CHI 101 Beginning Chinese I
Professor: L. Ying
CRN: 91620 Distribution: B/D
Time:M T W Th 1:20 pm 2:20 pm LC 118
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
and literary texts will be incorporated into the curriculum to
introduce Chinese culture. Daily active participation is vital.
Divisible.
CHI 210 Women Writers of Chinese Ancestry
Professor: L. Ying
CRN: 91621 Distribution: n/a
Time: Tue 2:50 pm 4:50 pm LC 118
Cross-listed: Gender Studies, MES
This course will focus on fiction by a group of women writers who, though born of the same roots, represent a diversity of backgrounds and artistic expressions. Among them, Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan write from the perspective of Chinese American women who are caught between two worlds; Li Ang, a Taiwanese writer, portrays personal struggles of women in a rural community; and Wang Anyi and Can Xue of China reflect upon the political changes that affect individual lives. These writers are linked by one common thread--their writings invariably contemplate on the meaning of tradition, be it folk tales told by an aunt, or Confucianist moral teachings reinforced by the rules of a clan, or fragmented knowledge about China's past gathered from political campaigns. Furthermore, they all locate the central struggle within the framework of women's experience in relation to the sociopolitical conditions which shaped and governed their lives.
CHI 301 Advanced Chinese
Professor: L. Ying
CRN: 91622 Distribution: B/D
Time:M W 2:50 pm 4:20 pm LC 118
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.