91478

CHI 101 Beginning Chinese I

Yu-Yin Hsu

M T W Th .

1:50 -2:50 pm

OLINLC 118

FLLC

Cross-listed: Asian Studies For students with little or no previous knowledge of Chinese. An introduction to modern (Mandarin) Chinese through an intensive drill of its oral and written forms. Emphasis on speaking and basic grammar as well as the formation of the characters. Audio and video materials will be incorporated into the curriculum to expose the class to Chinese daily life and culture. Daily active participation, frequent use of the language lab and one hour per week tutorial with the Chinese tutor are expected. The course is followed by an intensive course (eight hours per week) in the spring semester and a summer intensive program (eight weeks) in Qingdao, China. Divisible. Class size: 18

92241

CHI 205 General Introduction to Linguistics

Yu-Yin Hsu

. T . Th .

3:10 -4:30 pm

OLINLC 118

FLLC

Cross-listed: Asian Studies; Mind, Brain & Behavior The formal study of language. Particular topics include: phonetics and phonology (the study of sound-patterns), morphology (word-formation and grammaticalization), and syntax (the arrangement of elements into meaningful utterance); sociolinguistics (the covariation of language with social and cultural factors); and comparative and historical linguistics (morphosyntactic typology and language origins, change, and ‘death’). We also consider key trends, moments, and thinkers in the history of thought about language, Western and non-Western. This survey is supplemented by critical discussion of films depicting 'exotic' languages or unusual language situations as well as linguistics in practice. Conducted in English. Class size: 20

91482

CHI 215 The Chinese Novel: The Story of the Stone and Gender in Late Imperial China

Li-Hua Ying

M . W . .

1:30 -2:50 pm

OLINLC 120

ELIT/DIFF

Cross-listed: Gender & Sexuality Studies; Literature It has been said that The Story of the Stone has the critical acclaim of James Joyce’s Ulysses, the popular appeal of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind and is twice as long as them both combined. This course will serve two purposes. The first is to read, in its entirety, a beautiful, scholarly and complete translation of a work that one fifth of the world’s population consider to be the best novel ever written. The second is to learn something about the cultural history of China, in particular attitudes and conceptions of gender. The late-imperial Chinese interest in gender and sexuality anticipates many contemporary post-modern concerns. No one text captures these trends better than the eighteenth-century masterpiece Shitou ji, The Story of the Stone, better known under the title used for the 120-chapter version Honglou meng, Dream of the Red Chamber. This course will combine a close reading of the novel and its commentaries with a review of recent scholarship on sex and gender in late-imperial China. Taught in English. Class size: 18

91480

CHI 301 Advanced Chinese

Yu-Yin Hsu

M . W . .

3:10 -4:30 pm

OLINLC 118

FLLC

This course is for students who have taken at least two 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 will be selected from newspapers, journals, and fictional works. Class size: 15

91481

CHI 303 Chinese Fantastic Tales

Li-Hua Ying

M . W . .

3:10 -4:30 pm

OLINLC 120

FLLC

Cross-listed: Asian Studies In this course we will read tales written in classical Chinese as well as their renderings in modern Chinese. Texts are selected from well-known classical works such as Zhuang Zi, Lie Zi, and Huainan Zi, written in the pre-qin and the Han Dynasties. Stories written in later periods from Tang through Qing such Liaozhai Zhiyi will also be included. Through reading the classical form as well as its modern translation, the students will be able to compare the similarities and differences between ancient and modern Chinese language. This is an advanced language course and will be conducted in Chinese. Open to students who have had two years or more of Chinese language. Class size: 15