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Course
Descriptions Fall 2009 |
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Chinese Language and
Literature Courses |
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Chinese 1A |
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1A.
Elementary Chinese. A beginning (Mandarin) Chinese class developing
listening, speaking,
reading, and writing skills in modern standard Chinese, using
pinyin and simplified characters. Five hours in class, two hours
in the language laboratory, and one required half-hour tutorial meeting
every week. Prerequisites: None. |
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note: Chinese 1A is for students who: 1) are of
non-Chinese origin and were not raised in a Chinese-speaking
environment; or 2) are of Chinese origin but do not speak any
dialect of Chinese and whose parents do not speak any dialect
of Chinese. Students are responsible for enrolling in the appropriate
level and section. They must also accurately inform instructors
about their language proficiency level. Any student who enrolls
in a class below his/her level will be dropped from the class. The required tutorial sections will be scheduled once classes begin. |
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Chinese 1AX |
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1AX.
Elementary Chinese for Mandarin Speakers. The course teaches
both pinyin and traditional characters, introduces
functional vocabulary, and provides a systematic review of grammar.
The class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, one hour
a day. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
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note: Chinese 1AX is for students who: 1) were born in a non-Chinese-speaking
country but were raised in a home where Mandarin was spoken and
possess little or no reading and writing skills in Chinese, or
2) were born in a Chinese-speaking country and received zero
or limited formal education in that country up to the second
grade. All students must take the online Chinese Language Placement
Test at ealc.berkeley.edu before enrolling. Any student who enrolls
in a class below his/her level will be dropped. |
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Chinese 1AY |
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1AY.
Elementary Chinese for Speakers of Other Dialects.
The class uses Pinyin and traditional characters. Five hours
in class, one-half hour discussion session, and at least two
hours in the language laboratory every week. Prerequisites: Consent
of instructor. |
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Please
note: Chinese 1AY is for students who: 1) were born in a non-Chinese
speaking country but were raised in a home where a non-Mandarin
Chinese dialect was spoken and possess little or no reading and
writing skills in Chinese, or 2) were born in a Chinese-speaking
country in a home where a non-Mandarin Chinese dialect was spoken
and received zero or limited formal education in that country
up to the second grade. All students must take the online Chinese
Language Placement Test at ealc.berkeley.edu before enrolling.
Any student who enrolls in a class below his/her level will be
dropped. The required tutorial sections will be scheduled once classes begin. |
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Chinese 7A |
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7A.
Introduction to Chinese Literature and Culture-Premodern. Chinese
7A is the first semester in a year long sequence introducing
students to the literatures and cultures of China. We will
read many of the major authors, works, and literary genres
from the beginnings of Chinese civilization to the Song dynasty,
look at aspects of Chinese visual and material culture, and
place these artifacts in their historical and cultural contexts.
This course does not assume or require any previous exposure
to or coursework in Chinese literature, history, or language.
The course surveys the expansive literary and cultural topography
of early China, while at the same time helping students to
develop the reading and writing skills needed to engage critically
and imaginatively with that historical terrain. Prerequisites:
None. |
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Chinese 10A |
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10A. Intermediate Chinese.
This course is designed to develop student's reading, writing,
listening and speaking abilities in (Mandarin) Chinese, and teaches
both simplified and traditional characters.
Additional time is required for tutorials and language lab. Prerequisites: Chinese 1A/B; or consent of instructor. |
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note: The required tutorial sections will be scheduled once classes begin. |
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Chinese 10AX |
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10AX. Intermediate Chinese
for Mandarin Speakers. This course is intended for heritage students with Mandarin Chinese background. Students who have completed Chinese 1BX or 1BY may enroll in Chinese 10AX. The course enables students to further develop their Chinese language knowledge and use it to explore and discuss various issues beyond daily-life topics. Reading knowledge and skills, formal and informal registers, discourses in speaking and writing, and different genres of Chinese writing are introduced and practiced. Students learn to recognize a second version of Chinese characters. Prerequisites: Chinese 1BX or 1BY; or consent of instructor. |
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Chinese 100A |
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100A. Advanced Chinese.
