| Asian & Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures
AMEL 100 From Genghis Khan to Stalin: Invasion and Empires of Central
Asia
Lyons
MW 1400-1515
Survey of Central Asian civilizations from the first to the twenty-first
centuries, with particular emphasis on nomadism, invasions, conquests,
empires and major religious-cultural developments. Topics include
ancient Eurasia, Shamanism, the Silk Road, the rise of Islam and Sufi Movements,
the Mongol world empire, the Golden Horde’s rule over Russia, Timur (Tamerlane),
Babur and the Mughal empire, Russian colonialism, Islamic reformist movements
(Jadidism) and the establishment of Soviet and Post-Soviet states in Central
Asia.
Anthropology
ANTH 329/719 Marriage, Morality, and Fertility
Shepherd
MW 1400-1515
This course explores the ways that culturally formed systems of values
and family organization affect population processes in a variety of cultures.
Topics to be discussed will include (1) disease history, the impact of
epidemics and famine, the differential impact of morality be gender, age,
and class. The impact of improved nutrition and modern medicine; (2) marriage
strategies and alternative, the problem of unbalanced sex ratios at marriageable
age, systems of polygamy and polyandry, divorce, widowhood and remarriage;
(3) fertility decision making, premodern methods of birth control and spacing,
infanticide; and (4) migration, regional systems, and variation through
time and space in the structure of populations. ANTH 101 or equivalent
recommended as background. This is an advanced course, adding to general
offerings in social organization, kinship, marriage, and gender.
This course is cross-listed with women's studies. Upper level majors and
non-majors. This course satisfies the second writing requirement and non-western
perspectives requirement.
ANTH 522 Economic Anthropology
Damon
TR 0930-1045
This course introduces students to anthropologically useful ideas in
Marxism and world system theory, provides an introduction to the last 30
years of writing in ‘exchange theory,’ and briefly, highlights some main
avenues of research in newer versions of ecological anthropology and the
anthropology of resource extraction in the West, especially with respect
to the Indo-Pacific Region. The course syllabus will be devoted to
these divisions, though not in equal time slots. Students will write 5-10
page papers on each of the three parts, increasingly bending their papers
to their longer-term research interests. Individualized oral reports
on readings designed to cover areas time does not allow the whole class
to read are also expected, and all of these will enable individual students
to work on something appropriate to their own areas. Additionally,
there will be one two week section devoted to a collective examination
of McDonalds in the international context: We shall debate the place of
the organization of production versus consumption relations for the kind
of structured activity which McDonalds represents. Students with interests
in South and East Asia are strongly urged to consider this course.
ANTH 529 EVAT 493/793 Climate and the History of Human Culture
Mann, Hayden, & Damon (Team Taught)
W 1400-1700
This course addresses the interaction between human history and the
climatic environmental factors that have in part shaped it. Topics will
include the Pleistocene/Holocene transition and development of agrarian
societies in the Fertile Crescent, putative abrupt climate events in the
mid-Holocene, the onset of El Nino in the Holocene and its influence across
the Indo-Pacific region and South America, and the relation between climate
and worldwide cultural changes during the past 1500 years. Other topics
include the relationship between cross-continent or transoceanic winds
and cultural development, and the problem of cultural order and climate/weather
understanding.
Contact Michael E. Mann, Bruce Hayden (both in Department of Environmental
Sciences) or Fred Damon (Department of Anthropology: fhd@virginia.edu)
for further information. Damon in particular is looking for a student
or two who might be knowledgeable in the calendrical, temple systems, or
histories of agrarian systems in either or both South and East Asia and
who would want to push their understanding of those systems up against
what the course can learn about the relevant climatic conditions and histories
for these areas.
Architecture
ARH 382/582 Architecture of East Asia
Huang
TR 0900-1015
A survey and introduction of traditional architecture and allied arts
in China, Japan and Korea. Study of the main features, major monuments
of East Asian architecture, and landscape architecture.
ARH 585 Modern Japanese Architecture
Huang
R 1230-1515
The history of architecture in modern Japan from Meiji period to contemporary.
Focus on the post-WWII development. The major influential architects like
Tange, Kikutake, Maki, Isozaki, Kurokawa and Ando are to be discussed.
