural, social, and political developments from the May Fourth movement to the present. In addition to considering the differences between visual and verbal modes of narrative representation, topics will include China's quest for modernity, the discourse of the "new woman," and the relationship between revolution and aesthetic practice.Knowledge of Chinese not required. Prerequisite: East Asian Studies 101 recommended. A. Dooling
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to classical and contemporary Chinese poetry and how it works in English translation and re-incarnation. Authors may include Tang poets such as Li Bai (or Li Po), Wang Wei, Bai Juyi (or Po Chu-i), Han Shan (or Cold Mountain) and contemporary post-Cultural Revolution "Misty" poets such as Bei Dao, GuCheng and Duoduo. The influence of the translation of classical Chinese poetry on modern American poets, the contrast and connection between contemporary and classical Chinese poetry, the problems and politics of translation, the prospect of a renewed dialogue and cross-fertilization between Chinese and American poetries. Prerequisite: East Asian Studies 101 recommended. Y. Huang
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4.00 Credits
A survey of works by 20th-century Chinese women writers (including writers from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the diaspora) across a variety of literary genres, along with reading in feminist literary theory. Focus on the relationship between gender and representation, the construction of modern gender paradigms, the influence of imperatives of Chinese modernity on configurations of femininity and masculinity. This is the same course as Gender and Women's Studies 244. Prerequisite: East Asian Studies 101 recommended. A. Dooling
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4.00 Credits
Individual Study
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4.00 Credits
Study of grammatical structure in classical prose, with readings in representative masterpieces of prose style. Prerequisite: Course 202. Staff
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4.00 Credits
Individual Study
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4.00 Credits
Selected issues facing Chinese society as depicted in mass media sources such as newspapers, journals, films and television. Selections of poetry, prose and short fiction by 20th-century authors. Particular emphasis on reading and writing skills. Prerequisite: Course 302 or equivalent. Y. Huang
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