The goal of the course is to introduce modern Chinese culture
while developing competence in reading, speaking and writing
standard modern Chinese. The readings and conversation include
stories, essays, and plays, mostly by leading writers of recent
decades. Students prepare in advance, then read and discuss texts
and sentence patterns in their literary, social, and cultural
contexts. A half-hour tutorial meeting
is required every week. Prerequisites:
Chinese 10B; or consent of instructor. |
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note: The required tutorial sections will be scheduled once classes begin. |
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Chinese 100AX |
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100AX. Advanced Chinese
for Mandarin Speakers. Students who have completed Chinese 10AX/10BX
may enroll in Chinese 100AX, an advanced level course for Mandarin
speakers who have intermediate-level knowledge of reading and
writing in Chinese. The goal of the course is to introduce modern
Chinese society through reading materials and discussion. The
readings and conversation materials include stories, essays,
and plays, mostly by leading writers of recent decades. Students
prepare in advance, then read and discuss texts and sentence
patterns in their literary, social, and cultural contexts. Class
meets 3 days a week for one hour per day. Prerequisites: Chinese
10BX; or consent of instructor. |
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Chinese 101 |
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101. Readings in Modern
Chinese - Literature. The goal of the course is to assist students
in attaining high levels of proficiency in listening, speaking,
reading and writing. The primary instructional tool will be comparative
studies of contemporary works of Chinese literature in conjunction
with the movies that are based upon them. This multimedia approach
serves to cultivate skills in all four areas listed above. Three
hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Chinese
100B; or consent of instructor. |
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Chinese 110A |
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110A.
Introduction to Literary Chinese. Readings in pre-Han, Han-Dynasty,
Six Dynasties and Tang-Dynasty texts. This course introduces
the basic grammatical structures and core vocabulary of literary
Chinese. Emphasis is on grammatical analysis and careful explication
of classical usage. At the same time, attention is paid to
introducing the various genres of prose and poetry and discussing
their distinguishing features. This course is also meant to
provide some introductory background on the formation of the “Confucian
Classics” and the texts of the “Taoist Canon.” Prerequisites:
Chinese 10B is recommended. |
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Chinese
111 |
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111.
Fifth-Year Chinese A. This course is designed to bring up the
students to advanced-high competence in all aspects of modern
Chinese; it aims to prepare students for research or employment
in a variety of China-related fields. Materials are drawn from
native-speaker target publications, including modern Chinese
literature, film, intellectual history, and readings on contemporary
issues. Radio and TV broadcasts will also be included among
the teaching materials. Texts will be selected, in part, according
to the students' interests. With the instructor's guidance,
students will conduct their own research projects based on
specialized readings in their own fields of study. The research
projects will be presented both orally and in written form
by the end of the semester. Prerequisites: Chinese 102; or
consent of instructor. |
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Chinese
C140 |
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C140.
Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts. This course is an introduction to the study of medieval Buddhist literature written in Classical Chinese. We will read samples from a variety of genres, including early Chinese translations of Sanskrit and Central Asian Buddhist scriptures, indigenous Chinese commentaries, philosophical treatises, and sectarian works, including Chan gongan (Zen koans). The course will also serve as an introduction to resource materials used in the study of Chinese Buddhist texts, and students will be expected to make use of a variety of reference tools in preparation for class. Readings in Chinese will be supplemented by a range of secondary readings in English on Mahayana doctrine and Chinese Buddhist history. Prerequisites: This course is intended for students who already have some facility in literary Chinese, and at least one semester of Classical Chinese (Chinese 110A) is prerequisite for enrollment. Prior background in Buddhist history and thought is helpful but not required. |
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Chinese
155 |
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155.
Readings in Vernacular Chinese Literature: "The Story of the Stone."
Intensive reading of the most beloved of Chinese novels, The Story of the
Stone (Hong lou meng). We will pay particular attention to the novel's
representation of literary subjects and literary objects, asking how it
creates characters who seem to be full psychological entities, and how it
depicts a richly sensual material world. Students will be expected to be
able to read the original text, though a translation of the entire novel
will also be available. Students interested in taking the course would be
well served to read as much of the novel over the summer as possible,
either in translation (use David Hawkes' Story of the Stone)or in the
original. Prerequisites: Chinese 100A/100AX (may be taken concurrently);
or consent of
instructor. |
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Chinese
159 |
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159.
Cities and the Country. This course explores one of the most central and potent areas of cultural
politics in modern China: the city and its relations to the countryside.
