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CHI 106 Intensive Chinese

Li-Hua Ying

M T W Th .

1:30 -3:30 pm

OLINLC 115

FLLC

Cross-listed: Asian Studies (8 credits) This course is intended for students who have completed Beginning Chinese 101, and for those who have had the equivalent of one semester’s 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. See Prof. Ying for details.) Class size: 18

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CHI 150 Asian Humanities Seminar

Andrew Schonebaum

. T . Th .

11:50 -1:10 pm

OLIN 303

HUM/DIFF

The seminar in Asian Humanities is based on a shared reading and discussion of major works of literature, religion, and philosophy from a number of Asian traditions. These texts have been selected because they have been recognized as classics within Asia, setting the terms of an ongoing cultural conversation, and also because they speak to human concerns not necessarily limited to particular cultural or historical contexts. We will read representative works such as those by Confucius, Zhuangzi, Murasaki Shikibu, Sei Shônagon, Kenkô , Chikamatsu Monzaemon , Cao Xueqin, the Diamond and Platform Sutras, Ramayana, Bhagavad-Gita. As a participant in this seminar you will be encouraged to join in this conversation, to confront these works directly, to read these classic texts so as to be able to reflect meaningfully about them in their own terms and in terms of your own traditions. Because the works selected stretch across two and a half millennia and include translations from Indian, Chinese, and Japanese, the course aims less to transmit a comprehensive body of historical knowledge than to allow participants an initial but direct engagement with some of the more significant literary, intellectual, and religious texts of Asia. Class size: 18

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CHI 202 Intermediate Chinese II

Andrew Schonebaum

. T . Th .

1:30 -2:50 pm

OLINLC 120

FLLC

Cross-listed: Asian Studies This course continues Intermediate Chinese I, and is for students who have taken one and a half years of basic Chinese, and who want to expand reading and speaking capacity and to enrich cultural experiences. We will use audio and video materials, emphasize communicative activities and language games, and stress the learning of both receptive and productive skills. In addition to the central language textbook, other texts will be selected from newspapers, journals, and fictional works. Conducted in Chinese. Class size: 15

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CHI 404 Lu Xun and Modern Chinese Fiction

Li-Hua Ying

. T . Th .

3:40 -5:00 pm

OLINLC 208

FLLC

An advanced language course that involves close reading of short stories by major writers of twentieth-century China, including Lu Xun, Eileen Chang, Shen Congwen, Ding Ling, Bai Xianyong, and others. While focusing primarily on textual analysis, we will also seek to understand the concept of modernity in the context of Chinese literary and cultural traditions, addressing issues such as social commitment, artistic style, and historical background. Conducted in Chinese.

Class size: 15