Art History
ARTH 364 Early Chinese Art (Neolithic to Tang)
Wong
MW 1400-1515
A survey of early Chinese art from pre-historic times through the Tang
dynasty (618 - 907). The course intends to familiarize students with the
important artistic traditions developed in China: ceramics, bronzes, funerary
art and ritual, Buddhist art, and painting. It seeks to understand the
developments of artistic forms in relation to technology, political and
religious beliefs, and social and historical contexts, with focus on the
roles played by the state or individuals as patrons of the arts. It addresses
the major philosophic and religious traditions Confucianism, Daoism,
and Buddhism that have shaped Chinese cultural and aesthetic ideals.
The course also introduces Chinese art theories and the writings of leading
scholars.
USEM 171 Art, Death, and Ritual: Mysteries of Ancient China
Wong
R 1230-1430
Great archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century have unraveled
many riddles of China's ancient past. Astonishing finds include bronzes,
jades, lacquer objects, and silk paintings of superb craftsmanship. Most
of these objects were found in tombs and were intended as ritual objects.
Through a study of several well-documented tombs and their grave goods,
this seminar examines the form and content of ritual art of ancient China
-- from the Neolithic period (5000 - 1000 BCE) to the Han dynasty (206
BCE - 220 CE). It also explores the Chinese notions of afterlife, ancestor
worship, state ritual, and immortality cults. Important tombs that will
be examined include: the Fu Hao Tomb at Anyang, the Sanxingdui sacrificial
site, Tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng, Tomb of the First Emperor of Qin
(where the famous terra cotta army is found), and the Mawangdui tombs.
No prerequisite knowledge of China is required. Through this seminar students
will gain a knowledge of the material culture of ancient China, and a comprehensive
understanding of the period when ancient Chinese civilization was formed.
Chinese
CHIN 102 Elementary Chinese
Tseng
MTWRF 1100-1150/1300-1350/1400-1450
Students are introduced to the basic grammar and a set of vocabulary
generally recognized as useful in everyday communication. Using integrated
pedagogical and authentic materials, the course adopts a multi-faceted
approach to help students gain training in listening, speaking, reading,
and writing skills in standard Mandarin Chinese. The goal is the ability
to communicate in everyday situations. Text: Integrated Chinese.
CHIN 202 Intermediate Chinese
Shen
MWF 0900-0950&TR 1100-1150/MTWRF 1000-1050
This class is designed for students who have successfully completed
Chinese 201 or equivalent. A good command of the Chinese phonetic pronunciation
system and knowledge of about 600-800 hundred Chinese characters are the
prerequisites for this class. The class will continue to focus on training
students on four language skills--speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
CHIN 206 Accelerated Intermediate Chinese
Shen
MTWRF 1300-1350
This class is designed for students who have successfully passed Chin
106 or equivalent. This class will cover study materials normally
covered in one year. The class will continue to focus on training students
on speaking, reading, and writing skills
CHIN 302/502 Readings in Modern Chinese
Guo
TR 0930-1045
Prerequisite: CHIN 202, or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Modern Chinese at the advanced level: reading and discussion in Chinese
of various aspects of Chinese culture, society, and literature, using radio
broadcasts and selections from newspapers, recent essays, short stories,
etc.
CHIN 582 Topics:Media Chinese
Guo
TR 1530-1645
Prerequisite: CHIN 302/502, or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Introduces the electronic and print media in Chinese with special emphasis
on current events as reported in the Chinese speaking world, to further
develop oral and written proficiency.
CHIN 584 Topics in Chinese Literature: Introduction to Classical
Chinese Poetry
Kinney
TR 0930-1045
This course serves as an introduction to the grammar, structure and
cultural background of Chinese poetry from the eighth to the tenth century
A.D. CHIN 584 will concentrate on the poetry of the Tang dynasty, the golden
age of China's lyric tradition. Normally students must first complete CHIN
583, but this requirement may be waived with the permission of the instructor.
This course is especially intended for undergraduate students of East Asian
languages and cultures, majors in Asian Studies, graduate students in history,
religious studies or anthropology, or students whose competence in Chinese
enables them to enroll in this course. One year of Chinese, Japanese or
Korean is required. Fulfills Non-Western Perspectives Requirement.
