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East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department Chair: Donald Harper, Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations Director of Undergraduate Studies: Judith Zeitlin, Wb 301H, 702-5813 Department Secretary: Carol Hennessy, Wb 301, 702-1255 Program of Study The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations offers a Bachelor of Arts program in East Asian studies that introduces students to the traditional and modern civilizations of China and Japan and provides them with the opportunity to achieve a basic reading and speaking knowledge of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. This program is interdisciplinary and students may take relevant courses in both the humanities and the social sciences. Program Requirements Students enrolled in the concentration program normally meet the general education language requirement with Chinese, Japanese, or Korean; the concentration further requires a three-quarter second-year sequence in the language elected. In addition, concentrators are directed to take East Asian Languages and Civilizations 10800-10900-11000 (Introduction to the Civilizations of East Asia I, II, III) to satisfy the civilization studies requirement in general education. This sequence is cross listed with Social Sciences 23500-23600-23700. Beyond the basic language requirement, the concentration requires ten courses related to East Asia, three of which may be either a further year of the East Asian language used to satisfy the College language requirement, or a year of a second East Asian language. Neither of these language options may be met by examination credit. Credit is available by course registration only. A maximum of six quarters of language counts toward concen-tration requirements. A minimum of three of the ten courses should be in the same discipline (for example, history, sociology, literature, or art history). A maximum of six approved courses taken while studying abroad may count toward concentration requirements. Summary of Requirements College demonstarted competence in an East Asian language equivalent to one year of college-level study Genera EALC 10800-10900-11000 Concentration 3 courses in a second-year East Asian language 10 courses related to East Asia (three of which may be a further
year of an East Asian language, or a year of a second East __ Asian
language and three of which should be inone discipline.) † Credit may be granted by examination. * Credit may not be granted by examination. Bachelor's Thesis. The department does not require a bachelor's thesis for graduation except from students competing for honors. However, all students are eligible to write a bachelor's thesis upon submitting an acceptable proposal to the department early in the fourth year, usually by the fifth week of the autumn quarter. Interested students should consult the director of undergraduate studies for details concerning the proposal. Grading. All courses taken to fulfill requirements in the concentration must be taken for letter grades. No P/N or R grades are offered in language courses. Honors. Any student who has maintained an overall grade point average of 3.0 or better is eligible to be considered for honors. Students who wish to compete for honors must submit a bachelor's thesis. This paper is read by two members of the department and, if judged to be of superior quality, the student is recommended for graduation with honors. With the consent of the departmental adviser, honors students may include a senior tutorial (EALC 297, 298, or 299) in their program in preparation for the thesis.
Faculty GUY S. ALITTO, Associate Professor, Departments of East Asian Languages & Civilizations and History, and the College CHENG YANG BORCHERT, Senior Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations FANG-PEI CAI, Senior Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations CHIH-CH'AO CHAO, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations KYEONG-HEE CHOI, Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations PRASENJIT DUARA, Associate Professor, Departments of East Asian Languages & Civilizations and History GREGORY GOLLEY, Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations NORMA M. FIELD, Chair and William J. and Alicia Townsend Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations DONALD HARPER, Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations JAMES KETELAAR, Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations and History JUNG HYUK LEE, Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations HARUMI LORY, Senior Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations TETSUO NAJITA, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of East Asian Languages & Civilizations and History, and the College HIROYOSHI NOTO, Senior Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations EDWARD SHAUGHNESSY, Lorraine J. and Herrlee G. Creel Professor in Early Chinese Studies, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations LAURA SKOSEY, Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations XIAOBING TANG, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations YOSHIKO UCHIDA, Senior Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations YOUQIN WANG, Senior Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations WU HUNG, Harrie Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of East Asian Languages & Civilizations and Art History ANTHONY C. YU, Carl Darling Buck Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities; Professor, the Divinity School, Departments of East Asian Languages & Civilizations, English Language & Literature, and Comparative Literature; Committee on Social Thought JUDITH T. ZEITLIN, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations Courses The courses listed below are open to students in the College, regardless of level, subject to the consent of the instructor where indicated. East Asian linguistic knowledge is not required for non-language courses unless indicated. Transfer students who wish to enroll in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean language courses beyond the first-year level must take the placement exami-nation offered during Orientation in late September. Over the sum-mer, information that describes these tests is sent to all incoming students, or students may consult Lewis Fortner (HM 286, 702-8613). Chinese 10100-10200-10300. Elementary Modern Chinese I, II, III. Must be taken for a letter grade. No auditors permitted. One section is for "true beginners," and another section is for "partial begin-ners." ("Partial beginners" are those who can speak Mandarin fluently with or without dialectal accent, but do not know how to read and write Chinese.) This course introduces the fundamentals of modern Chinese. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are equally emphasized. Accurate pronunciation is also stressed. Both classes meet for five eighty-minute periods a week. C. Chao, Autumn; C. Chao, F. Cai, Winter, Spring. 16100. Art of Asia: China (=ARTH 16100, EALC 16100). Wu, H. Winter. 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Modern Chinese I, II, III. PQ: CHIN 103 or consent of instructor. Must be taken for a letter grade. No auditors permitted. This course emphasizes drills and the discussion of readings in a variety of source materials, including contemporary Chinese short stories, lectures, newspapers, and some original academic articles. Simplified characters and cursive script are also introduced. Classes conducted in Chinese. Classes meet for five eighty-minute periods a week. Y. Wang. Autumn, Winter, Spring. 20800-20900-21000. Elementary Literary Chinese I, II, III. PQ: Consent of instructor. Must be taken for a letter grade. This course introduces students to the basic grammar of the written Chinese language from the time of the Confucian Analects to the literary movement at the beginning of the twentieth century. Students read original tests of various genres including philosophy, memorials, poetry and historical narratives; the third quarter is devoted solely to reading poetry. L. Skosey, Autumn, Winter; J. Zeitlin, Spring. 23100. Chinese Scroll Painting: Medium and Representation (=ARTH 23100, EALC 23100). This course studies the development of traditional Chinese painting from the tenth to the nineteenth centuries, with a special emphasis on how different painting forms (e.g., handscroll, hand scroll, album, etc.) affect image-making, the viewing experience, and the social roles of painting. H. Wu. Spring. 24200/34200. Chinese Medicine: Interdisciplinary Studies (=CHSS 24200/34200, EALC 24200). All readings in English translation; no Chinese required. The course emphasizes (1) primary texts--we analyze selections from the most important treatises in the Chinese medical tradition, ranging from the canonical Classic of the Yellow Emperor (Huang di nei jing) to contemporary works; (2) the history of Chinese medicine--we explore the diversity of practices in Chinese medicine, ranging from divination, physiology, pharmacology, and surgery to competing attempts to establish philosophical theories of medicine based on yin-yang, five phases, Daoism, and Neo-Confucianism; (3) interdisciplinary approaches, including philological analyses of early medical texts, sociological analyses of the adoption of Neo-Confucianism by medical practitioners, literary studies of Ming medical case histories, anthropological studies of spirit-possession in contemporary Taiwan, and political analyses of Mao Zedong's mass movement to eradicate schistosomiasis; and (4) a critical assessment of contemporary debates over Chinese medicine, including the transformations of Chinese medicine through the incorporation of Western theories, claims that modern Chinese medicine is "traditional," attacks on Chinese medicine in influential medical journals, questions of insurance coverage, the funding of research, and networks of medical expertise and trust. For more details, see the course syllabus available at http://home.uchicago.edu/~rphart/chinmed. R. Hart. Spring. 24500/34500. Reading Qing Documents (=EALC 24500, HIST 24500/34500). G. Alitto. Spring. 25400/35400. Women and New China Cinema (=CMST 25400/35400, EALC 25400, GNDR 24900). All readings in English. We study the representation of women in a series of films from different stages of New China cinema. Specifically we examine a collection of "rural films" (such as Li Shuangshuang and Ermo) in which the transformation of a female character constitutes the central action. We explore questions of a film genre, quotations, subjectivity, and the projection of desire. X. Tang. Winter. 