101–Elementary
Chinese. Introduction
to Mandarin Chinese; emphasis on basic grammar, speaking, and listening
comprehension as well as mastery of some 500 characters for reading and writing.
Language laboratory required. 2 units – Jiang.
103,
104–Chinese Skill Maintenance. Conversation
and limited reading and writing practice in Chinese language. Prerequisite:
101. 1/4 unit each –Department.
201–Intermediate
Chinese I. Emphasis
on continued development of speaking and listening skills and the use of basic
structures through reading, writing and films with a view to building
proficiency in using the language. Prerequisite:
101. 1 unit – Jiang.
202–Advanced
Intermediate Chinese II. The
course builds on the language progress made in Chinese 201. Extensive use of
films and increased application of the written and spoken language in order to
build proficiency. Prerequisite: 201. 1 unit – Jiang.
212–Masterpieces
of Chinese Literature in Translation. The
course will acquaint students with major forms of Chinese fiction — pi-chi,
ch’uan-ch’i, pien-wen, hua-pen, kung-an, and the novel — as well as modern
Chinese vernacular literature. (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B
requirement.) Prerequisite:
None. 1 unit – Jiang.
221–Chinese
Women Writers and Their Works.
This course will focus on a comparative study of the voice of Chinese women
writers in the 1920s and 1980s, examine women writers’ works in a
social-historical context, and discuss the difference of women’s places and
problems in traditional Chinese culture and modern Chinese society. The course
will also try to define the similar and different expressions of “feminism”
as a term in the West and the East. (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B
requirement.) (Also listed as Asian Studies 224 and Women Studies 224.) 1 unit
– Jiang.
250–Topics
in Chinese Studies.
Block 8:
Chinese Cinema: Realism, Modernism, and Beyond. The course is a
survey of the development of Chinese cinema from the 1930s to the 1990s. It is
also however, a critical examination of the social, political, and cultural
issues involved in and refracted by this particular artistic medium, and,
eventurally, a study of the internal structure of this medium itself. (Meets the
Alternative Perspectives: B requirement.) (Also listed as Comparative Literature
200.) 1 unit — Zhang.
301–Advanced
Chinese Language. Intensive practice in reading writing, speaking, and
comprehending modern Chinese. Prerequisite:
202. (Also listed as Asian Studies 301. 1 unit – Department.
311–Independent
Study in Chinese. Supervised
projects in Chinese language, literature and culture for advanced students.
Consent of department required. Offered as a block course (1 unit) or semester
extended format (1/2 unit) – Cheek, Jiang.