CHTR 301 Legendary Women of Early China
Kinney
TR 1230-1345
"Legendary Women of Early China" will examine the biographies of female
heroines and villains as found in the early Chinese text Traditions of
Exemplary Women (ca. 18 B.C.). This text occupies a unique position in
China's cultural tradition not only as the first book designed specifically
for the moral education of women but also because it continued to mould
female behavior in China well into the twentieth century. The book's content
is far from predictable, ranging from maternal paragons who commit infanticide
to women of political genius who advise kings and generals. The text contains
seven chapters, each organized around a category of exemplary female behavior.
Each category is illustrated in a series of short biographies of women
and girls who embody these traits. Class sessions will be devoted to discussion
of the biographies and what these life histories say about the role of
women in traditional China. The course website contains Chinese woodblock
illustrations of the stories, which will also be used for class discussion.
One class session will be devoted to the true history of Mulan, the Chinese
heroine made famous in this country by Disney. The goal of this course
is to familiarize students with 1) the history of women in early China,
2) the evolving codes of behavior that shaped Chinese women's culture for
two millennia, and 3) the ways in which the Chinese understood gender.
The course will also work toward an enhanced understanding of the function
of role models in both ancient China and their own lives. Course Website:
http://etext.virginia.edu/chinese/lienu/browse/Lienu.html
CHTR 322/AMEL 802 Chinese Literature in Translation:
Gender, Family, & Sexuality in Chinese Fiction
Kinney
TR 1100-1215
This course will examine gender, sexuality and the family as represented
in masterpieces of Chinese fiction from the Tang Dynasty through the twentieth
century. We will read two novels (Dream of the Red Chamber, vol. 1 and
Ba Jin's Family), but will concentrate on short fiction. The readings and
discussion for each class will revolve around one assigned theme (stated
in syllabus). We will also devote a number class sessions to viewing videos
related to our readings, including a brief introduction to Chinese theatre.
The purpose of this course is threefold: first, to encourage a critical
exploration of the art and meaning of Chinese fiction; second, to introduce
traditional and modern Chinese concepts of gender, family and sexuality;
and third, to provide a multicultural perspective on social issues of universal
importance. Fulfills Second Writing Requirement and Non-Western Perspectives
Requirement.
Education
EDLF 589 Childhood and Culture
Hoffman
R 1100-1345
This course examines concepts and discourses about childhood around
the world, with special focus given to Japan, Korea, and China. The focus
is on contemporary writings about children and parenting and their implications
for early family socialization and education.
EDLF 765 Comparative Education
Hoffman
T morning
This course considers differences and similiarities in educational
systems around the world with special focus given to East Asia-U.S. comparisons.
EDLF 770 Culture, Identity, and Education
Hoffman
W 1000-1245
Ideas about identity and the self are explored through readings about
education and learning in cross-cultural and multicultural contexts.
Special attention is given to changing discourses about the self in Japan
and their implications for a wide range of social phenomena.
Government & Foreign Affairs
GFIR 424(A) Japan in World Affairs
Kokten
M 1530-1800
The sudden end of the Cold War, which has provided for an amazing degree
of stability in the security relations of nations in the postwar period,
has called into question many assumptions about the necessity of existing
alliance relationships. At the same time, the decline of American hegemony
in the maintenance of the postwar system of liberal international economic
relations has raised concerns about which nation (or nations) will become
the leader of the economic realm in the future. In this era of change
Japan is playing and will continue to play a crucial role. This seminar
by way of looking at a broad array of international issues such as trade
disputes, international peace keeping efforts, which put Japan's ability
to lead at test, will provide a basis for improving our understanding of
Japan's place in world affairs. There are no prerequisites for this class,
but students who had not taken a International Relations course before
are required to meet with the instructor and obtain her permission.
GFIR 424(B) Southeast Asia in World Affairs
Johnson
TBA
This course serves as an introduction to the role of Southeast Asia
in global affairs. The course will introduce students to the making
of foreign policy in the Southeast Asian states as well as the role of
Southeast Asia in the foreign policies of the great powers. The course
will take a three-step approach. First, students will learn about
the development of the region's international relations from pre-colonial
and colonial times as well as through the national liberation era.