We will explore how urban space and native soil both become central places
of imagination and desire in modernity; how Beijing and Shanghai become
mediums of imagining differing meanings of “modernity” and “tradition,”
“Chinese” and “Western,” and cultural authenticity; the repeated reformist
and revolutionary desire to return from the city back to the countryside;
as well as more recent mass migrations from the countryside to cities
during a time of (and as a part of) drastic urban destruction and
“renewal.” Throughout the course, we will examine fiction, essays,
photographs, films, and theoretical writings in order to consider a
variety of ways in which people have sought to picture or narrate the
shifting relations of cities and country, and indeed how particular forms
of image-making and story-telling have been produced out of such
experiences of dislocation. Prerequisites:
Chinese 100A/100AX (may be taken concurrently);
or consent of
instructor. |
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Chinese
222 |
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222.
Early Chinese Thought. In this course we will read both excavated and received texts from the
pre-Qin period, paying particular attention to their
religious and philosophical content. Students should be able to read
Classical Chinese, English, and modern Chinese sources. Prerequisites:
Graduate standing;
or consent of
instructor. |
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Chinese
C223 |
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C223.
Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts. This semester we will focus on early Chinese translations of Indian Buddhist scriptures, exegetical works and commentaries from the Six Dynasties period, and a selection of early Chan materials. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor required for all students, with the exception of graduate students in EALC or GBS. |
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Chinese
234 |
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234.
Texts on the Civilization of Medieval China: "Sound, Music, and Communication in Early and Medieval China." Acoustic phenomena such as sympathetic vibration and the geometry of pitch-pipes provided some of the earliest and most conceptually fruitful empirical demonstrations of the underlying order of relations of response, attunement, and correlative order underlying early Chinese thought on such central issues as communication, self-cultivation, moral influence, historical continuity, and communication with the unseen. In this seminar we will read and discuss a range of groupings of source materials centered on issues of sound and music from the Warring States period up to the mid-Tang dynasty, with an eye to the often quite disparate purposes to which concepts and practices from the aural and musical realm were put to work in making sense of historical, philosophical, aesthetic, and political problems, as well as in staking claims to cultural and political authority. Readings will be drawn from literary, historical, and philosophical sources, as well as administrative and technical documents, religious texts, and, where relevant, archaeological discoveries. Prerequisite: good command of literary Chinese. Prior coursework in early Chinese history and literature is desirable but not required. Prerequisites: Graduate standing; or permission of the instructor; good command of literary Chinese. Prior coursework in early Chinese history and literature is desirable but not required. |
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Chinese
242A |
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242A.
Genre and Method in Traditional Chinese Texts. This course offers graduate students focusing on the literature and
history of traditional China a systematic, hands-on introduction to the
print and electronic resources necessary for conducting advanced research
in these fields. After an initial presentation of the history of Chinese
bibliography and “sinology,” students will not only learn to use the vast
array of ever expanding resources, but also to consider what research
questions these resources facilitate, and what sorts of questions remain
relatively unexplored. Prerequisites: Graduate student standing (or
consent of instructors); and reading competence in Classical Chinese. |
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Chinese
280 |
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280.
Modern Chinese Cultural Studies: "Visual Documentation and Documentary Photography."
This seminar explores the relationships between the uses of visual
documents as sources of historical and cultural knowledge and the
emergence of a variety of practices of documentary photography and the
exploration of documentary in contemporary art. We will consider both the
uses of photographic archives and the processes of making photographs as
particular modes of historical thinking in China, Japan, and the West. Of
central concern will be photography’s material relations to the real and
its status as visual document; productive tensions between photography’s
documentary and artistic functions and the documentary impulse in
contemporary Chinese art; photography as a mode of ethnographic and
historical investigation; photographic investigation of surfaces as
markers of historical change; and portraiture, place, and the complex
relationships between photography and histories of dispossession.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing; or permission of the instructor. |
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East Asian Languages
and Cultures Courses |
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EA
Lang C50 |
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C50.Introduction to the Study of Buddhism.
This course will provide a basic understanding of the teachings and practices of Buddhism. The central issues will be situated within their broader Indian historical contexts, and the readings follow a generally chronological order. The course begins with the life of the Buddha, the early teachings, and the founding of the Buddhist monastic order. The course then progresses to the cosological and philosphical developments of the Mahayana, followed by the ritual and mythological innovations of the Buddhist tantras. The final section takes a brief look at how Buddhism moved into other regions such as Tibet, China, and Japan. Prerequisites: None. |
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EA
Lang 105 |
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105.
