CHINGEN 51: Chinese Calligraphy
Practice in writing Chinese characters with a brush, emphasizing standardized script and the composition of the characters and improving handwriting. Limited enrollment. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite:
CHINLANG 3 or equivalent.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 1-2
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
CHINGEN 70N: Marvelous Creatures: Animals and Humans in Chinese Literature
Preference to freshmen. Read novels and short stories as well as view films that feature an array of marvelous creatures from late imperial times to the contemporary era. What animal imageries and metaphors can reveal about the Chinese and how they relate to the natural, supernatural, and human worlds across the centuries.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3-4
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum, GER:ECGlobalCom
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Lee, H. (PI)
CHINGEN 73: Chinese Language, Culture, and Society (CHINGEN 173)
Topics include the origin of Chinese, development of dialects, emergence of the standard, preferred formulaic expressions, the evolution of writing, and language policies in greater China. Prerequisite:
CHINLANG 1 or 1B, or equivalent.
Terms: Win
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci, GER:ECGlobalCom
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Sun, C. (PI)
CHINGEN 91: Traditional East Asian Culture: China
Required for Chinese and Japanese majors. Introduction to Chinese culture in a historical context. Topics include political and socioeconomic institutions, religion, ethics, education, and art and literature.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum, GER:ECGlobalCom
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Egan, R. (PI)
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Zhang, Y. (PI)
CHINGEN 101: How to Be Modern in China: A Gateway to the World Course
A gateway course on China, with a focus on the politics of everyday life, in the capital city of Beijing. Introduction to the history and politics of modern China. The pleasures, frictions, and challenges of daily living in the penumbra of power in Beijing as reported, represented, and reflected upon in fiction, film, reportage, social commentary, and scholarly writings. Priority to those preparing to participate in BOSP-Beijing Program or returning from the program.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
CHINGEN 117: Worship of Buddhist Images in Medieval China (CHINGEN 217)
Explores Buddhist image-making practices from Han to Tang China from a trans-Asian perspective. Topics include characteristics of earliest Chinese images (vis-a-vis those of Indian subcontinent), their growth as a dominant artistic genre, inroads of foreign images and Chinese interactions, constructions of Buddhist ritual spaces such as monumental pagodas and cave temples, cross-cultural contexts of image worship.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3-5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
CHINGEN 118: Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology (ARCHLGY 135, ARCHLGY 235, CHINGEN 218)
Archaeological studies in contemporary East Asia share a common concern, to contribute to building a national narrative and cultural identity. This course focuses on case studies from China, Korea, and Japan, examining the influence of particular social-political contexts, such as nationalism, on the practice of archaeology in modern times.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Liu, L. (PI)
CHINGEN 119: Popular Culture and Casino Capitalism in China (CHINGEN 219)
Examination of different forms of Chinese popular culture used to gauge or control fate and uncertainty, from geomancy and qigong to ghost culture and mahjong. Ways in which Chinese are incorporating these cultural forms into the informal economy to get rich quick: rotating credit associations, stock market speculation, pyramid schemes, underground lotteries, counterfeiting. Impact of casino capitalism on Chinese culture and social life today.
Terms: Win
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Units: 3-4
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Festa, P. (PI)
CHINGEN 120: Soldiers and Bandits in Chinese Culture (CHINGEN 220)
Social roles and literary images of two groups on the margins of traditional Chinese society; historical and comparative perspectives.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3-5
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
CHINGEN 121: Classical Chinese Rituals (CHINGEN 221)
Meanings of rituals regarding death, wedding, war, and other activities; historical transformations of classical rituals throughout the premodern period; legacy of the Chinese ritual tradition. Sources include canonical texts.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3-5
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Zhou, Y. (PI)