Second, students will study the foreign policies of selected Southeast
Asian states in greater depth. Finally, the course will consider
important international relations issues like the future of the regional
organization ASEAN and the international relations impacts of the East
Asian economic crisis. There is no prerequisite for the course.
GFIR 872 Chinese Topics in World Affairs
Sutter
TBA
Analyzes the course of China-US relations in the context of broader
Asian and global trends. Special stress will be placed on recent
trends and issues. Background materials will be provided on China's
role on world affairs.
GFCP 424 Chinese Politics
Johnson
TBA
This course serves as an introduction to Chinese domestic politics.
We will focus on explaining domestic political outcomes by examining history,
culture, ideology, and the evolution of the institutions of governance.
In the first part of the course, the course will adopt an historical approach.
Later, the course will move into consideration of contemporary issues in
domestic politics, including economic reform, decentralization, prospects
for democratization, the integration of Hong Kong into China, and the role
of women. There is no prerequisite for the course, but because the
course is at the 400-level, students should be prepared for a demanding
reading load.
History
HIEA 206 Korean Culture and Institutions
Dimberg
MWF 1100-1150
Students enrolled in HIEA 206 will study the history of Korea from
the late 14th century through the end of the 20th century: the rise of
the Yi Dynasty (1392-1910), changes wrought by the full-scale Confucianization
of Korean society, the unfolding and ultimate collapse of the unique relationship
between the Yi court and Ming/Qing China, challenges to the territorial
integrity of Korea in the late 19th century, the rise of Korean nationalism,
Japanese colonization (1910-1945), post-World War II social, political
and economic developments, and the role of Christianity throughout the
20th century.
Reading material for the course will include KOREA OLD AND NEW; SOURCES
OF KOREAN TRADITION; STATE AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY KOREA; LOST NAMES:
SCENES FROM A KOREAN BOYHOOD; excerpts from such books as LAW AND
STATE IN TRADITIONAL EAST ASIA and THE FOUR LITTLE DRAGONS: THE SPREAD
OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN EAST ASIA; and articles from scholarly journals.
In addition to assigned reading students will be required to read and then
write a critical review of a book selected from a list provided by the
course instructor. The course grade will be based on the review essay (25%),
a midterm examination (25%), and the final examination (50%).
HIEA 312 Imperial China: 1000 to 1900
Reed
TBA
HIEA 312 covers the late imperial period of Chinese history, from the
founding of the Song dynasty in the tenth century to the final decades
of the imperial system in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Although
the course covers the basic elements of social, political, and cultural
history, emphasis is placed on analyzing events and trends in an attempt
to come to grips with two rather thorny questions: 1) How can we account
for the remarkable stability and longevity of the late imperial system
of government as well as its basic patterns of social-economic relationships?
2) To what extent were the factors that contributed to this historical
success story also responsible for the fragmentation and failure of the
imperial system when it faced fundamentally new challenges, from both within
and without, in the nineteenth century? These and other questions will
be considered through an investigation of several inter-related issues:
The ideological and philosophical foundations of state and society; the
linkage and tension between elite and popular culture and life-styles;
the cultural assimilation of non-Chinese peoples; the formation of popular
traditions of religious faith, protest and rebellion; and problems of systemic
decline. Although HIEA 312 is the second of a two-semester sequence
on Imperial China, neither HIEA 311 nor any previous study of Chinese history
is required. The course is based on lectures along with occasional discussions.
Readings, drawn from a basic text and translated primary materials, average
between 100-150 pages per week. Evaluation is based on an essay (30%),
a mid-term exam (35%), and a final exam (35%).
HIEA 314 Modern Chinese Political & Social Thought
Israel
TBA
To a considerable degree, China's destiny depends upon the ability
of men and women of ideas to make their contribution in the intellectual
and political arenas. After the overthrow of the monarchial order in 1911
and the Republic's degeneration into warlordism, China's educated minority
began a thorough-going critique of their country's culture and a quest
for personal emancipation that continues to the present day. This course
will focus upon the Chinese state and society of the past century as seen
through the eyes of scholars, philosophers, social critics, writers, and
artists. Simultaneously it will examine the attitudes and policies of China's
rulers toward the intellectual elite.
One way to understand modern Chinese political and social thought is
through writings by sinologists such as Jonathan Spence and Orville Schell.