Dynamics of Romantic Core Values in East Asian Premodern Literature
and Contemporary Film. This course explores the representation of romantic love in East Asian cultures in both premodern and post-modern contexts. Students develop a better understanding of the similarities and differences in traditional values in three East Asian cultures by comparing how canonical texts of premodern China, Japan and Korea represent romantic relationship. They explore how these values might provide a narrative framework or, contrarily, the definition of transgressive acts. This analysis is followed by the study of several contemporary East Asian films, giving the student the opportunity to explore how traditional values persist, change, or become nexus points of resistance in the complicated modern and post-modern milieu of East Asian cultures maintaining a national identity while exercising an international presence. Prerequisites: None. [WEBSITE] |
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Lang C120 |
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C120.
Buddhism on the Silk Road.
This course will discuss the social, economic, and cultural
aspects of Buddhism as it moved along the ancient Eurasian
trading network referred to as the “Silk Road”.
Instead of relying solely on textual sources, the course will
focus on material culture as it offers evidence concerning
the spread of Buddhism. Through an examination of the Buddhist
archaeological remains of the Silk Road, the course will address
specific topics, such as the symbiotic relationship between
Buddhism and commerce; doctrinal divergence; ideological shifts
in the iconography of the Buddha; patronage (royal, religious
and lay); Buddhism and political power; and art and conversion. |
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This
course is designed as an historical introduction to the Silk
Road, understood as an ever-changing series of peoples, places,
and traditions, as well as an introduction to the study of those
same peoples, places, and traditions in the modern period. In
this way, the class is intended both as a guide to extant textual,
archaeological, and art historical evidence from the Silk Road,
and as a framework for thinking about the modern Silk Road regions
from the perspective of a contemporary American classroom. Prerequisites: None. |
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EA
Lang C126 |
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C126.
Buddhism and the Environment. A thematic course on Buddhist perspectives on nature and Buddhist responses to environmental issues. The first half of the course focuses on Buddhist cosmological and doctrinal perspectives on the place of the human in nature and the relationaship between the salvific goals of Buddhism and nature. The second half of the course examines Buddhist ethics, economics, and activism in relation to environmental issues in contemporary Southest Asia, East Asia, and North America. Prerequisites:
None. |
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EA
Lang 181 |
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181.
East Asian Film: Special Topics in Genre: "J-Horror and Beyond." This course will start with an investigation of the aesthetics of horror and the ways in which Japanese horror films relate to the social and historical contexts of their production and reception. We will explore the cinematic style of J-Horror, its power to provoke and disturb, in light of theoretical issues such as spectatorship, the fantastic and the uncanny, and the trauma of gender and sexuality. We will also discuss the ways in which these films theorize visibility/invisibility and the transmission of traumatic knowledge in the context of their adaptation into other Asian sites (Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand). The aim of the course is to encourage a critical and theoretical understanding of Japanese horror films. Theoretical approaches include works on psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural studies, and feminism; the course will also emphasize close textual analysis. Prerequisites:
None. |
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EA
Lang 200 |
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200.
Proseminar: Approaches to East Asian Studies. This course introduces incoming graduate students to literary and cultural
theory and criticism. We’ll explore perspectives central and/or
foundational to intellectual work across the humanities (including
structuralism, poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, feminism and gender
studies, postcolonialism, image-word studies, and Marxian and materialist
approaches). A central concern will be to explore which the ways in which
critical perspectives produced from various positions within East Asian
cultural, literary, and visual studies, both premodern and modern,
intersect with current intellectual debates in the humanities. Prerequisites: Graduate student standing; or consent of instructor. |
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Japanese Language and
Literature Courses |
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Japanese 1A |
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1A. Elementary Japanese.
Japanese 1A is designed to develop basic speaking skills and
to learn hiragana, katakana, and approximately 150 kanji. At
the end of the course, the students should be able to describe
themselves, their family and friends, and to talk about everyday
events with basic vocabulary and structures. They also should
be able to read simple passages in Japanese. Prerequisites: None. |
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Japanese
1AL |
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1AL.
