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Japanese Courses
Korean Language Course
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Literature and Culture Courses
Crosslisted Courses
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Spring 2010 Chinese Language Courses
21009 EALC 10112 Section 01. First Year Chinese II
Chengxu Yin
MWF 3:00-3:50
EALC 10111
Introduction to Mandarin Chinese using simplified characters. Equal emphasis on the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students may expect to master a spoken vocabulary of about 1,000 words and a written vocabulary of 500 characters.
23039 EALC 10112 Section 02. First Year Chinese II
Chengxu Yin
MWF 12:50-1:40
EALC 10111
Introduction to Mandarin Chinese using simplified characters. Equal emphasis on the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students may expect to master a spoken vocabulary of about 1,000 words and a written vocabulary of 500 characters.
25762 EALC 12112 01. First Year Chinese II Lab
Section 01 or Section 02
Chengxu Yin
TR 11:00-11:50
23802 EALC 10112 Section 03. First Year Chinese II
Guangyan Chen
MWF 11:45-12:35
EALC 10111
Introduction to Mandarin Chinese using simplified characters. Equal emphasis on the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students may expect to master a spoken vocabulary of about 1,000 words and a written vocabulary of 500 characters.
23807 EALC 10112 Section 04. First Year Chinese II
Guangyan Chen
MWF 10:40-11:30
EALC 10111
Introduction to Mandarin Chinese using simplified characters. Equal emphasis on the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students may expect to master a spoken vocabulary of about 1,000 words and a written vocabulary of 500 characters.
25764 EALC 12112 01. First Year Chinese II Lab
Section 03 or Section 04
Guangyan Chen
TR 2:00-2:50
20258 EALC 20212 Section 01. Second Year Chinese II
Yanjing Wang
MWF 11:45-12:35
Prerequisite: EALC 20211
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Grammar review and training in the four basic skills to higher levels of sophistication: oral/aural skills for fluency in communication, reading for critical understanding, and the ability to write simple composition.
25765 EALC 22212 01. Second Year Chinese II Lab
Section 01 or Section 03
Yanjing Wang
TR 2:00-2:50
24042 EALC 20212 Section 02. Second Year Chinese II
Guangyan Chen
MWF 12:50-1:40
Prerequisite: EALC 20211
Grammar review and training in the four basic skills to higher levels of sophistication: oral/aural skills for fluency in communication, reading for critical understanding, and the ability to write simple composition.
25766 EALC 22212 02 Second Year Chinese II Lab
Section 02
Guangyan Chen
TR 11:00-11:50
24615 EALC 20212 Section 03. Second Year Chinese II
Yanjing Wang
MWF 10:40-11:30
Prerequisite: EALC 20211
Grammar review and training in the four basic skills to higher levels of sophistication: oral/aural skills for fluency in communication, reading for critical understanding, and the ability to write simple compositions.
21402 EALC 30312 Section 01. Third Year Chinese II
Chengxu Yin
MWF 1:55-2:45
Prerequisite: EALC 30311
Development of advanced conversational, reading and writing skills, using a wide range of authentic materials, including material from news media.
22226 EALC 40412 Section 01. Fourth Year Chinese II
Yanjing Wang
MWF 12:50-1:40
Prerequisite: EALC 40411
Practice in advanced conversational, reading and writing skills, using newspapers, short fiction, videotapes and other authentic materials.
23822 EALC 40422 Section 01. Advanced Chinese II
Liangyan Ge
MWF 3:00-3:50
Prerequisite: EALC 40412 or placement exam.
This course is appropriate for majors and individuals with language experience overseas. The year long sequence helps students become functional speakers, readers, and writers of modern Chinese through articles and essays from newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals, as well as engagement with popular media and online communications.
Prerequisite: successful completion of four years of Chinese language training, as determined by placement examination. The learning goals of the course are to introduce modern Chinese culture while developing competence in reading, speaking and writing standard modern Chinese.
23407 EALC 47498 Section 01. Special Studies
Instructor and time will be determined.
Repeatable course.
Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.
