Intensive Chinese

 

Professor: Shuangting Xiong and Celina Jiang

 

Course Number: CHI 106

CRN Number: 10103

Class cap: 22

Credits: 8

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon Tue Wed Thurs    10:10 AM - 12:10 PM Olin Languages Center 206

 

Distributional Area:

FL  Foreign Languages and Lit   

 

Crosslists: Asian Studies

This course is intended for students who have completed Beginning Chinese 101, and for those who have had the equivalent of one semester of Beginning Chinese at another institution. We will continue to focus on both the oral and written aspects of the language. Regular work in the language lab and private drill sessions with the tutor are required.  An 8-week summer immersion program in Qingdao, China will follow this course.  Upon successful completion of the summer program, the students will receive six credits. (Financial aid is available for qualified students to cover part of the cost of the summer program.)

 

Advanced Chinese II

 

Professor: Huiwen Li  

 

Course Number: CHI 302

CRN Number: 10104

Class cap: 15

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

  Wed  Fri   10:10 AM - 11:30 AM Olin 302

 

Distributional Area:

FL  Foreign Languages and Lit   

 

Crosslists: Asian Studies

This course is a continuation of Chinese 301 offered in the fall. It is designed for students who have taken at least two and half years of basic Chinese at Bard or elsewhere, and who want to expand their reading and speaking capacity and to enrich their cultural experiences. Texts are mostly selected from Chinese newspapers.

 

Chinese Calligraphy Workshop

 

Professor: Huiwen Li  

 

Course Number: CHI 325

CRN Number: 10105

Class cap: 15

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

    Fri   3:10 PM - 5:30 PM Hegeman 308

 

Distributional Area:

FL  Foreign Languages and Lit   

 

Crosslists: Asian Studies

Calligraphy (“shufa” in Chinese and “shodo” in Japanese) is a traditional form of art with millennia of history behind it. This course introduces students to this venerated tradition through hands-on practice with brush and ink. We will focus on three major scripts: the clerical, the regular, and the running. In addition to the immediate aesthetic aspect of calligraphy, we will also examine its historical development, and the cultural, intellectual, and personal values that Chinese calligraphy embodies to further our understanding of this unique art form. Through intensive training and practice, students will be able to create their own calligraphic art that showcases their engagement with the past and their creative spirit.

 

Classical Chinese Poetry: Reading, Translation, and Performing (中国古诗词：读、译、吟)

 

Professor: Huiwen Li  

 

Course Number: CHI 411

CRN Number: 10106

Class cap: 15

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    3:30 PM - 4:50 PM Olin Languages Center 118

 

Distributional Area:

FL  Foreign Languages and Lit   

 

Crosslists: Asian Studies

This content-based course is designed for learners who have completed advanced Chinese or above. In this class, students will learn classical Chinese poems ranging from the Zhou dynasty (the 11th century BC), through the Tang and Song dynasties (the 7th century AD – the 13th century AD), to the Qing dynasty (the 18th century AD). The selected thirty-plus poems include those partially regulated (古体诗, in Chinese) and those fully regulated (格律诗or 近体诗). Students will receive training on some of these regulations, enabling them to appreciate classical Chinese poetry's aesthetics by understanding the rhyming schemes, rhythms, parallelism, imageries, and common thematic concerns. In this course students will learn how to read the selected poems fluently, translate them accurately, chant them properly, sing them musically, and even compose music for some of them. Furthermore, students will be able to develop basic skills in chanting, singing, and performing poems. They will also learn how Chinese poetry has intersected with religious practice, history, and other art forms, including painting and calligraphy, which will help students understand Chinese culture in-depth and gain relevant cross-cultural communication skills.