25500/35500. Sex in Traditional China (=ANST 27100, EALC 25500, CLCV 27100). This course examines aspects of sex in traditional Chinese culture. Topics include: the conception of gender, sex and politics, sexual practice and physical cultivation, and erotic culture. D. Harper. Spring. 27100. Topics in Early Chinese History (=ANST 25700, EALC 27100). This course focuses on the cultural history of Chinaıs Western Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.). Through examinations of both the literary record (both traditional and newly discovered) and the material remains of the period, we consider such questions as the nature of the state, the interplay between politics and ritual, and the development of literature. All readings in English. E. Shaughnessy. Winter. 27500. Masterpieces of Chinese Literature: The Chinese Romance (=EALC 27500). PQ: Undergraduates only. All readings in English. This quarter we concentrate on the famous thirteenth century romantic comedy, The Story of the Western Wing (Xixiang ji), which has been called a Chinese "Loversı Bible." This play is one of the most influential works in Chinese literature; it was published in over 100 editions from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries, became a popular subject for pictorial representation, and has been a perennial favorite on the state, remaining in the performing repertory of traditional Chinese opera even today. In addition to studying the play as the product of a lively thirteenth-century theatrical culture, we trace the playıs textual evolution from a ninth-century tale and a popular twelfth-century form of storytelling. As an aid to understanding the playıs later performing history, some videotapes of contemporary performance are screened. J. Zeitlin. Winter. 27600. Masterpieces of Modern Chinese Literature (=EALC 27600). We read closely works (mostly fiction, some poetry) by influential writers (e.g., Lu Xun, Ding Ling, and Zhang Ailing) of the twentieth century. We examine a variety of genres, themes, and historical periods reflected in these works. As an introduction to modern Chinese literature, this course is open to undergraduates only, and is a sequel to EALC 27500. All readings in English. X. Tang. Spring. 27900. Materiality, Objecthood, Connoisseurship, and Collecting: Museum Seminar in Chinese Art (=ARTH 28000). This course presents a history of Chinese art through hands-on study of a series of so-called prime objects that follow the development of visual and material production in China from the neolithic to the present. First-hand study of objects in the collections of the Smart Museum, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the Art Institute of Chicago, are combined with theoretical examination of issues of materiality, objecthood, connoisseurship, and collecting, as based on Chinese primary sources in translation and contemporary theoretical writings on these subjects. Such investigation is designed to reconstruct both the material and social existences of these objects through time to problematize: how an object was understood in material terms, and in the technological historical context of the time of its manufacture; what an object meant, how it functioned, and how it was understood as an object at the time of its production; how an object was evaluated qualitatively both at the time of its production and in later times; how positive evaluation of an object led to its entanglement with art collecting; and finally, how this multipartite process that has unfolded over the life of the object has generated our received history of Chinese art, as known through extant works in museum collections. J. Purtle. Spring. 28000-28100. Chinese Calligraphy: Theory and Exercise. The purpose of this course is to promote interest in and understanding of Chinese culture through the study and practice of calligraphy. Many aspects of Chinese culture (e.g., history, literature, language, philosophy, philology, phonology, archeology, various modes of artistic expression, and even the martial arts) are closely related to Chinese calligraphy. C. Borchert. Autumn, Winter. 28700/38700. The Art of Confrontation: Chinese Visual Culture in the twentieth Century (=ARTH 28700/38700). This course is a survey of Chinese visual culture of the twentieth century, focused around the theme of confrontation. In the twentieth century, traditional modes of Chinese visual culture confronted Western styles and techniques of visual expression, ideas of Modernism and modernity, competing political economic ideologies, developments in Chinas distant and recent history, colonialism, disparate regional Chinese identities (i.e., China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan), technological change, and the globalization of the art market. This course explores these confrontations through a variety of media and methodological approaches. J. Purtle. Autumn. 29800. Senior Thesis Colloquium (=EALC 29800). PQ: Undergraduates only. This course is designed for EALC concentrators who wish to write a senior thesis (in the past, treated as an honorıs thesis). All students wishing to write such a senior thesis, regardless of topic, should take this course. We introduce various research methodologies, and discuss each otherıs results and problems. E. Shaughnessy. Autumn. 