Requires “contractual agreement” with the professor prior to scheduling. For advanced students who wish to pursue an independent research project reading Chinese language materials
Spring 2010 Japanese Language Courses
20062 EALJ 10112 Section 01. First Year Japanese II
Noriko Hanabusa
MWF 9:35-10:25
Prerequisite: EALJ 10111
Introduction to the fundamentals of modern Japanese. Equal emphasis on speaking, listening, reading and writing. Introduction of the hiragana and katakana syllabaries, and 200 kanji.
21119 EALJ 10112 Section 02. First Year Japanese II
Noriko Hanabusa
MWF 10:40-11:30
Prerequisite: EALJ 10111
Introduction to the fundamentals of modern Japanese. Equal emphasis on speaking, listening, reading and writing. Introduction of the hiragana and katakana syllabaries, and 200 kanji.
25770 EALJ 12112 01 First Year Japanese II Lab
Section 01 or Section 02
Noriko Hanabusa
TR 9:30-10:20
22089 EALJ 20212 Section 01. Second Year Japanese II
Setsuko Shiga
MWF 10:40-11:30
Prerequisite: EALJ 20211
Continued training in the fundamentals of the modern language. Equal emphasis on speaking, listening, reading and writing. Introduction of approximately 200 kanji.
21136 EALJ 20212 Section 02. Second Year Japanese II
Setsuko Shiga
MWF 11:45-12:35
Prerequisite: EALJ 20211
Continued training in the fundamentals of the modern language. Equal emphasis on speaking, listening, reading and writing. Introduction of approximately 200 kanji.
25771 EALJ 22212 01. Second Year Japanese II Lab
Section 01 or Section 02
Setsuko Shiga
TR 2:00-2:50
21162 EALJ 30312 Section 01. Third Year Japanese II
Setsuko Shiga
MWF 1:55-2:45
Prerequisite: EALJ 30311
The first in a sequence of intermediate courses offered for those students who do not participate in the Year-in-Japan Program. Development of oral/aural skills with an emphasis on typical conversational situations. Improvement of reading and writing skills.
28161 EALJ 40412 Section 01, Fourth Year Japanese II
Noriko Hanabusa
MWF 11:45-12:35
Prerequisite: EALJ 40411.
Repeatable Course
Designed for students who complete IJ 500 (Intensive Japanese 500) in the year-in-Japan program at Nanzan, or the equivalent at Sophia.
23454 EALJ 47498 Section 01. Special Studies
nstructor and time will be determined.
Repeatable course.
Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission
Requires “contractual agreement” with the professor prior to scheduling. For advanced students who wish to pursue an independent research project reading Japanese language materials.
Spring 2010 Korean Language Courses
25798 EALK 10112 01. First Year Korean II
MWF 9:30-10:25
Jung Hyuck Lee
25773 EALK 12112 01. First Year Korean II Lab
T 9:30-10:45
Or
28172 EALK 12112 02. First Year Korean II Lab
T 3:30-4:45
Prerequisite: 10111
This is an intensive introduction to the fundamentals of modern Korea. The class meets five days per week. This course is designed for students who have not studied Korean language before. The goal of this class is to gain an acquisition of the four basic language skills in Korean: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Students will learn to read and write and to develop conversational skills.
28079 EALK 20212 01. Second Year Korean II
MWF 10:40-11:30
Jung-Hyuck Lee
28372 EALK 22212 01. Second Year Korean II Lab
R 9:30-10:45
Or
28373 EALK 22212 02. Second Year Korean II Lab
R 11:00-12:15
Prerequisite: 20211
Korean 20212 is the second semester of an Intermediate course on spoken and written Korean. It is catered for learners who have taken First-year Korean or have prior knowledge of Korean language & culture. It is designed to continue building students’ language skills with emphasis on enhancing the speaking ability, writing skills, and usage of more complex constructions. Hence, classroom activity and assignments will be designed and conducted with the main purpose of facilitating students' learning process. Furthermore, the medium of instruction will be in Korean and students are expected to use the target language as much as they can throughout the course.
There will be 9 lessons covered during fall semester, with supplementary activities relevant to each lesson. Moreover, approximately 90 Chinese characters will be introduced for the achievement of basic literacy.
26658 EALK 47498 01. Special Studies
Repeatable Course
Department approval required
Requires “contractual agreement” with the professor prior to scheduling. For advanced students who wish to pursue an independent research project reading Korean language materials.