Supplementary Work in Listening--Elementary. Designed to supplement
1A in order to facilitate students' listening
proficiency. 1AL will cover a variety of listening strategies
and practice applications of such strategies in listening
activities. Students will engage in listening activities, including
audio/visual exercises that will focus on the matrerials that
are taught in Japanese 1A. |
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Japanese 1AS |
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1AS. Supplementary Work
in Kanji. A course designed to be taken concurrently with 1A
to help students improve overall kanji performance. The course
will make the kanji learning process easier by providing exercises
and background information about the relationships between characters
and how they function. |
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Japanese 7A |
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7A.
Introduction to Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture.
This course surveys many of the best recognized works of poetry, prose and theater of premodern Japan between the 8th through 17th centuries. The poetic tradition is traced from its early origins in the Ancient Period around the time of the first major collection, the Collection of Ten-thousand Leaves, through the development of the 31-syllable waka (tanka), Middle Period renga (linked-verse) sequences and the short haiku form of premodern Japan. For prose, the two canonical classics of premodern Japan, The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike will be read in some depth. Other prose texts include early poem-tales of romance, personal journals by both men and women from both the High Classical and Middle Periods, and stories of romance set in the "floating world" of premodern Edo pleasure quarters. For theater we will read several major plays of the Middle Period's noh drama theater then plays revolving around romantic trust written for the puppet theater during the premodern era. Reading the texts will afford discussion of the culture and history of the various eras as well as an exploration of aesthetic values. This course does not assume or require any previous exposure to or coursework in Japanese literature, history, or language. Prerequisites: None. [WEBSITE]
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Japanese 10A |
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10A. Intermediate Japanese.
In this course, students will learn how to integrate the basic
structures and vocabulary which they learned in Japanese 1A/B
in order to express a wider range of ideas and will study the
new structures and vocabulary necessary to express such ideas
in a manner appropriate for many social situations. Students
are expected to participate fully in classroom activities and
discussions. Although the main emphasis will be aural/oral skills,
an increasing amount of reading and writing will also be required.
Prerequisites: Japanese 1A/B or equivalent; or consent of instructor.
Students who have not taken Japanese 1A/B at this University
may wish to contact the instructors during Phase I Tele-BEARS
to have their language proficiency assessed. |
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Japanese
10AG |
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10AG.
Supplementary Work in Grammar - Intermediate. This supplementary
course is designed for students who are concurrently enrolled
in 10A to enable their acquisition of a better understanding
of Japanese grammar in general and clause linkage in particular. |
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Japanese 10AS |
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10AS. Supplementary
Work in Kanji - Intermediate. For students who are concurrently
enrolled in 10A to acquire a better understanding of kanji writing
system and to improve overall kanji performance. |
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Japanese 100A. |
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100A. Advanced Japanese.
This course aims to develop further communicative skills in speaking,
listening, reading and writing in a manner appropriate to the
context. It concentrates on enabling students to use acquired
grammar and vocabulary with more confidence in order to express
functional meanings, while increasing linguistic competence.
Course materials include the textbook, supplemented by newspaper
and magazine articles and short stories to provide insight into
Japanese culture and society. There will be a project which will
give students the opportunity to interact with Japanese university
students. Active student participation is not only encouraged
but required. Prerequisites: Japanese 10B or equivalent; or consent
of instructor. |
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Japanese
101 |
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101.
Fourth-Year Readings: Social Sciences. This course provides
further development of reading, writing, speaking, and listening
skills
to enable
students to express their points of view and construct argumentative
discourse. Readings include Japanese newspapers, magazines,
a selection of Japanese literature as sources of discussions.
Students learn various writing styles and in-depth aspects
of Japanese culture. Prerequisites: Japanese
100B or equivalent; or consent of instructor.
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Japanese
103 |
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103.
Fourth-Year Readings: Japanese Literature. This course provides
further development of reading, writing, speaking, and listening
skills to enable students to express their points of view and
construct argumentative discourse. In addition to Japanese
literature, readings include newspaper articles and other texts
as sources of discussions in order to become familiar with
various writing styles and learn more aspects of Japanese society
and culture. Prerequisites: Japanese 100B or equivalent; or
consent of instructor. |
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Japanese 111 |
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111.
Fifth-Year Japanese A. This course provides focused, high-level
language training
for those students who possess fourth-year level ability or equivalent
in the modern Japanese language. Students will improve their
ability in reading, writing, speaking and listening in their
areas of specialty and in fields of particular interest to them.
