CHINLIT 93:
Late Imperial China (FEMGEN 93, HISTORY 93)
(Same as HISTORY 193. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for 193.) A survey of Chinese history from the 11th century to the collapse of the imperial state in 1911. Topics include absolutism, gentry society, popular culture, gender and sexuality, steppe nomads, the Jesuits in China, peasant rebellion, ethnic conflict, opium, and the impact of Western imperialism.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
CHINLIT 125:
Beginning Classical Chinese, First Quarter (CHINLIT 205)
Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 23 or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-5
CHINLIT 126:
Beginning Classical Chinese, Second Quarter (CHINLIT 206)
Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127/207 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125/205. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 125/205 or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-5
CHINLIT 127:
Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter (CHINLIT 207)
Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127/207 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125/205. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 126/206 or equivalent.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-5
CHINLIT 132:
Chinese Biographies of Women (CHINLIT 232)
Generic and historical analysis of the two-millennia long biographical tradition inaugurated by Liu Xiang, ca. 79-8 B.C.E. Chinese women's history, intellectual history, historiography, and literary studies.
| Units: 2-5
CHINLIT 155:
Classical Poetry: Reading, Theory, Interpretation (CHINLIT 255)
Introduction to the reading and interpretation of classical Chinese poetry, with attention to the language of poetry, aesthetics, expressive purposes, and social roles. Readings in Chinese. Prerequisite: three years of modern Chinese or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 16 units total)
CHINLIT 189A:
Honors Research
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 2-5
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 5 units total)
CHINLIT 189B:
Honors Research
Open to senior honors students to write thesis.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
CHINLIT 200:
Directed Reading in Chinese
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-12
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Bartlett, T. (PI);
Dien, A. (PI);
Egan, R. (PI);
Lee, H. (PI);
Lewis, M. (PI);
Liu, L. (PI);
Llamas, R. (PI);
Mittler, B. (PI);
Shao, D. (PI);
Sun, C. (PI);
Wang, B. (PI);
Wang, J. (PI);
Zhou, Y. (PI)
CHINLIT 205:
Beginning Classical Chinese, First Quarter (CHINLIT 125)
Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 23 or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-5
CHINLIT 206:
Beginning Classical Chinese, Second Quarter (CHINLIT 126)
Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127/207 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125/205. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 125/205 or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-5
CHINLIT 207:
Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter (CHINLIT 127)
Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127/207 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125/205. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 126/206 or equivalent.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-5
CHINLIT 221:
Advanced Classical Chinese: Philosophical Texts
Prerequisite: 207 or equivalent.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
CHINLIT 223:
Advanced Classical Chinese: Literary Essays
Readings and grammatical analyses of literary essays thoughout imperial China. Prerequisite: CHINLIT 127/207 or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-5
CHINLIT 232:
Chinese Biographies of Women (CHINLIT 132)
Generic and historical analysis of the two-millennia long biographical tradition inaugurated by Liu Xiang, ca. 79-8 B.C.E. Chinese women's history, intellectual history, historiography, and literary studies.
| Units: 2-5
CHINLIT 255:
Classical Poetry: Reading, Theory, Interpretation (CHINLIT 155)
Introduction to the reading and interpretation of classical Chinese poetry, with attention to the language of poetry, aesthetics, expressive purposes, and social roles. Readings in Chinese. Prerequisite: three years of modern Chinese or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 16 units total)
CHINLIT 261:
Sources of Chinese Poetry
The Book of Songs(ca. 1000-500 B.C.E.) and Songs of Chu (ca. 400 B.C.E.), the earliest anthologies of Chinese poetry.
| Units: 4
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 12 units total)
CHINLIT 272:
Traditional Chinese Fiction: Novels
Major novels of late imperial China. Prerequisite: 127/207 or consent of instructor.
