Print Settings
 

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
Instructors: ; Sun, C. (PI)

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
Instructors: ; Bartlett, T. (PI)

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.
| Units: 2-5
Instructors: ; Bartlett, T. (PI)

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.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5
Instructors: ; Egan, R. (PI)

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.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2-5
Instructors: ; Zhou, Y. (PI)

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.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-4
Instructors: ; Egan, R. (PI)

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.
| Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II | Repeatable 16 times (up to 4 units total)

CHINLIT 189A: Honors Research

| 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 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.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors: ; Sun, C. (PI)

CHINLIT 200: Directed Reading in Chinese

Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-12 | 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.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5
Instructors: ; Wang, B. (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
Instructors: ; Sun, C. (PI)

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
Instructors: ; Bartlett, T. (PI)

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
Instructors: ; Bartlett, T. (PI)

CHINLIT 221: Advanced Classical Chinese: Philosophical Texts

Prerequisite: 207 or equivalent.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5
Instructors: ; Zhou, Y. (PI)

CHINLIT 222: Advanced Classical Chinese: Historical Narration

Prerequisite: 127/207 or equivalent.
| Units: 2-5
Instructors: ; Wang, J. (PI)

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.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5
Instructors: ; Egan, R. (PI)

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.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2-5
Instructors: ; Zhou, Y. (PI)

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.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-4
Instructors: ; Egan, R. (PI)

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.
| Units: 4 | Repeatable 16 times (up to 4 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 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.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5
Instructors: ; Lee, H. (PI)

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.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: ; Sun, C. (PI)

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 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.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2-5
Instructors: ; Zhou, Y. (PI)

CHINLIT 371: China in the World (COMPLIT 371)

How aesthetics and politics intertwine and break apart in Western and Eastern traditions. Aesthetics for understanding culture, morality, and power in crosscultural contexts. Readings include Hegel, Kant, Marcuse, Lukacs, and Adorno; and Chinese thinkers Wang Guowei, Lu Xun, Li Zehou, and Mao. Prerequisite: CHINLIT 127/207 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2-5 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: ; Wang, B. (PI)

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.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5
Instructors: ; Lee, H. (PI)

CHINLIT 391: Seminar in Chinese Syntax

May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: ; Sun, C. (PI)

CHINLIT 399: Dissertation Research

Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-12 | Repeatable for credit

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 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 223: Advanced Classical Chinese: Literary Essays

Readings and grammatical analyses of literary essays thoughout imperial China. Prerequisite: CHINLIT 127/207 or equivalent.
| Units: 2-5

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 273: Chinese Drama

Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods emphasizing literary not theatrical qualities. Prerequisite: 127/207 or consent of instructor.
| Units: 2-4

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 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
© Stanford University | Terms of Use | Copyright Complaints