Also assigned is Yue Daiyun's autobiographical account of a Chinese scholar
who lived through the troubled decades of mid-twentieth-century China.
Other readings will include essays, fiction, and polemics by Chinese political
and intellectual leaders as well as western scholarly critiques.
This course will feature a series of films addressed to political and
social issues of the twentieth century. These post-1949 productions also
yield insights into Communist policies toward the arts. Students unable
to attend large-screen Tuesday afternoon showings may use videotapes on
reserve, but the films must be viewed before discussion sections. The course
grade will be based upon a mid-term examination (20%), a comparative review
of Yue/Wakeman and one other volume selected from a list of approved readings
(30%), a final examination (40%), and performance in discussion sections
(10%).
HIEA 316 China Encounters the World
Chen
TR 0930-1045
This is a lecture and discussion course focusing on how China has encountered
the world in the past fourhundred years, with an emphasis on the late 19th
and 20th-centuries. In particular, we will analyze the age-old Chinese
"Central Kingdom" conception and how the conception was challenged during
modern times as the result of Western and Japanese incursion and China's
inability to deal with the consequences of the incursion. We will
further analyze the impact of the Chinese "victim mentality" in order to
pursue an understanding of why radical revolutions have dominated China's
modern history. While the emphasis of this course is China's external
relations, foreign policy issues will be examined in the context of China's
political, economic and social developments in broader terms. The
course will provide a chronological depiction of main historical events
and historical figures, but its purpose is not just to impart information;
it also aims to cultivate a basic understanding of the significance of
the Chinese experience in the age of worldwide modernization. Grade
in this class will be calculated on the basis of class participation, one
midterm exam, one final exam, and one essay assignment.
HIEA 402 Intellectuals, Students, and Change in Modern China
Reed
TBA
In the Spring of 1989, students from China's most prestigious universities
in Beijing staged a series of demonstrations in the public square known
as Tiananmen demanding steps toward democratic reform from the country's
communist leadership. But although the students briefly captured the attention
people around the world, their movement came to a tragic conclusion on
June 4th in the form of a military crackdown that killed hundreds of people
and imprisoned many of the movement's leaders. In this seminar, we will
attempt to understand the meaning and significance of these heroic and
tragic events by placing them in their historical context. In doing so
we will concern ourselves with two sets of related issues. The first revolves
around the role played by intellectuals and students in the turbulent and
often violent process of political and social transformation in China during
the twentieth century. Why, for example, have these groups so often been
at the forefront of both reform and revolution in China? Why have Chinese
governments throughout the twentieth century reacted so strongly to what
intellectuals and students have had to say? The second set of issues turns
on the specific forms which political protest has taken in this century.
What were the students of 1989 asking for? What symbols and traditions
of protest did they draw upon to legitimize their claims in the public
eye? What does democracy mean in the Chinese context and why have efforts
at democratic reform so often been linked to questions of cultural identity
and transformation? And, finally, what forms has political protest taken
in the years since the tragedy of 1989? HIEA 402 is designed for
students who want a more detailed look at aspects of Chinese history than
is available in survey courses. Weekly meetings will be devoted to the
analysis and interpretation of assigned readings (both secondary and translated
primary documents) averaging from 150 to 200 pages per week. Grades for
the course will be based on the quality of participation in discussions
(50%) and a 20 to 25 page paper on a topic or your choice (50%). Although
there are no prerequisites for the course, it is strongly recommended that
students have at least some knowledge of late imperial and/or twentieth-century
Chinese history. Those without such should contact the instructor for an
appropriate survey text before the end of Fall semester. HIEA 402 satisfies
the second writing requirement.
HIEA 702 Late Imperial China
Reed
TBA
HIEA 702 is designed to provide graduate students with a basic understanding
of the historiographic issues pertaining to late imperial Chinese history,
from the founding of the Song dynasty in the tenth century to the fall
of the Qing dynasty in 1911. Along with attending all lectures and completing
the reading assignments for HIEA 312, graduate students are also required
to write five short reviews of additional assigned texts.
