printer friendly pageCHINLIT 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.
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.
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
16 times
(up to 4 units total)
CHINLIT 189A: Honors Research
| 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)
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