The course may have a dual-track approach, requiring the completion
of both class-wide and individually designed projects. The balance
of the course will focus on the development of reading and writing
skills. With the instructor’s assistance, students will
conduct their own projects based on in-depth reading of materials
drawn from their areas of specialization. These projects will
be presented orally to the class. Further, when possible, visiting
scholars from Japan will be invited to the classroom to speak,
their topics to be discussed afterwards. This will provide an
additional opportunity for the student to practice listening
and speaking of high-level, educated Japanese. Committed study
at home will be essential for success in this course. Prerequisites:
Japanese 102 or equivalent; or consent of instructor. |
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Japanese 120 |
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120.
Introduction to Classical Japanese.
Japanese 120 is an introduction to classical Japanese, defined as the native literary language of the ninth to the fourteenth centuries. Four texts are read in whole or in part: 1) /Hôjôki/ 2) /Heike monogatari /3) /Tsurezuregusa/, and 4) /Taketori/ /monogatari/. The emphasis is on grammatical explication and translation of the texts into English. Most class meetings are devoted to the reading of the assigned texts. Students read the text aloud, answer questions regarding grammar, and translate into English.
Prerequisites: Japanese 10B or equivalent;
or consent of instructor. Not open to graduates of Japanese
high schools. |
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Japanese
146 |
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146.
Classical Historical Documents.
Writings in the Japanese vernacular constitute only a limited part of the total pre-modern Japanese written corpus. Until the twentieth century, the preferred medium for most historical texts and male diaries was Sino-Japanese (/kanbun/). Familiarity with the grammar of this extraordinarily rich tradition is therefore essential for all students of pre-modern Japanese disciplines. We will cover the basics of /kanbun/ grammar and then read parts of court diaries and a historical account. Prerequisites: Completion of Japanese 120; or consent of instructor. |
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Japanese 155 |
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155.
Modern Japanese Literature. This course introduces students to various aspects of modern Japanese literature by reading prose selections, primarily short stories, by highly regarded authors from the Meiji to Heisei periods (1868- ). Selected passages in Japanese will be assigned for close reading, analysis and discussion. Prerequisites: Japanese
100A (may be taken concurrently);
or consent of instructor. [WEBSITE] |
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Japanese
255 |
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255.
Seminar in Prewar Japanese Literature: "Discourses of Japanese Modernism." In this seminar we will read and discuss modernist literature against the
backdrop of its political culture as well as its reception in recent
literary scholarship. An emphasis of our exploration will be placed on the
relationship between modernist aesthetics and the geographical
imagination. Readings will include works by Yokomitsu Riichi, Hagiwara
Kōjirō, Miyazawa Kenji, Ozaki Midori, Kobayashi Hideo, among others. Prerequisites: Graduate student standing; or consent of instructor. |
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Korean language and
Literature Courses |
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Korean 1A |
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1A. Elementary Korean
for Non-heritage Speakers. Five classroom hours per week are
required. This course introduces students to beginning level
Korean, including Hangul (Korean writing system) and the basic
grammar of the language. Emphasis is on listening, speaking,
reading, and writing skills. This course is for students with
minimal or no knowledge of Korean. Prerequisites: None. |
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Please note: Korean
1A is not open to heritage students who have some background
knowledge in Korean. |
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Korean
1AX |
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1AX.
Elementary Korean for Heritage Speakers. Five classroom hours
per week are required.
This course introduces students to beginning level Korean. This
course is for students who can read Hangul (Korean writing system)
or speak some Korean, but their ability to read, write, or speak
in Korean is somewhat limited. Prerequisites: Some knowledge
of the Korean language; or consent of Instructor. |
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Korean 7A |
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7A. Introduction to Pre-Modern Korean Literature and Culture.
This
course provides an overview of Korean literature and cultural
history, from the seventh century to the late nineteenth century.
We will examine the development of oral tradition from the
ritual songs recorded in Remnants of Three Kingdoms to p’ansori
in late Chosôn period; the major vernacular verse forms
such as sijo and kasa; autobiographical prose; and vernacular
as well as classical narratives, tales, and parables. We will
focus on the interplay of literary texts and performance tradition
by exploring such topics as: various aspects of literati culture
of Koryô and Chosôn; literary articulations of
gender relations; and representations of humor and material
culture. We will also consider the suppleness of traditional
vernacular culture forms as they have been rearticulated throughout
history. Prerequisites: None. |
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Korean 10A |
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10A. Intermediate Korean.
