CHINESE

CRN

12046

Distribution

B/D

Course No.

CHI 106

Title

Intensive Beginning Chinese

Professor

Li-Hua Ying

Schedule

Mon Tu Wed Th 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm LC 120

8 credits For students who have completed Beginning Chinese and for those who have had the equivalent of one semester's Beginning Chinese at Bard or at another institution. Focus continues on both the oral and written aspects of the language. Regular work in the language lab and private drill sessions with the Chinese tutor required. This course will be followed by a five-week summer intensive program in Qingdao, China. While in China, the students, in addition to learning the language, will have the opportunity to choose from a variety of courses offered by the host university, such as calligraphy, painting and Tai-Chi. Upon successful completion of the summer program, students receive five additional credits. (Financial aid is available for qualified students to cover part of the cost of the summer program).

CRN

12047

Distribution

B/D

Course No.

CHI 302

Title

Lu Xun and the Chinese Short Story

Professor

Gang Xu

Schedule

Mon Wed 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm LC 118

An advanced language course that involves close readings of short stories by Lu Xun. While focusing primarily in the linguistic features of these texts, we will also attempt to seek Lu Xun's "modernity" through Chinese roots, addressing issues such as social commitment and artistic expression. Conducted in Chinese.

CRN

12358

Distribution

B/D

Course No.

CHI 307

Title

Contemporary Chinese Fiction

Professor

Li-hua Ying

Schedule

Tu Th 8:30 am - 9:50 am LC 118

Emerging from three decades of propagandist literature during the Mao era, Chinese fiction since the end of the seventies has gone through an intense period of self-examination to define its role. While the notion that literature has to serve a higher/ideological purpose is no longer uniformly accepted, the question of what literature should aim to accomplish still governs some forums of discussion among writers and critics. What dominates fiction of this period is experimentation with a variety of traditions, both native and foreign, with various degrees of success. Writers are preoccupied with finding new narrative forms and new subject matters. As a result, the past two and half decades have undoubtedly produced some of the best works in the history of modern Chinese fiction. We will read short stories by Jia Pingwa and Wang Zengqi, generally considered "nativists," and Ma Yuan and Can Xue, the so called "modernists." The last book to be read is Hong Ying's Daughter of the River. Both the works read in class and the discussions are in Chinese. Supplementary readings of theoretical and critical works in English will be assigned.

Prerequisite: Chinese 306 or approval of the professor.