Spring 2010 Literature and Culture Courses
The LLEA courses listed use materials in English translation and require no prior background in Asian studies.
University Seminars
Family in Chinese Literature
Sylvia Lin
TR 3:30-4:15
Freshmen only.
Over the past hundred years, Chinese families have undergone dramatic changes. The exulted extended families with four generations living under one roof have gradually given way to nuclear families. What are the problems and promises facing these families? How do Chinese families deal with a society that is experiencing drastic changes? How do writers portray family life and relationship among family members? In this course, we will read literary works about different types of family and family life. We will read, for instance, how a working class mother tries to maintain her dignity in front of her young son, or how the one-child policy affects familial harmony. We will look into the interplay between family, society and historical backgrounds in the depictions of this important sector.
After finishing this course, students will gain some basic knowledge about Chinese family, society, and culture, learn to do close reading and in-depth discussion, as well as improve their critical thinking and writing skills.
23823 LLEA 13186 Section 02, University Seminar in English
Self and Other in Modern Japanese Fiction
Michael Brownstein
TR 11:00-12:15
Freshmen only.
In this course, we will study six novels by modern Japanese writers (in translation) as a way of exploring the relationship between the individual and society in modern Japanese society. By reading, discussing, and writing about these novels, you will also have the opportunity to explore how fictional narratives work to produce meaning, share your critical insights with others and improve your writing skills.
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24043 LLEA 20101 01 Introduction to Chinese Culture and Civilization
Cross list: ASIA 20101; HIST 30144
Xiaoshan Yang
TR 5:00-6:15
This is a survey course that introduces the students with little or no knowledge of the Chinese language or culture to the major aspects of Chinese cultural tradition from the dawn of its civilization to the present time. Readings (in English translation) include traditional Chinese historical, philosophical, political, religious and literary texts as well as modern scholarship. Students are encouraged to bring in their experience, living or reading, of Western culture in order to approach the Chinese texts from a comparative perspective.
28370 LLEA 20108 01 The Riddle of Korean Mythology
Crosslist: ASIA 20108
Hyun-soul Cho
MW 1:30-2:45
Do you know Korean mythology? Korean mythology has not only the universality of East Asian myth and world myth, but also the particularity of it. The particularity of Korean myth is shown by Mooga, the shaman’s song. We will study such a universality and particularity of Korean myth. Specially, in the view of comparative mythology, we will approach to Korean myth. Through this course, students will be able to understand Korean mythology, but Korean literatures and cultures as well.
25775 LLEA 23301 01 Masterpieces of Classical Japanese Literature
Cross list: ASIA 23301
Michael Brownstein
TR 2:00-3:15
This course is designed for students who wish to fulfill their University or College literature requirement with a survey of Japanese poetry, fiction and drama from the earliest times through the 20th century. All texts are in English and no special knowledge of Japan or Japanese is required.
The course is divided into four units. We will begin with the development of court poetry (waka) as found in the Manyoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves) and the first Imperial Anthologies, followed by episodes from the Tales of Ise, and selected chapters from Murasaki Shikibu’s masterpiece of courtly love, The Tale of Genji (ca. 1000 A.D.). In addition to social and historical factors influencing the development of a courtly aesthetic, we will also consider the influential role played by Buddhism and Chinese literature. In the second unit we will look at how Japanese literature developed under the patronage of the samurai aristocracy during Japan’s “medieval” period (12-16th centuries) with readings of Noh plays, linked verse (renga) and philosophical essays such as An Account of My Hut and Essays in Idleness. For the third unit, we move to the Early Modern Period with the haiku poetry of Basho, short stories by Saikaku (Five Women Who Loved Love), and The Love Suicides at Amijima, a play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. For the last unit, we will read a selection of modern stories and plays.
