| Chinese Course Atlas: Fall 2008 |
CHN 101: Elementary Chinese I (Mandarin)
Section 000 Staff
MW 9:35-10:25 and TT 11:30-12:45 Limit 15
Section 001 Staff MW 10:40-11:30 and TT 10:00-11:15 Limit 15
Section 002 Staff MW 2:00-2:50 and TT 2:30-3:45 Limit
10*
Section 003 Staff MW 11:45-12:35 and TT 1:00-2:15 Limit
15
Section 004 Staff MW 8:30-9:20 and TT 2:30-3:45 Limit 15
Section 005 Staff MW 12:50-1:40 and TT 10:00-11:15 Limit 15
4 credits
*Section 002 is a distance learning class conducted via videolink with Emory's Oxford, GA campus.
Content: Chinese 101 is the first of two courses designed to introduce students to modern Mandarin Chinese. The course begins with an introduction to the sound system of Mandarin Chinese and moves on to training of basic skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Classes have an additional aim of introducing students to aspects of Chinese culture. By the end of the semester students are expected to 1) have a fairly good pronunciation, 2) recognize and write approximately 250-300 characters, and 3) carry out simple conversations about some of their daily activities.
Texts:
Integrated Chinese Textbook Level I Part I, Tao-chung Yao and Yue-hua
Liu
Integrated Chinese Workbook Level I Part I, Tao-chung Yao and Yue-hua
Liu
Integrated Chinese Character Workbook Level I Part 1, Tao-chung Yao
and Yue-hua Liu
Particulars: No prerequisites except serious interest and willingness to work. Note: students serious about learning Chinese should plan to take more than one year of the language, and no more than five seniors will be accepted into the classes.
CHN 103: Elementary Chinese for Heritage Speakers
Section 000 Staff MW 10:40-11:30 and TT 1:00-2:15 Limit 15 Texts: TBA
Particulars: Prerequisites: Chn 102 or consent of instructor.
CHN 201: Intermediate Chinese I
Section 000 Staff
MW 12:50-1:40 and TT 10:00-11:15 Limit 15
Section 001 Ho MW 9:35-10:25 and TT 11:30-12:45 Limit 15
Section 002 Ho MW 11:45-12:35 and TT 1:00-2:15 Limit 15
4 credits
Content: This course
is designed to help students to reach intermediate level communicative skill
both in spoken and written Chinese and to establish a solid base for more
advanced language learning. By increasing students' vocabulary and their knowledge
of sentence patterns, the course focuses on speaking and writing in coherent
and well-formed paragraphs. By the end of the semester students should be
able to 1) carry out rather fluent conversations about daily activities, 2)
write compositions of 300-500 characters on subjects of their daily life and
personal experiences.
Texts:
Integrated Chinese Textbook Level 2, Tao-chung Yao and Yue-hua Liu
Integrated Chinese Workbook Level 2, Tao-chung Yao and Yue-hua Liu
Particulars: Prerequisites:
Chn 102 or consent of instructor.
CHN 272WR: Literature in Early and Imperial China
Section 000 Kurtz TT 10:00-11:15 Limit 9
Same as ASIA 375WR Limit 3
Same as CPLT 333WR Limit 3
Same as EAS 272WR Limit 3
4 credits
Content: An introduction to Chinese literature from its beginnings through the end of the imperial era in 1911. Focusing on close readings of selected pieces in their literary and historical contexts, we will analyze representative works of various eras, writers, and genres. The aim of the course is to illustrate the beauty and diversity of classical Chinese literary voices and poetic sensibilities, and enable students to come to adequate terms with literary texts that were produced in a cultural environment often portrayed as being 'worlds apart' from our own. All texts will be studied in English translation.
Texts:
Owen, Stephen. An Anthology of Chinese Literature. Beginnings to 1911. New York: W. W. Norton 1996. Mair, Victor H. (ed.). The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature. New York: Columbia University Press 1994.
Further readings will be made available on online reserve.
Particulars: No knowledge of Chinese required. Evaluation based on class participation, written assignments, research paper, midterm and final.
CHN 301: Advanced Chinese I
Section 000 Ho
MWF 2:00-2:50 Limit 15
Section 001 Staff MWF 11:45-12:35 Limit 15
4 credits
Content: This is the first semester of Advanced Chinese. The course places emphasis on communicative function of the language where advanced reading, grammar and conversation are stressed. The contents of the textbook focus on the rapidly changing attitudes and values of modern China. Authentic reading materials are included in each lesson, such as newspaper articles, television, news broadcasts, short works of fiction, and some film. Students will learn to read both traditional and simplified characters.
Texts:
Beyond the Basics, by Jianhua Bai.
Family, by Ba Jin
Particulars: Prerequisites: CHN 202 or consent of instructor.
CHN 394S: Screening China
Section 000 Cai TT 1:00-2:15 Limit 9
Same as ASIA 375S Limit 2
Same as CPLT 389S Limit 2
Same as FILM 394S Limit 2
Mandatory film screenings on Monday evenings at 6 p.m.
4 credits
Content: The course explores the history and development of Chinese cinema since the early twentieth century. It discusses "film in China" and "China in film" by focusing on the function of cinema and the continual reconfigurations of time, space, gender, and history in Chinese films under different historical conditions in the past hundred years.
Texts: TBA
Particulars: Several one-page film response papers; two presentations; and a final paper (8-10 pages) of film analysis and discussion of a representative feature of Chinese cinema (research required). Attendance and active participation will count in determining final grades.
CHN 397R: Directed
Reading
Section 00P (Permission only)
CHN 401WR: Advanced Readings and Writing in Modern Chinese I
Section 000 Y. Li TT 11:30-12:45
Limit 15
4 credits
Content: Conducted in Chinese, the course focuses on readings and discussions of authentic reading material from a wide variety of writing styles, including social, political, journalistic readings as well as important works of modern chinese literature, The goal of the course is to develop students' ability to understand and use Chinese at more advanced levels and to introduce modern Chinese culture through readings and discussions. Students are required to prepare in advance, then read and discuss the material in Chinese. Satisfies G.E.R. post-freshman writing requirement.
Texts:
China Scene, Hong Gang Jin et al and supplementary materials
Particulars: Prerequisite: CHN 302 or consent of instructor
CHN 471SWR: Tradition in Modern China
Section 000 Kurtz TT 2:30-3:45 Limit 9
Same as ASIA 375SWR Limit 3
Same as EAS 471SWR Limit 3
Same as HIST 385SWR Limit 3
4 credits
Content: This seminar examines the multiple ways in which traditions have been attacked, defended, revised, and reinvented in twentieth-century China. Our aim is to disentangle the anxieties, interests, and rhetorical devices that have shaped modern Chinese answers to the question of historical continuity. In our explorations, we will scrutinize representations of the past in scholarly works, including histories of Chinese science and thought, as well as depictions of historical events and personalities in historiography, film, fiction, music, monuments, and art.
Texts: Course readings on Reserves Direct.
Particulars: Prerequisite: Completion of one China or East-Asia related seminar or lecture course. Knowledge of Chinese is desirable but not required. Evaluation based on class participation, written assignments, exams, research paper.
CHN 495AS: Chinese
Honors I (Seminar)
Section 00P (Permission only)
4 credits
CHN 496R: Chinese
Language Internship
Section 00P (Permission only)
CHN 797R: Directed Study in Chinese Language or Culture
Section 00P (Permission only)
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August 19, 2008