11329

CHI 106 Intensive Chinese

Li-Hua Ying

M T W Th .

1:30 pm -3:30 pm

OLINLC 120

FLLC

8 credits This course is intended for students who have completed Beginning Chinese 101, or for those who have had the equivalent of one semesters 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: 15

11331

CHI / ASIA 205 Representations of Tibet

Li-Hua Ying

. T . Th .

3:40 pm -5:00 pm

OLINLC 120

ELIT/DIFF

The popular image of Tibet in the West has been shaped in large measure by Christian missionaries' accounts, European explorers' travelogues, Hollywood movies, and the campaigns of the Tibetan exile community, including the many public appearances of the Dalai Lama. Emerging from these presentations is an exotic and sacred Tibet shrouded in mystery and charm, a Tibet as a site of geographic and cultural exceptionality, and a devastated land suppressed by Communist China. In China, tourism sites on the internet show beautiful pictures of snowcapped mountains and pilgrims turning prayer wheels at gilded monasteries as evidence of a pristine land and a people enjoying religious freedom and simple living. This course is designed to examine the ways in which texts and images are created and interpreted about a land with geographical, historical, cultural, and legal ambiguities. We will attempt to understand modern Tibet from multiple perspectives, primarily through reading works by three groups of writers: the early explorers accounts such as /Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet/ by Sven Anders Hedin, and /My Journey to Lhasa/ /by Alexandra David-Neel; writings by Tibetans both in exile and inside Tibet including /Freedom in Exile: the Autobiography of the Dalai Lama/, and stories and poems by Tashi Dawa, Ah Lai, Yidam Tsering, and Tashi Pelden; and works by contemporary Chinese writers such as Ma Yuan, Ma Jian, and Ma Lihua. We will also look at studies of Tibetan history and religion by scholars such as Melvyn Goldstein and Donald Lopez, as well as modern art and film about Tibet. Conducted in English. This course is part of the World Literature offering. Class size: 18

11330

CHI 302 Advanced Chinese II

Yen-Chen Hao

M . W . .

3:10 pm -4:30 pm

OLINLC 208

FLLC

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. Class size: 15

11759

CHI 404 China in Film & Literature II

Yen-Chen Hao

M . W . .

1:30 pm -2:50 pm

OLINLC 118

FLLC

Following the film course in the fall and with the same goal of enhancing speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, this course closely examines films from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, exploring through lectures and discussions such topics as the origin of Chinese cinema, nationalism and revolution, the genre of social realism, the cinematic representation of contemporary and recreated historical themes vis--vis portrayals offered in literary and historical sources, the search for roots in the post-Mao era, nativist film and literature, the Fifth Generation and experimental fiction and film, Hong Kong popular culture in the commercial age, feminism and sexuality, and representations of exile, diaspora and the new immigrants. Conducted in Chinese. Class size: 15