HIEA 706 Modern Chinese History
Israel
TBA
This seminar focuses on the preparation, presentation, polishing, and
perfection of a paper on modern China. Though designated a graduate history
seminar, it has generally attracted a diverse group of graduate students
from the social sciences as well as fourth-year Asian studies majors
working on theses. The seminar will include library orientation, a writing
workshop, and, possibly, discussion of selected primary and secondary sources.
Participants will critique each others' papers at various stages of preparation.
HIST 753 The New Cold War History
Chen
T 1530-1800
This is a seminar with an emphasis on the "new" Cold War history--a
scholarly phenomenon emerging in the 1990s, along with the end of the global
Cold War and the new opportunities to conduct multi-archival and multi-source
research. Students in this class will be exposed to the various new
interpretations, new methods of research, and new ways of thinking associated
with the new Cold War history studies. Readings in this class will
be focused on the scholarship that has appeared since the early 1990s.
Students are required to write several feature reviews and a comprehensive
review essay, as well as to present them, in the course. Grade in
the course will be calculated on the basis of evaluation of both the written
work and oral presentations, as well as of class participation.
Japanese
JAPN 102 Elementary Japanese
Koyama
TR 1400-1530 MWF 1100-1150/1200-1250/1400-1450/1500-1550
Prerequisite: JAPN 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
(Continuation of JAPN 101.) This course introduces the basic speech patterns
and grammatical units, including casual, daily spoken style as well as
polite speech used in formal occasions. The emphasis is on speaking , hearing,
and reading. Writing hiragana, katakana, and 100 kanji are also introduced.
JAPN 202 Intermediate Japanese
Marshall
MWF 9, 10, 11 TR 11:00-12:15
Prerequisite: JAPN 201 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Continuation of Elementary Japanese introduces more complex sentence patterns,
idioms and vocabulary to prepare students for intermediate-level communication.
The course reinforces spoken Japanese skills with writing and reading exercises,
125 kanji are introduced.
JAPN 302/502 Advanced Reading and Conversation I
Marshall
MWF 1300-1400
Prerequisite: JAPN 301/501 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
This course emphasizes comprehension and active reproduction of modern
Japanese beyond the basic patterns of speech and writing. Various topics
on current Japanese culture and society will be introduced.
JAPN 584 Advanced Reading and Conversation II" (fourth-year Japanese)
Kimbrough
MW 1400-1515
This course is designed to introduce students to a variety of authentic
Japanese written materials from a variety of contemporary sources.
Although the emphasis will be on written Japanese, activities involving
listening, speaking, and writing will all be integrated into the course.
Prerequisite: JAPN 502, or permission of the Japanese language coordinator.
JAPN 594 Language Seminar II
Wilson
TR 1230-1345
This seminar exposes students to the most advanced training in modern
Japanese language; we read, interpret, and discuss in Japanese modern literary
texts, including poetry and critical essays. Fulfills Non-Western
Perspective. Prerequisite: JAPN 583, 584 or equivalent, or instructor
permission.
JPTR 306 Courtesans and Bathhouses: The Floating World in the Literature
of Early-modern Japan
Kimbrough
TR 1400-1515
This course examines some of the conceptions and evocations of the
Floating World--the ever-changing realm of love, longing, grief and death
in which we all live--in the literature and art of Edo-period Japan, approximately
the 17th through 19th centuries. In particular, we will explore issues
of love, duty and honor, women's indentured servitude in the so-called
'pleasure quarters,' and the nature of sexuality and the homoerotic in
works of early-modern Japanese fiction. Authors to be read include
Fujimoto Kizan, Ihara Saikaku, Ejima Kiseki, Ueda Akinari, Jippensha Ikku,
Shikitei Sanba and other representatives of the 'new' Edo urban literature,
as well as the poets and playwrights Matsuo Bashô, Chikamatsu Monzaemon
and Takeda Izumo. Knowledge of Japanese is neither expected nor required.
JPTR 322/522: Women, Nature & Society in Modern Japanese
Fiction
Wilson
W 1500-1730
Introduction to the modern Japanese canon (1890s to the present).