30100-30200-30300. Advanced Modern Chinese I, II, III. PQ: CHIN 20300 or consent of instructor. This course emphasizes drills for more advanced sentence structures and requires discussions in Chinese on academic and scholarly subject matter. It provides exercises designed to increase reading comprehension and the ability to translate accurately original Chinese source materials (ranging over various topics, authors, and styles), to broaden students' experience, and to enhance their capacity for independent study. Y. Wang. Autumn, Winter, Spring. 31800. Introduction of Classical Chinese Poetry (=EALC 31800). PQ: Open to undergraduate and graduate students. At least two quarters of literary Chinese or consent of instructor. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of Classical Chinese lyric poetry. The emphasis is on learning how to read poems in the original, but some critical writings in English on Chinese poetry and poetics are also assigned to provide a context for interpretation. J. Zeitlin. Spring. 33500. Paleography Seminar. PQ: Knowledge of classical Chinese or consent of instructor. In this quarterıs paleography seminar, we examine texts from traditional Chinaıs greatest archeological discovery: the tomb of King Xiang of Wei, discovered in Jixian, Henan in A.D. 279. We consider the nature of the texts, how they were reconstructed, their textual history after discovery, authenticity, and influence on the historiography of early China. E. Shaughnessy. Autumn. 35200. Reading Modern Chinese Poetry. PQ: Open to graduate students and undergraduate students with reading knowledge of modern Chinese. We read a selection of modern Chinese poetry in the original language to appreciate an innovative literary tradition that is often overshadowed by other genres as well as by classical poetry. Key poetic texts (e.g., Wen Yiduo and Bei Dao) also helps us understand critical moments in twentieth century Chinese history and culture. We experiment with translating some of the poems into English, and the texts we study demonstrate a range of stylistic possibilities. X. Tang. Winter. 40100-40200-40300. Fourth-Year Rapid Readings and Discussion I, II, III. PQ: CHIN 30300 or equivalent, and consent of instructor. C. Borchert. Autumn, Winter, Spring. 40800-40900-41000. Readings in Literary Chinese I, II, III (=HIST 24500). PQ: CHIN 210 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Advanced readings in classical Chinese with selections from philosophical and historical writings. Staff, Autumn; D. Harper, Winter; G. Alitto, Spring. 43800. Graduate Colloquium: Theory and Practice of Modern Chinese Woodcuts (=ARTH 48400). PQ: Reading knowledge of modern Chinese required. Undergraduates with consent of instructor. Through study of images and texts produced by the modern woodcut movement in the first half of the twentieth century, we examine questions related to an artistic avant-garde, a revolutionary visual culture, and the politics of visibility. We engage writings on the Euro-American avant-garde on the one hand and make comparisons with literary developments in modern China on the other. X. Tang. Spring. 44200. Chinese Traditional Literary Criticism. PQ: Knowledge of classical Chinese or consent of instructor. This course introduces the first two steps in dealing with early Chinese texts: the constitution of the text and the determination of its context. We deal with such texts as the Laozi, Zouzhuan, Wenzi, and Shangshu. There are two mandatory research assignments, one due midway through the course and the other at the end of the term. E. Shaughnessy. Winter. 44500/44700. Colloquium: Modern China I, II (=HIST 56300-56400). G. Alitto. Autumn., Winter. 44600. Literature, History, Memory: Configuring the Fall of Ming. PQ: Primarily graduates, but advanced undergraduates may also enroll. Previous courses on Chinese literature are desirable. The middle decades of the seventeenth century witnessed the cataclysmic events of the Ming dynasty's collapse and the Manchu conquest. How did writers of the early Qing come to terms with this national trauma and collective loss? The course focuses on Kong Shangren's famous historical drama, Peach Blossom Fan (written in the 1690s), but we also read a range of supporting materials including eyewitness accounts, ghost stories, and memoirs of a vanished world. EALC students are expected to work with original texts and sources, while student with no classical Chinese may work with translations. J. Zeitlin. Spring. 45100. Dunhuang Sûtra Painting (=ARTH 48200). PQ: Reading ability of Chinese or Japanese is required. This course explores one of the richest sources of Chinese Buddhist art and develops a method to study it. Its three major focuses are: (1) the iconography of Dunhuang sûtra paintings, (2) the representational modes and historical development of Dunhuang sûtra painting, and (3) the relationship between Dunhuang sûtra paintings and Buddhist literature and performances. This course encourages in-depth research by individuals on selected topics and emphasizes group cooperation. H. Wu. Winter. 45900. Graduate Seminar: Dunhuang Manuscript Studies. An introduction to the Dunhuang manuscripts, focusing on manuscripts related to medieval culture. D. Harper. Winter. 46100. "Female Images" (Shinu hua) and "Feminine Space" in Chinese Art. Wu, H. Spring. 