Course: |
CHI 101 Beginning
Chinese I |
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Professor: |
Huiwen Li |
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CRN: |
90198 |
Schedule: |
Mon Tue Wed Thurs
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Olin Languages Center 120 |
Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
Cross-listed: Asian Studies
This course introduces students to the basics of Mandarin Chinese, a
language with the largest number of native speakers worldwide. The objective of
this course is to learn how to understand, speak, read, and write everyday
Chinese language to the best of our abilities and have fun in the process. By
the end of this course, students will be able to conduct simple, practical
conversations with Chinese speakers on a variety of everyday topics, and read
and write short passages in Chinese. The relationship between language and
culture is emphasized, and in addition to becoming familiar with the tones and
structures of the Chinese language, students will begin developing an
understanding and sensitivity to various cultural contexts in which new
language skills can be appropriately applied. Daily active participation,
frequent use of audios and videos, and one-hour tutorial with Chinese tutor per
week are expected. Please note that this course is a prelude to Chinese 106
(Intensive Chinese, 2021 spring), at the culmination of which students can
choose to travel to Qingdao, China, for an eight-week intensive summer program.
Course: |
CHI 201 Intermediate
Chinese I |
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Professor: |
Yi-chen Lee |
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CRN: |
90199 |
Schedule: |
Tue Thurs
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM Olin Languages Center 118 |
Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
Cross-listed: Asian Studies
This course is for students who have taken one year of basic Chinese at
Bard or elsewhere. Continued emphasis will be on basic skills of listening,
speaking, reading, and writing. Daily practice, frequent use of the language
lab, and one session with the Chinese tutor are required.
Course: |
CHI 301 Advanced
Chinese I |
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Professor: |
Huiwen Li |
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CRN: |
90201 |
Schedule: |
Mon Wed 3:50 PM - 5:10 PM Olin Languages Center
210 |
Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
Cross-listed: Asian Studies
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.
Course: |
CHI 315 Chinese Calligraphy |
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Professor: |
Huiwen Li |
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CRN: |
90991 |
Schedule: |
Thurs 3:50 PM - 6:10 PM Reem Kayden Center 111 |
Distributional Area: |
PA Practicing Arts |
Class cap: |
20 |
Credits: |
4 |
Cross-listed: Asian
Studies
This
course introduces the East Asian art of calligraphy—“shufa”
in Chinese and “shodo” in Japanese. Long regarded as the
highest form of art in East Asia, calligraphy lends itself to
painting and poetry. Together they form the so-called “three perfections” in
the literati tradition. We will study the aesthetic principles that connect the
three aesthetic forms. Considerable time will be devoted to discussing the
philosophical traditions of Taoism, Zen Buddhism and Confucianism. The
emphasis of this course, however, is on learning the techniques of writing with
the brush and developing individual styles and an appreciation of the art
of calligraphy. The course is open to all students. No prior
knowledge of Chinese is required.
Course: |
CHI 403 Beyond
China: Chinese Literature in the Diaspora |
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Professor: |
Lu Kou |
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CRN: |
90202 |
Schedule: |
Tue 10:20 AM - 12:40 PM Reem
Kayden Center 200 |
Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
Cross-listed: Asian Studies
This course is an introduction to modern and contemporary Chinese literature
focusing on Chinese cultural spheres beyond the People's Republic and Taiwan.
We will read Chinese diasporic literatures along a transnational itinerary,
analyzing poetry and fiction hailing from Southeast Asia, Europe, and the U.S.
At each location, Chinese immigrants must confront a multiethnic and
multicultural society of layered histories and politics and find their own
voice in their new home. The authors we will study, Yu Dafu, Zhang Ailing, Bai
Xianyong, Nie Hualing, Li Yongping, Huang Jinshu, Gao Xingjian, Yang Lian, Ma
Jian, Yan Geling, etc., each in their unique ways, have to confront issues such
as exile and alienation, conceptions about being Chinese, understanding of the
self and other, and the ways to narrate belonging and cultural identity. While
examining their writings through close reading, we will learn to think
critically about topics such as globalization with its impact on literary
production and dissemination, the processes of cultural contact, and the
representations of transnational experiences. This course fulfills Difference
and Justice requirements as it deals with Chinese literature in a global
context, focusing on unpacking the thorny problems of race and ethnicity,
prejudices and discrimination, nationalism, and translational experiences.
Prerequisite: three and more years of college Chinese language instruction or
with the approval of the instructor. Taught in Chinese.