Last offered: Winter 2007
| Units: 2-4
CHINLIT 273:
Readings in Chinese Drama
Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods emphasizing literary not theatrical qualities. Prerequisite: 127/207 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
CHINLIT 299:
Master's Thesis or Translation
A total of 5 units taken in one or more quarters.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
CHINLIT 371:
Aesthetics, Politics, Modernity and China (COMPLIT 371)
The making of global heroes--and the many bodies of Chairman Mao. This course explores a number of key motifs of critical theory relevant to Chinese studies. It introduces some seminal theories of visuality and the making of (global) heroes and problematizes the writing of visual histories and the uses of Digital Humanities for this purpose. Part of an ongoing research project which focuses on two hyper-visible male protaganists of the twentieth century-Mohandas Gandhi and Mao Zedong. How have these flesh and blood men been transformed through the work of visual imagery into globally recognizable, transcultural "bio-icons"? Prerequisite: CHINLIT 127/207 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-5
| Repeatable
for credit
CHINLIT 392B:
Law and Society in Late Imperial China (HISTORY 392B)
(Same as LAW 773.) Connections between legal and social history. Ideology and practice, center and periphery, and state-society tensions and interactions. Readings introduce the work of major historians on concepts and problems in Ming-Qing history.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
CHINLIT 399:
Dissertation Research
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-12
| Repeatable
for credit
CHINLIT 130:
Lyrical and Local Prose (CHINLIT 230)
Informal and personal prose of Tang and Song dynasties, with special attention to lyrical expression (prose as close alternative to poetry) and local interest (e.g., in travel diaries). These new uses and styles of prose will be compared with more formal expository prose and with poetry written by the same authors, to better understand the distribution of expressive aims and effects. Prerequisite: Classical Chinese or advanced reading knowledge of Chinese.
| Units: 3-5
CHINLIT 135:
Ghost Stories and Other Strange Tales (CHINLIT 235)
Study of the zhiguai tradition, with readings in landmark collections from different dynastic periods (e.g., Tang, Song, Qing). Consideration of the cultural significance as well as the literary qualities of this tradition of storytelling in China. Readings in English.
| Units: 3-4
CHINLIT 166:
Chinese Ci Poetry (Song Lyrics) (CHINLIT 266)
Introduction to poetry in the ci "song lyrics" form. This year the focus is on song lyrics of Li Qingzhao (1084-1150s), read against song lyrics composed by male writers of her day. Attention to the special challenges she faced as a woman writer, and the ways that the tradition struggled to accommodate this "talented woman." Prerequisite: Classical Chinese or advanced reading knowledge of Chinese.
| Units: 3-4
| Repeatable
for credit
CHINLIT 174:
Modern Chinese Novel: Theory, Aesthetics, History (CHINLIT 274, COMPLIT 254)
From the May Fourth movement to the 40s. Themes include enlightenment, democracy, women's liberation, revolution, war, urban culture, and love. Prerequisite: advanced Chinese.
| Units: 4
CHINLIT 190:
Chinese Cultural Revolution: Performance, Politics, and Aesthetics (CHINLIT 290, COMPLIT 135)
Events, arts, films, and operas of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Analysis of political passion, aesthetics, and psychology of mass movements. Places the Cultural Revolution in the long-range context of art, social movements, and politics. Chinese language is not required.
| Units: 4
CHINLIT 191:
The Structure of Modern Chinese (CHINLIT 291)
Focus is on on syntax and semantics. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 3 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
| Units: 2-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
CHINLIT 192:
The History of Chinese (CHINLIT 292)
Emphasis is on syntactic and semantic changes in the last 2,000 years and grammaticalization. Students use a computer corpus to do research on the history of Chinese. Prerequisite: 126 or consent of instructor.
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
CHINLIT 199:
Individual Reading in Chinese
Asian Language majors only. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 103 or consent of instructor. Units by arrangement.
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
CHINLIT 201:
Proseminar: Bibliographic and Research Methods in Chinese Studies
Bibliographic, pedagogical, and research methods in Chinese studies. Prerequisite: 127/207 or equivalent.
| Units: 3-5
CHINLIT 222:
Advanced Classical Chinese: Historical Narration
Prerequisite: 127/207 or equivalent.
| Units: 2-5
CHINLIT 230:
Lyrical and Local Prose (CHINLIT 130)
Informal and personal prose of Tang and Song dynasties, with special attention to lyrical expression (prose as close alternative to poetry) and local interest (e.g., in travel diaries). These new uses and styles of prose will be compared with more formal expository prose and with poetry written by the same authors, to better understand the distribution of expressive aims and effects. Prerequisite: Classical Chinese or advanced reading knowledge of Chinese.
| Units: 3-5
CHINLIT 235:
Ghost Stories and Other Strange Tales (CHINLIT 135)
Study of the zhiguai tradition, with readings in landmark collections from different dynastic periods (e.g., Tang, Song, Qing). Consideration of the cultural significance as well as the literary qualities of this tradition of storytelling in China. Readings in English.
| Units: 3-4
CHINLIT 263:
Lyric (Shih) I
Han through Sui dynasties.
| Units: 2-4
CHINLIT 265:
Major Figures in Classical Chinese Shi Poetry
Focus is on a major poet and relationships to previous and later poetry. Poetic form, including meter and rhyme schemes. Historical context. This year's poet is Tao Yuanming. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 201, 207.