This course interprets and re-reads the canon from feminist and gender
perspectives as it explores the cultural and political factors that combine
to make certain literary texts part of the literary canon of Japan. Writers
studied include Natsume Sôseki, the first modern writer to delve
into the human psyche; Mori Ôgai, the surgeon-turned writer; Ryûnosuke
Akutagawa, the consummate writer of short fiction whose two stories, "Rashomon"
and "In the Grove" are the bases for the internationally well-known Akira
Kurosawa's Cannes Grand Prix winner, "Rashomon." Also, Shiga
Naoya, the "god" of "I-Novel" Japanese autobiographical fiction; Yukio
Mishima, whose seppuku suicide caused a world-wide sensation; Endo Shûsaku,
the Christian writer; two Nobel laureates, Yasunari Kawabata, the pure
aesthetician and Kenzaburo Ôe, the political gadfly.
JPTR 350 Bashô and Beyond: Japanese Poetry from
Earliest Times to the Present
Kimbrough
TR 1100-1215
This course explores Japanese poetry and poetics from the pre-historical
'Age of the Gods' through the late twentieth century. Works to be read
and discussed include selections from Kojiki, Man'yôshû, Kokinshû,
Ise monogatari, Wakan rôeishû and Shinkokinshû, the poetic
memoirs / biographies of Izumi Shikibu and the monk Saigyô, the comic
and linked-verse traditions of medieval Japan, the haiku and poetic travel
journals of Matsuo Bashô and Yosa Buson, the early-twentieth-century
poets Ishikawa Takuboku and Masaoka Shiki, and the contemporary poet Fujii
Sadakazu. We will consider issues of translation and adaptation (both
from Chinese to Japanese and Japanese to English), poetry theory, and associations
of text and image in Japanese art. Knowledge of Japanese is neither
expected nor required.
Religious Studies
RELB 102 Literary and Spoken Tibetan II (Second Year Tibetan)
McCauley
MTWRF 0900-0950
This course offers an introduction to literary and spoken Tibetan and
is designed with special attention to undergraduates. Students will study
classical and modern grammar systematically with examples drawn from a
wide variety of literature, and with a native speaker use new digital instructional
materials to develop proficiency in spoken Tibetan. This sequence of courses
can count towards fulfilling the University requirement of two years of
foreign language study. Prerequisites: Tibetan I. Requirements: Class attendance
and participation, three exams, four translation assignments.
RELG 104 Intro to Eastern Religions
Lye
MW 1300-1350
This course provides an historical and thematic overview to the major
religious traditions of "the East" (i.e. Asia), focusing particularly
upon those of India, Sri Lanka, Tibet, and China. Through careful examination
of a variety of primary and secondary sources, we will consider the many
ways in which South Asian Hindus, Indo-Tibetan Buddhists, and Chinese Taoists
have attempted to understand the nature of the world, human society, and
the individual person's place therein. In examining religious traditions
that for many may seem wholly foreign or "other," our emphasis will be
on the internal logic of each, on the resources that each provides for
the construction of meaning, value, and moral vision. Requirements: weekly
readings, participation in discussion section, two one-hour examinations
and one three-hour final examination. Fulfills: Non-Western Perspectives
Requirement
RELB 324 Mysticisms in East Asia
Chen
MW 1100-1150
This course surveys some main trends of the East Asian mystical tradition,
as were manifested in some major East Asian religions including Daoism,
Buddhism, Shinto and Confucianism (a long-forgotten East Asian mystical
trend). We focus on the main features and interactions between these traditions
in medieval East Asia. In particular, we will discuss how these interactions
contributed to the configuration of some specific East Asian religious
schools, like the formation of Chan Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism as a
response to the interactions between Daoism and Buddhism, Confucianism
and Buddhism respectively. After a detailed examination of the mystical
features in East Asian cultures: arts (painting and sculpture), literature
(poems,
novels and literary critical theories) and politics (statecraft and
some political institutions), this course will end with a brief comparison
of the East Asian mystical tradition with its counterparts in Indian (an
important source for the East Asian tradition), Islamic, Judaic and Christian
cultures.
RELB 501 Literary and Spoken Tibetan II (Second Year Tibetan)
McCauley
MTWRF 0900-0950
This course offers an introduction to literary and spoken Tibetan and
is designed with special attention to undergraduates. Students will study
classical and modern grammar systematically with examples drawn from a
wide variety of literature, and with a native speaker use new digital instructional
materials to develop proficiency in spoken Tibetan. This sequence of courses
can count towards fulfilling the University requirement of two years of
foreign language study. Prerequisites: Tibetan I. Requirements: Class attendance
and participation, three exams, four translation assignments.
