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3.00 Credits
09W: 209S, 10S: 10A Traditional Chinese literature ranges from the earliest examples, divinations inscribed on turtle plastrons and ox scapulae dating back more than 3000 years, to the popular knight-errant novels of the early 19th century. The Opium War of 1839-42 is taken as the cut off point for courses in this topic category, which considers cultural as well as literary themes. Courses reflect the interests and expertise of the teaching staff and include early Chinese culture, the development of the Chinese script, historical prose, fiction and drama, poetry, and oral literature. Courses under this rubric are defined by historical period and/or literary genres. Courses listed under Chinese 62 are open to students of all classes. In 09W (section 2), Chinese Calligraphy. This course is a survey of the major script types in the Chinese writing system and an introduction to the art of Chinese calligraphy. Along with studying the history of Chinese calligraphy, the student will learn about the similar technical origins of Chinese calligraphy and painting, study and practice the basic techniques of Chinese calligraphy, and learn the basic rules of formation of Chinese characters. Classroom practice will give the student hands-on experience of using traditional Chinese writing tools. WCult: NW. Xing. In 09S and 10S (section 1), Early Chinese Culture ( Identical to History 73). A survey of early Chinese culture. The literary tradition will be taken as the primary evidence in the reconstruction and students will read early Chinese poetry and historical texts in translation. This tradition will then be examined in the light of new evidence from archaeological excavations, concerning the material culture of ancient China, and from ancient inscriptions. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Allan.
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12.00 Credits
09F: 12 Courses under this rubric will provide the student with a comprehensive view of the most frequently occurring themes in Chinese literary writings from the second millennium B.C.E. to the present. The most prominent among these themes are love (patriotic, familial, romantic, and platonic) and social protest. Individual literary genres in China have traditionally been associated, in a general way, with historical/dynastic periods. Therefore, tracing the evolution, for example, of the theme of romantic love will lead the student through the multiplicity of ways that an idea can be transformed by diverse literary mediums and different historical periods. In reaching a fundamental understanding through literature of the Chinese way of looking at a specific idea as it evolved over time, we will understand better the uniqueness of both Chinese values and institutions and their Western counterparts. Courses listed under Chinese 63 are open to students of all classes. In 09F, Storytelling in China. This course attempts to provide the student with both a general understanding of the nature of oral, performed narrative and a specific grasp of the pre-modern and contemporary oral tradition in China. The course naturally divides itself into three parts: readings in English, from both the general folklore tradition and performance theory specifically, and from the history of Chinese oral performed narrative; analysis of videotaped performances from among China's most renowned storytellers; and the creation and performance of three versions of a short narrative in English. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Blader.
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3.00 Credits
09F: 10A Through the writings of Lu Xun (1881-1936) and Hu Shi (1891-1962), two of the most important scholar-writers of the twentieth century, this course will examine several issues that were raised during the first two decades of this century by Chinese intellectuals who felt an acute, ever-increasing inadequacy of their own cultural heritage in the face of Western democracy and technological and scientific advancements. Those issues, raised more than seven decades ago, have persistently engaged the central attention of modern Chinese intellectuals, and include discussions of China's modernization (or Westernization) and of China's vernacular language movement, debates about various political and social philosophies, questions surrounding the so-called new culture movement, and other such issues. The seminar will be conducted in English; however, readings will include several original articles in Chinese. Permission of instructor required . Dist: LIT; WCult: NW . The staff.
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3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S This course will provide the student with an in-depth examination of the Chinese poetic tradition of more than three thousand years. Main focus: a close reading of representative poetic works in the original, with critical exploration of Chinese poetics, in both Chinese and English. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW.
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3.00 Credits
09W: 10A Key Concepts of Confucian and Daoist Philosophical Thought. In this course, we will examine the imagery at the root of certain key concepts, such as the Way ( dao), non-action ( wu wei), the mind/heart ( xin), energy/ether/breath ( qi), in early Chinese philosophy, and explore the relationship between these images and the structure of early Chinese philosophical thought. Students will do some reading in metaphor theory, as well as of early Chinese philosophical texts, such as the Analects, the Mencius, Laozi Daodejing, and Zhuangzi. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Allan.
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3.00 Credits
09W, 10W: 11 Which ancient faces and personalities come alive for us when we look back at Greek and Roman antiquity How were the Greeks and Romans like us, and how different How and why does their world-and what we have inherited from their world-intrigue, repel, awe, amuse, or disturb us, and how much is that to do with our own preoccupations Taking as its starting point the interface between Classical antiquity and the twenty-first century, this course explores a selection of topics that will introduce you to the different areas and disciplines that make up Classics in the new millennium.Open to all classes. Dist: LIT or INT; WCult: CI. Christesen.
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3.00 Credits
10W: 10A The staff.
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3.00 Credits
09S: 12, 2A 10W: 10 In 09S at 12, Slaves, Wives, and Concubines: Did Roman Women Have a History ( Identical to and described under Women's and Gender Studies 21.1). Open to all classes. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Stewart. In 09S at 2A, Sex, Celibacy and the Problem of Purity: Asceticism and the Human Body in Late Antiquity ( Identical to Religion 31 and Women's and Gender Studies 43.2). This course examines a crucial period in the history of Christianity-Late Antiquity. Between the years 300 and 500, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire, established standards of doctrine and ecclesiastical organization, and developed the attitudes towards the body, sexuality and gender, which informed Christian teaching for centuries to come. In this class we will ask: why did virginity become such an important aspect of Christian religiosity What effect did Roman concepts of gender and sexuality have on Christian understanding of the relationship between men and women What did martyrs, gladiators and monks have in common.Open to all students. Dist: TMV; WCult: W. MacEvitt.
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3.00 Credits
08F: 12 This course is designed to survey the major events in the history of ancient Greece from c. 1600 B.C. (the emergence of palatial culture in the Mycenaean World) to 404 B.C. (the end of the Peloponnesian War). During this period, the Greeks formed individual communities and developed unique political structures, spread their culture, language, and religion throughout the Mediterranean, invented democracy (at Athens) and enshrined these values in their art and literature. This course will cover the physical setting of and the archaic legacy to the classical city-state, its economy, its civic and religious institutions, the waging of war between cities, the occurrence and ancient analysis of conflict within the city, and the public and private lives of its citizens and less well-known classes, such as women, children, slaves, etc. May be taken in partial fulfillment of the major in History. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Faro.
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3.00 Credits
09F: 12 This course has two aims: (1) to establish a basic understanding of the history of Alexander the Great and of Greek-speaking peoples in the eastern Mediterranean during the fourth through first centuries BCE and (2) to explore the cultural, military, political, and economic innovations of what was a singular age of experimentation. May be taken in partial fulfillment of the major in History. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: W. Christesen.
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