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3.00 Credits
Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Mair. This course introduces students to some of the great classics of Chinese literature, from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries. This period saw the blossoming of many new literary forms, and the writing of many of the most creative and important works of the Chinese tradition (including the novels Journey to the West, Dream of the Red Chamber, and The Plum in the Golden Vase). We will read adventure stories, historical dramas, romances, and erotic fiction.
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May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Wang, X. This course serves as a thematic introduction to modern Chinese literature and cinema in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and transnational Chinese communities in the twentieth century. By discussing a wide range of key literary and filmic texts, this class looks into major issues and discourses in China's century of modernization: enlightenment and revolution, politics and aesthetics, sentimental education and nationalism, historical trauma and violence, gender and sexuality, social hygiene and body politics, diaspora and displacement, youth sub-culture and urban imagination.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Graduate students may take this course as EALC 527 and should see the instructor to discuss additional requirements for graduate credit. A broad survey of Chinese architecture, sculpture, and painting from the Neolithic age through the nineteenth century. Topics include excavated material from China's bronze age, Chinese funerary arts, Buddhist caves and sculpture (including works in the University Museum), the Chinese city, the Chinese garden, and major masterpieces of Chinese painting.
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3.00 Credits
History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Goldin. This course is intended as an introduction to the foundational thinkers of Chinese civilization, who flourished from the fifth to the second centuries B.C. No knowledge of Chinese is presumed, and there are no prerequisites, although EALC 001 (Introduction to Chinese Civilization) is recommended. Graduate students may take this course as EALC 531 and should see the instructor to discuss requirements for graduate credit. (Undergraduates must enroll in the courses as EALC 131.)
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3.00 Credits
Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Chance. How do people make sense of the multiple experiences that the simple words "love" and "loss imply How do they express their thoughts and feelings to one another In this course, we will explore some means Japanese culture has found to grapple with these events and sensations. We will also see how these culturally sanctioned frameworks have shaped the ways Japanese view love and loss. Our materials will sample the literary tradition of Japan from earliest times to the early modern periods. Close readings of a diverse group of texts, including poetry, narrative, theater, and the related arts of calligraphy, painting, and music will structure our inquiry. By the end of the course, you should be able to appreciate texts that differ significantly in their value systems, linguistic expressions, and aesthetic sensibilities from those that you may already know. All material is in English translation.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Chance. From the earliest literature to the latest think piece on Japanese society, the roles of the "warrior" and of "loyalty" in Japanese culture have fascinated those both inside and outside of Japan. In this course we will trace the development of paragons of loyalty and warrior prowess from the earliest literary works, through the epic Tales of the Heike, and on to the "Treasury of Loyal Retainers," theater, and film. We will read in the philosophy of fidelity and samurai codes to track the growing dedication to ideals of loyalty, exploring evidence of behavior less than loyal as we seek the real influence of these notions. Related topics include the extremes of vengeance and fanaticism.
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3.00 Credits
Chance, L. "Crowning masterpiece of Japanese literature," "the world's first novel," "fountainhead of Japanese literary and aesthetic culture," "a great soap opera in the vein of Jacqueline Susann." Readers over the centuries have praised the Tale of Genji, the monumental prose tale finished just after the year 1000, in a variety of ways. In this course we will read the latest English translation of Murasaki Shikibu's work. We will watch as Genji loses his mother at a tender age, is cast out of the royal family, and begins a quest to fill the void she left. Along the way, Genji's loyalty to all the women he encounters forges his reputation as the ideal lover. We will consider gender issues in the female author's portrayal of this rake, and question the changing audience, from bored court women to censorious monks, from adoring nationalists to comic book adaptors. Study of the tale requires consideration of poetry, imagery, costume, music, history, religion, theater, political and material culture, all of which will be components of the course. We will also trace the effect of the tale's many motifs, from flora and fauna to murderously jealous spirits, on later literature and conceptions of human emotions. All material is in English translation. There are no prerequisites.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Kano. This course surveys Japanese literature (novels, short stories, poetry, drama, essays) from 1868 to World War II. The purpose is not only to read some of the most important and interesting literary texts of this period, but also to reflect on the ways we read and study literature, and how we draw connections between literature, self, and society. The reading material will be entirely in English.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Kano. Who are the most interesting and important writers in today's Japan What was literature's role in post-war reconstruction and in Japan's rise as economic super-power Where can we find the most complex depiction of shifting ideas about gender and sexuality in modern Japan Why did novelists Kawabata Yasunari (1968) and Oe Kenzaburo (1994) win Nobel Prizes in literature How have Japanese writers responded to the horrors of war and to the memories of Japan's imperial past We explore these and other questions by reading literature of various genres, such as novels, short stories, plays, film scripts, poetry, manga, as well as academic essays. Class sessions combine lectures, discussion, use of audio-visual materials and creative as well as analytical writing excercises. The course is taught in English, with all readings in English-translation.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Graduate students may take this course as EALC 557 and should see the instructor to discuss additional requirements for graduate credit. A general survey of Japanese architecture, sculpture, and painting from Jomon pottery through Japanese woodblock prints. Topics covered include art of the tumulus era, Buddhist art of the Nara and Heian periods, medieval scroll painting, the Japanese castle, screen painting, and later Japanese painting.
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