47800. Theories and Visualities of Historicity in Yuan Painting Practice: Text, Image, Exegesis (=ARTH 47800). This seminar focuses on issues of tradition, history, and historicity in Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) painting production, through analysis of extant paintings and their inscriptions, studied in the context of translation and close reading of painting-specific theories of historicity drawn from twelve period texts. These texts are: Huang Gongwangıs Xie shanshui jue; Zhao Mengfuıs Songxuezhai wenji, and his works recorded in Bian Yongyuıs Shigu tang shuhua lu; Tang Houıs Gujin huajian and Hua lun; Wu Zhenıs Mei daoren yimo; Ni Zanıs Ni Yunlin shiji, and Qingbi ge ji; Li Kanıs Zhu pu; Wu Taisuıs Songzhai meipu; Xia Wenyanıs Tuhui baojian (1365); and Cao Zhaoıs Gegu yaolun (1387). This seminar also examines this Yuan discourse in conjunction with contemporary theories of history and historicity. Thus this seminar attempts to rethink the importance of historicity in Yuan dynasty painting practice, through reconstruction of the rhetoric, and re-evaluation of the coherence, of its verbal and visual discourses. Reading knowledge of classical Chinese required. J. Purtle. Autumn. 52000/52100. Seminar: Empire/Nation in East Asia I, II (=EALC 52000/52100, HIST 76200). P. Duara. Autumn, Winter. 57600-57700. Seminar: Story of the Stone I, II (=RLST 56200-56300). A two-quarter sequence on the monumental classic of eighteenth-century China (variously titled Dream of the Red Chamber or Hongloumeng). Lecture and discussion supplemented by readings in a common core of criticism and student presentations each session. Term paper required at the end of the second quarter. Course open to undergraduates per consent of instructor. EALC students are expected to work with original texts and sources, while graduate students with no Chinese may use translations in English (Penguin), Japanese, or French. A. Yu. Autumn, Winter. East Asian Languages and Civilizations 10800-10900-11000. Introduction to the Civilizations of East Asia I, II, III (=EALC 10800-10900-11000, HIST 15100-15200-15300, SOSC 23500-23600-23700). Must be taken in sequence. This sequence fulfills the civilization studies requirement in general education. This is a three-quarter sequence on the civilizations of Japan, Korea, and China, with emphasis on major transformation in these cultures and societies from the Middle Ages to the present. This year's sequence focuses on Japan from 1600 to the present, China from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and Korea from the tenth century to the present. G. Alitto, Autumn; G. Golley, Winter; Staff, Spring. 16100. Art of Asia: China (=ARTH 16100, CHIN 16100). Wu, H. Winter. 18300. Asia-America: War, Colonialism, Migration (=HIST 18300). M. Ngai. Winter. 22100. Senior Thesis Colloquium (=CHIN 22100). PQ: Undergraduates only. This course is designed for EALC concentrators who wish to write a senior thesis (in the past, treated as an honorıs thesis). All students wishing to write such a senior thesis, regardless of topic, should take this course. We introduce various research methodologies, and discuss each otherıs results and problems. E. Shaughnessy. Autumn. 23100. Chinese Scroll Painting: Medium and Representation (=CHIN 23100). This course studies the development of traditional Chinese painting from the tenth to the nineteenth centuries, with a special emphasis on how different painting formats (e.g., handscroll, screen, album, etc.) affect image-making, the viewing experience, and the social roles of painting. H. Wu. Spring. 23700. Technology and the Japanese Literary Imagination (=JAPN 23700). Undergraduates only. Japanese proficiency not required. This course explores the imaginative and material relationship of science and technology to the field of Japanese literary production from the nineteenth to the late twentieth century. G. Golley. Spring. 24200/34200. Chinese Medicine: Interdisciplinary Studies (=CHIN 24200, CHSS 24200/34200). All readings in English translation; no Chinese required. The course emphasizes (1) primary texts--we analyze selections from the most important treatises in the Chinese medical tradition, ranging from the canonical Classic of the Yellow Emperor (Huang di nei jing) to contemporary works; (2) the history of Chinese medicine--we explore the diversity of practices in Chinese medicine, ranging from divination, physiology, pharmacology, and surgery to competing attempts to establish philosophical theories of medicine based on yin-yang, five phases, Daoism, and Neo-Confucianism; (3) interdisciplinary approaches, including philological analyses of early medical texts, sociological analyses of the adoption of Neo-Confucianism by medical practitioners, literary studies of Ming medical case histories, anthropological studies of spirit-possession in contemporary Taiwan, and political analyses of Mao Zedong's mass movement to eradicate schistosomiasis; and (4) a critical assessment of contemporary debates over Chinese medicine, including the transformations of Chinese medicine through the incorporation of Western theories, claims that modern Chinese medicine is "traditional," attacks on Chinese medicine in influential medical journals, questions of insurance coverage, the funding of research, and networks of medical expertise and trust. For more details, see the course syllabus available at http://home.uchicago.edu/~rphart/chinmed. R. Hart. Spring. *24500/34500. Reading Qing Documents (=CHIN 24500, HIST 24500/34500). G. Alitto. Spring. 