RELB 534 Colloquial Tibetan 4
Germano, S
MW 1000-1050
A continuation of Colloquial Tibetan III, this course uses multimedia
programs in Colloquial Tibetan to develop verbal fluency, acquire vocabulary,
and master advanced topics in spoken Tibetan. Prerequisites: Tibetan III.
Requirements: "Requirements: class attendance, participation, preparation
of programs outside of class, multiple exams and quizzes.
RELB 536 Literary Tibetan 4
Tsering
TR 1530-1645
A continuation of Literary Tibetan III, this course is designed to
expose students to a variety of styles/genres in Tibetan literature and
advanced Tibetan grammar. Prerequisites: Literary Tibetan III. Requirements:
Class attendance and participation, three exams, four translation assignments.
RELB 543 Colloquial Tibetan 6
Germano, S
MW 1100-1150
A continuation of Colloquial Tibetan V, this course uses multimedia
programs in Colloquial Tibetan to develop verbal fluency, acquire vocabulary,
and master advanced topics in spoken Tibetan. Prerequisites: Tibetan V.
Requirements: "Requirements: class attendance, participation, preparation
of programs outside of class, multiple exams and quizzes.
RELB 548 Literary Tibetan 6
Germano, D
M 1530-1800
A continuation of Literary Tibetan V, this course is designed to expose
students to a variety of styles/genres in Tibetan literature and advanced
Tibetan grammar. Prerequisites: Literary Tibetan V. Requirements: Class
attendance and participation, three exams, four translation assignments
RELB 702 Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts
Chen
TBA
This course has two complimentary parts: in-class coursework, and individually
supervised research. For the coursework, we will read selections from Chinese
Buddhist texts belonging to different periods and schools, emphasizing
some common doctrinal and methodological problems in reading Chinese Buddhist
texts. We will introduce and develop the skills needed for these problems.
For the individual supervision, the instructor will work with each student
separately on the specific text that s/he is currently studying as a basic
source for his or her Ph. D. Dissertation or MA thesis. In addition to
intensive reading of the original texts, participants of this course will
be introduced to some basic methods indispensable for Sinological research
in general and for the study of Chinese Buddhism in particular. By the
end of this course students are expected to be able punctuate Chinese Buddhist
texts correctly, translate them appropriately and interpret them both literally
("read the lines") and creatively ("read between the lines").
RELB 821 Literary Tibetan 8
Germano, D
M 1530-1800
A continuation of Literary Tibetan VII, this course is designed for
training in the literary forms of the Tibetan language. Emphasis is on
exposure to a wide variety of styles/genres in Tibetan literature and in-depth
knowledge of Tibetan grammar. Prerequisites: Literary Tibetan VII. Requirements:
Class attendance and participation, midterm, final and three translation
assignments.
RELB 823 Advanced Tibetan
Hopkins
TBA
RELB 826 Advanced Topics in Tibetan Literature
Germano, D
TBA
Directed readings in Tibetan literature for advanced students in Tibetan
language.
RELB 828 Colloquial Tibetan 8
Germano, S
MW 1100-1150
A continuation of Colloquial Tibetan VII, this course uses multimedia
programs in Colloquial Tibetan to develop verbal fluency, acquire vocabulary,
and master advanced topics in spoken Tibetan. Prerequisites: Tibetan VII.
Requirements: Requirements: class attendance, participation, preparation
of programs outside of class, multiple exams and quizzes
Studies in Women and Gender
SWAG 355/SOC 355 Women's Social Movements in Modern East Asia
Fuller
M 1400-1630
This course is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of collective
action by women in China, Japan, and Korea from the latter part of the
19th century to the present. Utilizing materials from anthropology,
history, sociology and women's studies, we will explore women's activities
in three arenas: 1) labor unrest and factory strikes in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries; 2) periodic government-sponsored campaigns to direct
the focus of women's public (and private) activities; and 3) feminist politicking
in the last three decades. In analyzing the issues that have brought
women together in both large and small social movements for change, we
will draw upon classic social theory (Marx, Weber, Durkheim) and consider
the ways in which these theories both help and hinder our understanding
of the realities of women's lives. |
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