printer friendly pageCHINLIT 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.
| 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.
| 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
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
Instructors:
Lee, H. (PI)
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Liu, L. (PI)
;
Sun, C. (PI)
;
Wang, B. (PI)
;
Wang, J. (PI)
;
Zhou, Y. (PI)
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: 3-4
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Sun, C. (PI)
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