25000/35000. Modern Korean Women's Fiction (=KORE 25000/35000, GNDR 250/350). No knowledge of Korean required; those students with Korean proficiency are encouraged to read in Korean). This course traces the development of Korean womenıs prose writings in the twentieth century. Its purpose is to articulate the literary, cultural and political issues that arise from the fictional texts by women. The course begins with extensive reading of Korean female writers, from modern to contemporary, and moves to in-depth reading of the works by Pak Wanso (1931-), who has addressed womenıs concerns intensely in the past three decades. K. Choi. Spring. 25400/35400. Women and New China Cinema (=CHIN 254, CMST 25400/35400). All readings in English. We study the representation of women in a series of films from different stages of New China cinema. Specifically we examine a collection of "rural films" (such as Li Shuangshuang and Ermo) in which the transformation of a female character constitutes the central action. We explore questions of a film genre, quotations, subjectivity, and the projection of desire. X. Tang. Winter. 25500/35500. Sex in Traditional China (ANST 27100, CHIN 25500-35500). This course examines aspects of sex in traditional Chinese culture. Topics include: the conception of gender, sex and politics, sexual practice and physical cultivation, and erotic culture. D. Harper. Spring. 25600-35600. Gender and Modernity in Colonial Korea (KORE 25600-35600, GNDR 25600). No knowledge of Korean language required. This course deals with literary, journalistic, and visual texts produced in and about colonial Korea with a view to exploring the construction of masculinity and femininity in the context of colonial modernity. While examining a variety of texts on gender relations produced in Korea, students read selected theoretical writings about gender, modernity, colonialism and nationalism from other national and racial contexts. K-H. Choi. Winter. 26600. Korean Literature Since 1960. Undergraduates only. The April Revolution in 1960 is definitely a historical watershed in that it proved, for nearly the first time in modern Korean history, that people power could pull down a dictatorial political regime to set up a new government. Almost all the creative writers since 1960 up to the present have much to do with the spirit of the revolution. The course discusses why and how Korean writers have tried to achieve "national literature," at the same time trying to dispense with the limitations of nationalist discourse, which often suppresses the issues of gender and minorities, and even democracy itself. The course also gives a brief mapping of the contemporary literature of North Korea. M-H. Kim. Winter. 27100. Topics in Early Chinese History (=ANST 25700, CHIN 27100). PQ: Primarily undergraduates. This course focuses on the cultural history of Chinaıs Western Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.). Through examinations of both the literary record (both traditional and newly discovered) and the material remains of the period, we consider such questions as the nature of the state, the interplay between politics and ritual, and the development of literature. All readings in English. E. Shaughnessy. Winter. 27500. Masterpieces of Chinese Literature: The Chinese Romance (=CHIN 27500). PQ: Undergraduates only. All readings in English. This quarter we concentrate on the famous thirteenth century romantic comedy, The Story of the Western Wing (Xixiang ji), which has been called a Chinese "Loversı Bible." This play is one of the most influential works in Chinese literature; it was published in over 100 editions from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries, became a popular subject for pictorial representation, and has been a perennial favorite on the state, remaining in the performing repertory of traditional Chinese opera even today. In addition to studying the play as the product of a lively thirteenth-century theatrical culture, we trace the playıs textual evolution from a ninth-century tale and a popular twelfth-century form of storytelling. As an aid to understanding the playıs later performing history, some videotapes of contemporary performance are screened. J. Zeitlin. Winter. 27600. Masterpieces of Modern Chinese Literature (CHIN 27600). PQ: Undergraduates only. All readings in English. We read closely works (mostly fiction, some poetry) by influential writers (such as Lu Xun, Ding Ling, and Zhang Ailing) of the twentieth century. We examine a variety of genres, themes, and historical periods reflected in these works. As an introduction to modern Chinese literature, this course is open to undergraduates only and is a sequel to Chin 275. X. Tang. Spring. 28000-28100. Chinese Calligraphy: Theory and Exercise (=CHIN 28000-28100). The purpose of this course is to promote interest in and understanding of Chinese culture through the study and practice of calligraphy. Many aspects of Chinese culture (e.g., history, literature, language, philosophy, philology, phonology, archeology, various modes of artistic expression, and even the martial arts) are closely related to Chinese calligraphy. C. Borchert. Autumn, Winter. 