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08F: 11, 12, 9S09F: 9S, 11, 2 This course is designed for students with varying, minimal levels of competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Weekly class hours include four or five fifty-minute sessions with the master teacher and up to four fifty-minute drill and/or conversation sessions. There are weekly exams, a midterm, and a final, as well as writing assignments, oral presentations, and supplementary work assigned as needed. This course is intended to achieve two goals: 1) to help students equalize their levels of the required speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills; 2) to allow them to raise these levels and thereby significantly increase their understanding of Modern Standard Chinese. Chinese 4 is an accelerated first-year course. Satisfactory completion of Chinese 4, except when taken under the Non-Recording Option, places the student into the 20-level series. Students who plan to use this course to fulfill the language requirement may not take it under the Non-Recording Option. Never serves in partial satisfaction of Distributive or World Culture requirements. A. Li, Xing, staff.
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09X, 10X: 12 Advanced readings from literary, political, and historical publications. Prerequisite: Two third-year level Chinese courses or permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Zhu.
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08F: 1109F: 9S A progression of materials from Chinese 41. Prerequisite: Two third-year level Chinese courses or permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Zhu, the staff.
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09W: 1110W: 9S A progression of materials from Chinese 42. Prerequisite: Two third-year level Chinese courses or permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Li, the staff.
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09S: 1110S: 9S This course is an introduction to the Chinese literary genre of martial arts fiction, including the world of Chinese martial arts, especially taijiquan. It will focus on Yitian tulong ji (Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber; literally, The Tale of Relying on Heaven to Slay the Dragon) by Jin Yong (Louis Cha), the most successful and influential contemporary Chinese martial arts fiction writer. Supplementary readings of the relevant original classics on the martial arts will also be introduced. Prerequisite: Two third-year level Chinese courses or permission of the instructor. Xing, staff.
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09W, 10W: 2A An introduction to the basic grammar and vocabulary of the Classical Chinese language using examples from a selection of texts from the Warring States Period. Prerequisite: First-year Chinese. This course serves as a requirement for students wishing to major in the Chinese language and literature track. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Xing, Allan.
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09S: 2A Readings in the Daoist classics, such as the Laozi Daodejing and Zhuangzi. Readings will be in the original Chinese. Emphasis will be placed on key philosophical issues, such as the meaning of the Way in Daoist texts and the relationship of language to thought. Prerequisite: Chinese 51. Chinese 52 may be considered a non-language course. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Allan.
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10S: 2A Readings in the Confucian classics, primarily Mencius and Xunzi. Readings will be in the original Chinese. Emphasis will be placed on key philosophical issues, such as the concept of kingship in ancient China and the debate on human nature. Prerequisite: Chinese 51. Chinese 53 may be considered a non-language course with approval of the advisor. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Allan.
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All terms: Arrange Available to students who wish to do advanced or independent study in Chinese. Chinese 59 may be considered a non-language course with approval of the advisor. Students enrolling in this course must obtain prior approval of the department. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. The staff.
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08F: 12 Following the definition generally accepted by the Chinese themselves, "modern" in this context refers to two large periods: that preceding the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, and that following 1949. The former (i.e ., xianda i) can be pushed as far back as the Opium War of 1839-42, and the latter (i.e ., dangda i) can be extended to "today". Courses offered under this rubric examine the main literary and cultural phenomena and events taking place in China (including Taiwan and Hongkong) over this period of one and a half centuries. Courses listed under Chinese 61 are open to students of all classIn 08F, Literature and Revolution in 20th Century China. The revolutionary literature of 20th century China may be approached as fruitfully from the sociological point of view as from the literary one. This course will examine short stories, novels, plays, and poems in the context of their function as a political tool of the Chinese revolution. The methodology used will be developed in the first weeks of the course through extensive readings of western and translated Chinese theoretical sources, such as Marx and Engels' The Communist Manifesto, Mao Zedong' s The Yenan Forum on Literature and Art , Leon Trotsky's 'On Literature and Art,' and other works. Among the Chinese authors to be studied in English translation are Lu Xun, Cao Yu, Ding Ling, Lao She, Wang Anyi, and many others. The goal of this course is to reach a deeper understanding of the role of the artist and the art work in a communist soci ety. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Blad
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