23040 LLEA 30101 01 Chinese Ways Of Thought
Cross listed: ASIA 30101; HIST 30143; LIT 87913; PHIL 20218; RLT 40218; THEO 30214
Lionel M. Jensen
TR 11:00-12:15
LLEA 30101 is a special topics class on religion, philosophy, and the intellectual history of China. Conventionally it is assumed that the religion and philosophy of the Chinese can be easily divided into three teachings: Daoism, Buddhism, and “Confucianism.” Chinese Ways of Thought questions this easy doctrinal divisibility by introducing the student to the world-view and life experience of Chinese as they have been drawn and local cultic traditions, worship and sacrifice to heroes, city gods, earth gods, water sprites, nature deities, and above all, the dead. China’s grand philosophical legacy of Daoism, Buddhism, “Confucianism,” and later “Neo Confucianism” with which we have become familiar in the West derived from the particular historical contexts of local practice and it was also in such indigenous contexts that Islam and later Christianity were appropriated as native faiths.
28169 LLEA 30109 01 Chinese Literature and Religion
Cross listed: ASIA 30109
Xiaoshan Yang
Tr 3:30-4:45
This course examines interfaces of religion and literature in the Chinese tradition. Students are introduced to the essential teachings of Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism and ways in which such teachings are represented or reflected in literary works, including poetry, prose essays, and fiction.
28167 LLEA 33108 01 Anti-Social Behavior in Modern Chinese Fiction
Cross listed: ASIA 33108
Sylvia Lin
2:00-3:15
Chinese society is often characterized as highly conformative and lacking in individuality. Is this true? What kind of behaviors then would be considered anti-social and why? What are their moral, social and political consequences? In this course, we will read fictional works depicting behaviors and attitudes that are considered by society in general as anti-social, anti-conventional, and sometimes anti-Party. We will investigate the contexts of these behaviors and their political implications. For instance, are these behaviors justified? Are different standards applied to women? What are the temporal and spatial factors in people’s conception of an anti-social behavior? To what extent are these behaviors culturally determined?
This course is taught in English and no prior knowledge of the Chinese languages or China is required.
28171 LLEA 30609 01, Buddhism in China
Cross list: ASIA 30609; THEO 30224
Robert Gimello
MW 3:00-4:15
Buddhism is the only one of the major religions traditionally regarded as Chinese that did not originate in China. China is arguably the Asian civilization in which Buddhism underwent its most extensive development and its most thoroughgoing transformations. This course is designed to be a thematic and historical overview of the development of Buddhist thought and practice in China with special emphasis on the process of mutual influence by which Buddhism, without ceasing to be Buddhist, became also a Chinese religion while China, without abandoning its indigenous religious heritage, became also a Buddhist culture. As such the course will serve a threefold purpose: it will introduce students to fundamental Buddhist beliefs and values as they took shape in China; it will acquaint them with essential elements of Chinese civilization attributable to Buddhism’s presence; and it will provide an opportunity to study what may well be world history’s most remarkable instance of successful cross-cultural religious communication.
24874 LLEA 33111 01, Chinese Literary Dreams and Dream of the Red Chamber
Cross list: ASIA 33111; ENGL 20951
Liangyan Ge
MW 11:45-1:00
Dreams have long been objects of fascination for people in all cultures, including the Chinese. Focusing on the eighteenth-century Chinese masterwork Dream of the Red Chamber, this course examines the literary functions of dreams in the Chinese context. Dreams will be discussed as a catalyst in the process of fiction making, serving as a master trope for the “complementary oppositions” between truth and falsehood, between history and literature, between reality and fictionality, and between the sublunary and the supernatural. The goal of the course is to familiarize students with a novel that is generally considered the pinnacle of Chinese fictional literature and with some of the cultural convictions that underscore Chinese literary dreams. The primary text of the course is the 5-volume English translation of Dream of the Red Chamber. Supplementary readings include scholarship on the novel and modern theories on dream and the unconscious. Prior knowledge in Chinese language and culture not required.
Crosslisted Courses, Spring 2010
25843 LLEA 20145 01 Appreciating World Music
Cross list: MUS 20145
Stephanie Ng
MWF 11:45-12:35
This course introduces students to the methods for conducting field research, reviewing live musical events and evaluating World Music recordings. Through discussions about music from South Africa, Mexico, the Philippines, Indonesia and China, students learn about the musical practices of these other cultures and understand their motivations for musical production. Challenges faced by musicians from colonialism, racism, nationalism, cultural imperialism and commercialism are also engaged. In addition, students are encouraged to `discover’ world music among the diasporic communities within their own societies, and get the opportunity to perform music of some of the cultures studied.