31800. Introduction of Classical Chinese Poetry (=CHIN 31800). Open to undergraduate and graduate students. PQ: At least two quarters of Literary Chinese or consent of instructor. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of Classical Chinese lyric poetry. The emphasis is on learning how to read poems in the original, but some critical writings in English on Chinese poetry and poetics are also assigned to provide a context for interpretation. J. Zeitlin. Spring. 35200. Reading Modern Chinese Poetry (=CHIN 35200). PQ: Open to graduate students and undergraduate students with reading knowledge of modern Chinese. We read a selection of modern Chinese poetry in the original language to appreciate an innovative literary tradition that is often overshadowed by other genres as well as by classical poetry. Key poetic texts (for instance, Wen Yiduo and Bei Dao) also help us understand critical moments in twentieth century Chinese history and culture. We experiment with translating some of the poems into English, and the texts we study demonstrate a range of stylistic possibilities. X. Tang. Winter. 52000/52100. Seminar: Empire/Nation in East Asia I, II (=CHIN 52000/52100, HIST 76200). P. Duara. Autumn, Winter. Japanese 10100-10200-10300. Elementary Modern Japanese I, II, III. Must be taken for a letter grade. No auditors permitted. This is the first year of a three-year program designed to provide students with a thorough grounding in modern Japanese. Grammar, idiomatic expressions, and vocabulary are learned through oral work, reading, and writing in and out-side of class. Daily practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing is crucial. Students should plan to continue their language study through at least the second-year level to make their skills practical. The class meets for five fifty-minute periods a week. H. Lory, Y. Uchida. Autumn, Winter, Spring. 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Modern Japanese I, II, III. PQ: Japan 103 or equivalent, and consent of instructor. Must be taken for a letter grade. No auditors permitted. The emphasis on spoken language in the first half of the course gradually shifts toward reading and writing in the latter half. Classes conducted mostly in Japanese. The class meets for five fifty-minute periods a week. H. Noto, Y. Uchida. Autumn, Winter, Spring. 21200. Intermediate Modern Japanese Through "Japanimation." PQ: Japanese 201 or consent of instructor. This course focuses on learning spoken Japanese, which is aimed at native speakers. The goals are getting accustomed to that sort of authentic Japanese and being able to speak with high fluency. To keep the balance, writing and reading materials are provided. Watching videos and practice of speaking are the keys to success in this course. H. Noto. Winter, Spring. 23700. Technology and the Japanese Literary Imagination (=EALC 23700). Undergraduates only. Japanese proficiency not required. This course explores the imaginative and material relationship of science and technology to the field of Japanese literary production from the nineteenth to the late twentieth century. G. Golley. Spring. 24600/34600. Japanese History through Film (=EALC 24600, HIST 24600/34600). J. Ketelaar. Winter. 29600. Colloquium: "Early Modern" in Japan History (=HIST 29600). PQ: Undergraduates only. Japanese language not required. A research paper required. An introduction to Tokugawa History (1600-1868), the two-hundred years prior to Japanıs modern industrial revolution. Subjects in areas of politics, thought, commerce, social change. T. Najita. Spring. 30100-30200-30300. Advanced Modern Japanese I, II, III. PQ: JAPN 20300 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Must be taken for a letter grade. The third year marks the end of the basic modern language study. The purpose of the course is to help students learn to understand authentic written and spoken materials with reasonable ease. The texts are all authentic materials with some study aids. All work in Japanese. The class meets for three eighty-minute periods a week. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring. 35400. Zen and History (=HIST 24100/34100). J. Ketelaar. Spring. 40100-40200-40300. Readings in Japanese Culture, Politics, and Society I, II, III. PQ: JAPN 30300 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. This course introduces students to a range of essays from the early to mid-twentieth century organized around the general theme of "modernity and its critique." The class attempts to familiarize students with prewar essay style through substantial weekly readings, translation assignments and some textual analysis. G. Golley. Autumn; Staff, Winter, Spring. 43400. Literary Theory and the Japanese Fictional Narrative. Graduates only. This course examine the role of post-structuralist theory in the development of post-war critical studies in Japanese literature. Although reading proficiency in Japanese is not required, students who can, are encouraged to engage with Japanese texts in the original language. G. Golley. Spring. *52300/52400. Seminar: Modern Japanese History, I, II (=HIST 76500). J. Ketelaar. Autumn., Winter. 