A second-year course in modern Korean with about equal attention
given to listening, speaking, reading and writing with the cultural
emphasis. This course meets five classroom hours per week and
requires one hour of language lab per week. Prerequisites: Korean
1A/B; or consent of instructor. |
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Korean
10AX |
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10AX.
Intermediate Korean for Heritage Speakers. A second-year course
in modern Korean for students whose Korean
proficiency level is higher in speaking than in reading or
writing due to Korean-heritage background. Prerequisites:
Korean 1BX; or consent of instructor. |
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Korean 100A |
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100A. Advanced Korean.
Three 1-hour meetings per week. Readings and discussions in Korean,
of modern writings. A variety of texts such as essays, literary
works, magazines and newspapers will be introduced. Emphasis
is on advanced-level vocabulary, including approximately 100
Sino-Korean characters. Prerequisites: Korean 10A/10B; or consent
of instructor. |
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Korean 101 |
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101.
Fourth-Year Readings – Literature.
An advanced course in the reading and analysis of literary texts
in modern Korean. Advanced conversation, writing skills, and
practice in the use of standard reference tools will also be
emphasized, with the goal of preparing students to do independent
research in Korean. Prerequisites: Korean 100B or equivalent. |
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Korean
111 |
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111.
Fifth-Year Korean A. This course is designed to bring up the
students' proficiency to advanced-high level in all aspects
of modern Korean; it aims to prepare students for research
or employment in a variety of Korea-related fields. Text materials
are drawn from authentic sources including modern Korean literature,
film, intellectual history, and readings on contemporary issues.
Radio and TV broadcasts will also be included in the teaching
materials. Texts will be selected, in part, according to student
interests. With instructor's guidance, students will conduct
research projects based on specialized readings in their own
fields of study. The research projects will be presented both
orally and in written form at the end of the semester. Prerequisites:
Korean 102 or equivalent. |
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Korean 150 |
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150. Modern Korean Poetry.
This course will examine the works of major poets in the first half of the 20th century and will consider the formation of modern Korean poetry. Particular attention will be given to the ideas of lyricism, modernism, and the identity of a poet in the context of the colonial occupation of Korea. Prerequisites: Korean 100B; or consent of instructor. |
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Tibetan Language Courses |
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Tibetan
1A |
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1A.
Elementary Tibetan. This course is an intensive introduction
to both standard spoken Tibetan (Lhasa dialect) and written
literary Tibetan. As such, it will serve the needs of students
who intend to continue the study of modern Tibetan so as to
function in a Tibetan-speaking environment, as well as the
needs of students who will concentrate on classical Tibetan
and it's rich literature. Prerequisites:
None. |
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Tibetan
10A |
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10A.
Intermediate Tibetan. This course, a continuation of 1A-1B
(elementary Tibetan), is designed to further develop the student's
skills in modern standard Tibetan (Lhasa dialect). The emphasis
is on communication skills in vernacular Tibetan, as well as
grammar, reading, and writing. Students with a particular interest
in reading classical literature, particularly Buddhist texts,
are encouraged to enroll simultaneously in 110A-110B. Prerequisites:
Tibetan 1B; or consent of instructor. |
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Tibetan
110A |
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110A.
Intensive Readings in Tibetan. This course is an intensive
course in reading modern and classical Tibetan literature,
with an emphasis on classical Buddhist texts. It builds on
basic reading skills acquired in 1A-1B (elementary Tibetan),
and is designed to be taken either concurrently with 10A-10B
(intermediate Tibetan) or independently. Prerequisites: Tibetan
10A (may be taken concurrently); or consent
of instructor. |
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Tibetan
C224 |
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C224.
Readings in Tibetan Buddhist Texts. This seminar will look at the Sarvatathāgata-tattvasamgraha and its exegetical traditions. It will focus in particular on the related practices of image consecration and generation of oneself as a deity. After examining the relevant passages in the canonical text itself and considering how they relate to the parallel techniques described in the Tibetan Dunhuang manuscripts, before turning to the tantra's Indian commentaries, including Śākyamitra's Kosalālamkāra and the works by Buddhaguhya and Ānandagarbha. Finally we will consider the Kriyāsamgraha and other later Nepalese and Tibetan discussions of these practices, with an eye for how these fundamental practices were reworked and reinterpreted by later exegetes. Prerequisites: graduate standing; or consent
of instructor. |
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