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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: Spr | Units: 1-2 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Chuang, Y. (PI)

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 | Units: 3-4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ER, GER:EC-GlobalCom, GER:DB-Hum
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: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom

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 | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI

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 | Units: 3-4 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors: Festa, P. (PI)

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.
Last offered: Winter 2009 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI

CHINGEN 131: Chinese Poetry in Translation (CHINGEN 231)

From the first millennium B.C. through the 12th century. Traditional verse forms representative of the classical tradition; highlights of the most distinguished poets. History, language, and culture. Chinese language not required.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors: Sargent, S. (PI)

CHINGEN 132: Chinese Fiction and Drama in Translation (CHINGEN 232)

From early times to the 18th century, emphasizing literary and thematic discussions of major works in English translation.
Last offered: Winter 2009 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom

CHINGEN 133: Literature in 20th-Century China (CHINGEN 233)

(Graduate students register for 233.) How modern Chinese culture evolved from tradition to modernity; the century-long drive to build a modern nation state and to carry out social movements and political reforms. How the individual developed modern notions of love, affection, beauty, and moral relations with community and family. Sources include fiction and film clips. WIM course.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Wang, B. (PI)

CHINGEN 136: The Chinese Family (CHINGEN 236)

History and literature. Institutional, ritual, affective, and symbolic aspects. Perspectives of gender, class, and social change.
Last offered: Spring 2008 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
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