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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Three-year cycle; courses 74-78, one course each semester An investigation of the literature, philosophy, music, visual arts and social mores of German Romanticism, which more than any other movement influenced and shaped the German mind throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Reading and discussion of major works which have helped shape the view of man, the human condition and disciplines of self-cultivation in one of the following cultures: the Islamic world, India, Japan.
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Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course explores the social and intellectual life of pre-modern China through the medium of a 120-chapter Chinese novel known as Dream of the Red Chamber or Story of the Stone. Generally considered the greatest masterpiece of classical Chinese fiction, the novel portrays the tragedy of two destined lovers, whose mutual affection is crushed by oppressive forces of orthodoxy. Comprehensive in scope, the novel presents a panorama of social lives of people from all walks of life; it thus provides students with a mine of information about traditional Chinese culture. Students will be required to read some critical works on this novel written from different perspectives, thus acquainting themselves with various literary genres, and theories in literary criticism.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course explores different aspects of modern Chinese culture and society as represented in Chinese narrative practices from fiction to film. Social and cultural inquiry will accompany and enter into the literary analysis of specific texts. Class discussion will cover not only literary issues, such as critical realism, modernism and post-modernism, but also social and cultural topics, such as the continuity and discontinuity of traditional values in modern China, the self-society confrontation, gender construction, shifts of economic structures, changes of ideology, the new mentality in the post-Mao era, etc. Course materials include the literary works of major modern Chinese writers from 1900 to the present and films by avant-garde filmmakers of recent decades. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly Traditions of Narrative in Modern Chinese Culture; Modern Chinese Literature.)
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Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course explores the concept of self in relation to society in Chinese literature from Confucius to the post-Mao era. How does ideology mold individual identity in the successive phases of Chinese cultural history How does the self react against conventions How do writers resolve their dual allegiance both to self and society during transitional periods when aging conventions, individual conscience and nascent ideology compete for one's loyalty. This course incorporates major works by some of the most celebrated Chinese writers and uses literature to examine the shaping of Chinese identity in its cultural, historical, social and philosophical contexts.
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Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Examination of the main genres and developments of Japanese literature from its origins in the 7th and 8th centuries, to the Tale of Genji (circa 1010), through the post-World War II period to the present, and describes the sensibility and modes of perception that inform these works. This inquiry into Japanese culture extends beyond literature to include the graphic arts, painting, and film in their relation to literary expression.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Introduces students to modern Arabic literature as it relates to the different human factors which make up modern Arabic culture. Course not only recognizes main themes and works, but also examines the recurring patterns and the peculiar characteristics of the various nations and/or groups, divided by religion, epoch, circumstances, movement, gender or ideology. Focuses on the correlation between thematic and structural considerations in literature and the various phases in the process of acquiring a modern cultural self-identity.
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Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Russia had stood at a crossroads in Eastern Europe between the influence of the Orient and Western Europe. As a consequence, the Russian identity is a curious mix of Eastern and Western influences. This course will present samplings from many aspects of Russian culture, including art, music, film, literature, language, religious practice, popular culture, customs and traditions, history, and the image of Russia in American culture. Our goal will be to comprehend how Russian culture has established itself between two extremes of East and West. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to all students regardless of level, and all materials will be read in English.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Once a year Literature of the 19th and 20th centuries reflecting the political and cultural background of the period. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: No credit toward major in Russian.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Once a year Literature of the 19th and 20th centuries reflecting the political and cultural background of the period. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: No credit toward major in Russian.
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