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 12 units total)
CHINLIT 266:
Chinese Ci Poetry (Song Lyrics) (CHINLIT 166)
Introduction to poetry in the ci "song lyrics" form. This year the focus is on song lyrics of Li Qingzhao (1084-1150s), read against song lyrics composed by male writers of her day. Attention to the special challenges she faced as a woman writer, and the ways that the tradition struggled to accommodate this "talented woman." Prerequisite: Classical Chinese or advanced reading knowledge of Chinese.
| Units: 3-4
| Repeatable
for credit
CHINLIT 274:
Modern Chinese Novel: Theory, Aesthetics, History (CHINLIT 174, COMPLIT 254)
From the May Fourth movement to the 40s. Themes include enlightenment, democracy, women's liberation, revolution, war, urban culture, and love. Prerequisite: advanced Chinese.
| Units: 4
CHINLIT 279:
For Love of Country: National Narratives in Chinese Literature and Film (CHINLIT 379)
Explores the nation as it is constructed, deconstructed, and continuously contested in novels, short stories, films, and other media from the second half of the 20th century in mainland China and Taiwan. Asks how the trope of the nation and the ideology of nationalism mediate the relationships between politics and aesthetics. Explores the nation's internal fault lines of gender, ethnicity, geography, language, and citizenship.
| Units: 3-5
CHINLIT 283:
China's Dynastic Founders
This course examines the lives of China¿s dynastic founders, among whom we find the most influential, the most celebrated, the most complicated, and the most controversial rulers in premodern Chinese history. We seek to understand the ideas of leadership and legitimacy, the relationships among statecraft, military might, and moral virtue, and the importance of precedents and exemplars in traditional Chinese political culture. Primary readings are the biographies of the dynastic founders in the official histories, supplemented by the representations of these rulers in other genres of writings. Prerequisite: Two years of classical Chinese, or consent of instructor.
| Units: 3-5
CHINLIT 289:
The Poetics and Politics of Affect in Modern China
The role of affect in modern Chinese aesthetics and politics. Cultural and social theories of affect (love, hate, fear, grief, ressentiment, rage, sympathy, sincerity, shame, and nostalgia); affective discourses across agenres and media including fiction, poetry, film, journalism, and television; and mass social movements such as protest, uprising, and revolution. Advanced undergraduates requires consent of instructor. Recommended: reading knowledge of Chinese.
| Units: 3-5
CHINLIT 290:
Chinese Cultural Revolution: Performance, Politics, and Aesthetics (CHINLIT 190, COMPLIT 135)
Events, arts, films, and operas of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Analysis of political passion, aesthetics, and psychology of mass movements. Places the Cultural Revolution in the long-range context of art, social movements, and politics. Chinese language is not required.
| Units: 4
CHINLIT 291:
The Structure of Modern Chinese (CHINLIT 191)
Focus is on on syntax and semantics. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 3 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
| Units: 2-4
CHINLIT 292:
The History of Chinese (CHINLIT 192)
Emphasis is on syntactic and semantic changes in the last 2,000 years and grammaticalization. Students use a computer corpus to do research on the history of Chinese. Prerequisite: 126 or consent of instructor.
| Units: 4
CHINLIT 369:
Late Imperial Chinese Fiction
Primary works examined include Jin Ping Mei, Xingshi yinyuan zhuan, Hongloumeng, Qilu deng, Rulin waishi, and Ernu yingxiong zhuan. Secondary readings focus on social dimensions of the Chinese novel (ca. 1600-1850), but students may explore other aspects of the texts in their presentations and research papers. Comparisons with the English novel, particularly on the rise of the novel and the advent of modernity.
| Units: 2-5
CHINLIT 379:
For Love of Country: National Narratives in Chinese Literature and Film (CHINLIT 279)
Explores the nation as it is constructed, deconstructed, and continuously contested in novels, short stories, films, and other media from the second half of the 20th century in mainland China and Taiwan. Asks how the trope of the nation and the ideology of nationalism mediate the relationships between politics and aesthetics. Explores the nation's internal fault lines of gender, ethnicity, geography, language, and citizenship.
| Units: 3-5
CHINLIT 391:
Seminar in Chinese Syntax
May be repeated for credit.
| Units: 4
| Repeatable
for credit