56400. Readings in Japanese Intellectual History (=HIST 44400). PQ: For graduate students preparing for exams or teaching fields. Historiographical issues in early modern and modern Japanese intellectual history. T. Najita. Autumn. Korean 10100-10200-10300. Introduction to the Korean Language I, II, III. PQ: Consent of instructor. Must be taken for a letter grade. The first year is devoted to acquiring the basic skills for speaking and listening comprehension and the beginnings of literacy through reading and writing. In addition to the Korean script, some of the most commonly used Chinese Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring. 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Korean I, II, III. PQ: KORE 10300 or equivalent, and consent of instructor. Must be taken for a letter grade. The goals of this course include the comprehension and production of more complex spoken constructions and an ability to read somewhat complex materials. Videotapes are used in a supplementary fashion and enough new Chinese characters are introduced for the achievement of basic literacy. J. H. Lee. Autumn, Winter, Spring. 25000/35000. Modern Korean Women's Fiction (=EALC 25000, GNDR 2500035000). No knowledge of Korean required; those students with Korean proficiency are encouraged to read in Korean). This course traces the development of Korean womenıs prose writings in the twentieth century. Its purpose is to articulate the literary, cultural and political issues that arise from the fictional texts by women. The course begins with extensive reading of Korean female writers, from modern to contemporary, and moves to in-depth reading of the works by Pak Wanso (1931-), who has addressed womenıs concerns intensely in the past three decades. K. Choi. Spring. 25600-35600. Gender and Modernity in Colonial Korea (EALC 25600, GNDR 25600/35600). No knowledge of Korean language required. This course deals with literary, journalistic, and visual texts produced in and about colonial Korea with a view to exploring the construction of masculinity and feminity in the context of colonial modernity. While examining a variety of texts on gender relations produced in Korea, students read selected theoretical writings about gender, modernity, colonialism and nationalism from other national and racial contexts. K-H. Choi. Winter. 26600. Korean Literature Since 1960. PQ: Undergraduates only. The April Revolution in 1960 is definitely a historical watershed in that it proved, for nearly the first time in modern Korean history, that people power could pull down a dictatorial political regime to set up a new government. Almost all the creative writers since 1960 up to the present have much to do with the spirit of the revolution. The course discusses why and how Korean writers have tried to achieve "national literature," at the same time trying to dispense with the limitations of nationalist discourse, which often suppresses the issues of gender and minorities, and even democracy itself. The course also gives a brief mapping of the contemporary literature of North Korea. M-H. Kim. Winter. 30100-30200-30300 Advanced Korean I, II, III. PQ: KORE 20300 or equivalent and consent of instructor. Must be taken for a letter grade. Along with continued work on spoken Korean, the emphasis shifts to readings in a wide selection of written styles (i.e., journalistic pieces, college-level textbooks, and literary prose). An effort is made to accommodate the specialized interests of individual students. Also, some audio- and video-tapes are used. Students are expected to increase their knowledge of Chinese characters to a total of roughly nine hundred. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring. 33300. National Literature Movement in Korea. This course deals with national literature in Korea. The main focus is on the national literature movement in South Korea since the early 1970s, while we also discuss the history of different conceptions of national literature before 1970. It is important to understand how national literature in Korea has tried to come to terms with the complex reality of divided Korea, integrating the national thrust with other progressive ideas. The teacher, however, also asks whether "national literature" is still a valid conception, his stance regarding nationalism being neither an uncritical acceptance nor a wholesale rejection. M-H. Kim. Autumn. 38800. Graduate Colloquium: Readings in Modern Korean Literature. PQ: Undergraduates with Korean proficiency and consent of instructor. This course examines major literary texts from the earliest phase of modern Korean literary tradition. While reading the selected works in their own right, it explores the ways in which Korean writers made their own versions of literary genres and ideas imported from the West via Japan, as well as the ways in which they responded to colonial conditions of literary production, including censorship and the making of colonial subject. All the main texts are in Korean, with supplementary readings in English. K. Choi. Spring. 40100-40200-40300. PQ: KORE 30300 or equivalent or consent of instructor. This course is designed for students who have completed the three-year program of Korean language training and are prepared to begin the study of texts from various areas of specialized research, as well as literary selections. K. H. Lee. Autumn, Winter, Spring
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