25845 LLEA 20146 Music/Globalization in Asia
Cross list: MUS 20146; ANTH 20046; ASIA 20146
Stephanie Ng
MWF 10:40-11:30
This course explores musical production in India and China, the `new cultural cores' that are gradually replacing the USA and Western Europe in cultural influence in Asia and the Asian diaspora. Taking into account these countries' colonial and semi-colonial histories, their political and economic development, and the increasing transnational movement of their citizens, this course charts the development of commercially successful music from these countries: bhangra; Bollywood; Chinese pop; and fusion music popularized by bands like Twelve Girl Band and composers like Tan Dun in films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon that have not only captured Asia but the West as well, and shaped the imagination of what Indian-ness and Chinese-ness are, both to the Chinese/Indians and non-Chinese/Indians. In addition, this course examines Filipino entertainers, a group of musicians who provide live entertainment of a transnational capacity throughout Asia. They represent important channels for the dissemination of Indian and Chinese popular music in that region. Globalization and cosmopolitanism theories will be discussed in this course.
24752 LLEA 30465 01 Chinese Politics
Cross list: ASIA 30465; POLS 30465, Primary
Peter Moody
MWF 10:40-11:30
Study of the contemporary Chinese political system and process in the light of Chinese history and culture. Some of the topics treated include: the traditional political order; the revolutionary movements; the rise of communism; Maoism and the rejection of Maoism; the political structure; leadership, personalities, and power struggles; economic policy; social policy and movements; problems of corruption and instability; prospects for democratic development. There will be some attention to Taiwan and to Hong Kong as special Chinese societies.
LLEA 40041, 01 Introduction to Applied Linguistics
Cross listed: LLRO 40041
MW 3:00-4:15
Lance Askildson
This course will introduce students to the properties of language and their systematic study via linguistic inquiry. Specifically, the origins and mechanisms of linguistic knowledge will be examined alongside the componential units of syntax, morphology, phonology and semantics. The course will further introduce students to applied linguistic study with an emphasis on second language acquisition and the integration of socio cultural knowledge within this process. Students will complete this course with a greater understanding of the nature of language and the mechanisms whereby it is acquired, conceptually represented and produced.
24980 LLEA 48311 01 Honors Thesis, Chinese
Instructor and time will be determined.
3 credits
Department approval required.
Majors in Chinese are strongly encouraged to pursue the honors track. Those who are interested must meet the following criteria:
(1) Fulfillment of all the requirements for a first major of 30 credit hours in Chinese;
(2) A cumulative GPA of at least 3.6
Program Requirements:
In addition to the 30 hours required for a major, the honors track requires the completion of a senior honors thesis of at least 30 pages that demonstrates the student’s originality and ability to do research in the target field. For this endeavor the student will receive 3 hours of graded credit. This means that to graduate with departmental honors, the student must earn 33 hours of credit in the major.
Based on past experience, it is the expectation that honors projects will emerge from previous course work where close interaction between faculty and students has planted the seeds for a larger project; from the student's leadership role in the cultural and intellectual life of the department; or as a follow up to experiences begun during his/her study abroad.
24978 LLEA 48411 01 Honors Thesis in Japanese
Instructor and time will be determined.
3 credits
Department approval required.
Majors in Japanese are strongly encouraged to pursue the honors track. Those who are interested must meet the following criteria:
(1) Fulfillment of all the requirements for a first major of 30 credit hours in Japanese;
(2) A cumulative GPA of at least 3.6
Program Requirements:
In addition to the 30 hours required for a major, the honors track requires the completion of a senior honors thesis of at least 30 pages that demonstrates the student’s originality and ability to do research in the target field. For this endeavor the student will receive 3 hours of graded credit. This means that to graduate with departmental honors, the student must earn 33 hours of credit in the major.
Based on past experience, it is our expectation that honors projects will emerge from previous course work where close interaction between faculty and students has planted the seeds for a larger project; from the student's leadership role in the cultural and intellectual life of the department; or as a follow up to experiences begun during his/her study abroad program.
