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COURSES
Please
note that not every course is offered each semester. For specific
information about current courses for a particular semester, please consult
the online Schedule of Classes.
For
graduate courses, see the M.A. Program.
CHINESE
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
CHIN
101 Elementary Chinese I 3 hrs, 3 cr. Not credited without CHIN 102.
Practice in basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and
writing). Pinyin romanization system and 200 traditional Chinese characters
will be introduced.
CHIN
102 Elementary Chinese II 3 hrs, 3 cr. Continuation of CHIN 101. 200 new
traditional Chinese characters will be introduced.
CHIN
103 Elementary Chinese Conversation I 2 hrs, 2 cr. Co-req for CHIN 101 and
permission of the instructor. Offered to practice conversation for students
with no background in speaking Mandarin Chinese.
CHIN
104 Elementary Chinese Conversation II 2 hrs, 2 cr. Co-req for CHIN 102 and
permission of the instructor. Continuation of CHIN 103.
CHIN
107 Intensive Elementary Chinese 6 hrs, 6 cr. Equiv. of CHIN 101 and CHIN 102.
CHIN
201 Intermediate Chinese I 3 hrs, 3 cr. Prereq:CHIN102 or equiv. Review of basic
structures and further practice of the four language skills at the
intermediate level. 500 new traditional Chinese characters and simplified
characters will be introduced.
CHIN
202 Intermediate Chinese II 3 hrs, 3 cr. Prereq: CHIN 201 or equiv. Continuation
of CHIN 201. 500 new traditional Chinese characters and simplified
characters will be introduced.
CHIN
203 Intermediate Chinese Conversation I 2 hrs, 2 cr. Open ONLY to
students enrolled in CHIN 201 with the permission of the instructor for
additional practice in speaking Mandarin Chinese.
CHIN
204 Intermediate Chinese Conversation II 2 hrs, 2 cr. Open ONLY to students
enrolled in CHIN 202 with the permission of the instructor. Continuation of
CHIN 203.
CHIN
207 Intensive Intermediate Chinese 6 hrs, 6 cr. Equiv. of CHIN 201 and CHIN 202.
Offered in spring only.
CHIN
301 Journalistic Chinese Literature I 3 hrs, 3 cr. Prereq: CHIN 202
or equiv. Practice in reading and discussing texts written in journalistic
style. Materials include films, expository essays and newspaper articles.
Students will be required to read characters in both traditional and
simplified forms.
CHIN
302 Journalistic Chinese Literature II 3 hrs, 3 cr. Prereq: CHIN 301
or equiv. Continuation of CHIN 301.
CHIN
303 Classical Chinese Literature I 3 hrs, 3 cr. Prereq: CHIN 202 or equiv.
Introduction
to syntactic structures of classical Chinese through readings of literary
texts.
CHIN
304 Classical Chinese Literature II 3 hrs, 3 cr. Prereq: CHIN 303 or equiv.
Continuation of CHIN 303.
CHIN
306 20th-century Chinese Literature 3 hrs, 3 cr. Prereq: CHIN 302 or equiv. Reading and discussion
of famous modern literary works.
CHIN
307 Classical Chinese Poetry 3 hrs, 3 cr. Prereq: CHIN 304 or permission of
instructor. Close textual and stylistic analysis of classical poetic
forms, with emphasis on the major anthologies and poets. Readings include the Shijing,
Chuci, Han fu and yuefu, Tang shi and jueju,
and Song ci. Taught in Chinese.
CHIN
401 Advanced Studies in Chinese Literature 3 hrs, 3 cr. Prereq: CHIN 302
or permission of instructor. Topics include traditional fiction, prose and
drama; 20th-century literature; etymology and translation. Taught in
Chinese.
CHIN
402 Independent Study in Chinese Literature 3 hrs, 3 cr. Prereq: CHIN 302
and 304; senior majors with 3.5 GPA only; perm chair and instructor; research
proposal required at time of application. Independent study and research in
Chinese literature under supervision of a faculty member.
CHINESE
CULTURE AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
CHIN
111 Chinese Culture I 3 hrs, 3 cr. A survey of Chinese civilization with
emphasis on the classical tradition. Taught in English.
CHIN
112 Chinese Culture II 3 hrs, 3 cr. A survey of Chinese civilization with
emphasis on China's
modern transformation against the background of the classical tradition.
Taught in English.
CHIN
211 Topics in Chinese Culture 3 hrs, 3 cr. Topics include Confucianism,
Daoism, Buddhism, popular religion and mythology; archaeology, aesthetics,
calligraphy and painting; and women's studies. Taught in English.
CHIN
251 Topics in Chinese Literature in English Translation (W) 3 hrs, 3 cr.
Topics include Chinese cinema, contemporary fiction and poetry; Yuan and
Ming drama; literary criticism; women's literature, as well as studies of
individual traditional novels such as Dream of the Red Chamber.
CHIN
355 Classical Chinese Fiction in English Translation (W) 3 hrs, 3 cr. The traditional
Chinese short story and novel from earliest times through the Qing dynasty.
Readings
include Tang tales of the marvelous (chuanqi) and popularized texts
(bianwen); Ming prompt-book stories (huaben); and excerpts
from the novels Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Men of the Marshes,
Journey to the West (Monkey) and Dream of the Red Chamber.
CHIN 357 Classical
Chinese Poetry in English Translation (W) 3 hrs, 3 cr. Traditional Chinese poetry from
earliest times through the Qing dynasty, with emphasis on the Zhou through
Song dynasties. Readings
include the Book of Poetry, the Songs of Chu, Han rhyme-prose
and Music Bureau poetry, Tao Yuanming, Wang Wei, Du Fu, Li Bai, Li
Qingzhao, and Su Dongpo.
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