printer friendly pageCHINGEN 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
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Units: 3-4
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
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: Win
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Sun, C. (PI)
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
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Egan, R. (PI)
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Zhang, Y. (PI)
CHINGEN 101: How to Be Modern in China: A Gateway to the World Course
A gateway course on China, with a focus on the politics of everyday life, in the capital city of Beijing. Introduction to the history and politics of modern China. The pleasures, frictions, and challenges of daily living in the penumbra of power in Beijing as reported, represented, and reflected upon in fiction, film, reportage, social commentary, and scholarly writings. Priority to those preparing to participate in BOSP-Beijing Program or returning from the program.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
CHINGEN 118: Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology (ARCHLGY 135, ARCHLGY 235, CHINGEN 218)
Archaeological studies in contemporary East Asia share a common concern, to contribute to building a national narrative and cultural identity. This course focuses on case studies from China, Korea, and Japan, examining the influence of particular social-political contexts, such as nationalism, on the practice of archaeology in modern times.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Liu, L. (PI)
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
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Units: 3-4
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UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
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.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Zhou, Y. (PI)
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: Aut
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Units: 4-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Wang, B. (PI)
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Zhou, C. (PI)
CHINGEN 135: Chinese Bodies, Chinese Selves (CHINGEN 235)
Interdisciplinary. The body as a contested site of representational practices, identity politics, cultural values, and social norms. Body images, inscriptions, and practices in relation to health, morality, gender, sexuality, nationalism, consumerism, and global capitalism in China and Taiwan. Sources include anthropological, literary, and historical studies, and fiction and film. No knowledge of Chinese required.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Festa, P. (PI)
CHINGEN 141: Emergence of Chinese Civilization from Caves to Palaces (ARCHLGY 111, CHINGEN 241)
Introduces processes of cultural evolution from the Paleolithic to the Three Dynasties in China. By examining archaeological remains, ancient inscriptions, and traditional texts, four major topics will be discussed: origins of modern humans, beginnings of agriculture, development of social stratification, and emergence of states and urbanism.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-4
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Liu, L. (PI)
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