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Stanford Bulletin, Archive 2008-09
Stanford Bulletin, Archive 2008-09
Graduate courses in Chinese Literature
For graduate students only.
CHINLIT 200. Directed Reading in Chinese
1-12 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
CHINLIT 205. Beginning Classical Chinese, First Quarter
(Same as CHINLIT 125.) Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 23 or equivalent. 125: Aut, 126: Win, 127: Spr
2-5 units, Aut (Sun, C)
CHINLIT 206. Beginning Classical Chinese, Second Quarter
(Same as CHINLIT 126.) Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127/207 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125/205. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 125/205 or equivalent.
2-5 units, Win (Sun, C)
CHINLIT 207. Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter
(Same as CHINLIT 127.) Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127/207 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125/205. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 126/206 or equivalent.
2-5 units, Spr (Zhou, Y)
CHINLIT 221. Advanced Classical Chinese: Philosophical Texts
Prerequisite: 207 or equivalent.
3-5 units, not given this year
CHINLIT 222. Advanced Classical Chinese: Historical Narration
Prerequisite: 127/207 or equivalent.
2-5 units, not given this year
CHINLIT 223. Advanced Classical Chinese: Literary Essays
Readings and grammatical analyses of literary essays thoughout imperial China. Prerequisite: CHINLIT 127/207 or equivalent.
2-5 units, Spr (Wang, J)
CHINLIT 232. Chinese Biographies of Women
Generic and historical analysis of the two-millennia long biographical tradition inaugurated by Liu Xiang, ca. 79-8 B.C.E. Chinese women's history, intellectual history, historiography, and literary studies. Prerequisite: 127/207 or consent of instructor.
4 units, not given this year
CHINLIT 251. China and the World: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Literature
(Same as COMPLIT 242A.) How 20th-century Chinese thinkers and writers envisioned themselves as citizens of the world and critiqued traditional culture. How intellectuals infused new life into traditional thought and sensibility and made contributions to global culture. The matrix of aesthetics, ethics, and literature. Texts from the Western aesthetic and cosmopolitan tradition.
4-5 units, Aut (Wang, B)
CHINLIT 263. Lyric (Shih) I
Han through Sui dynasties.
2-4 units, not given this year
CHINLIT 265. Major Figures in Classical Chinese Shi Poetry
Focus is on a major poet and relationships to previous and later poetry. Poetic form, including meter and rhyme schemes. Historical context. This year's poet is Tao Yuanming. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 201, 207.
2-4 units, Win (Sargent, S)
CHINLIT 266. Chinese Tz'u Poetry (Song Lyrics)
Highlights from the Northern and Southern Sung periods. Patterns of generic development correlated to social changes in historical context. Prerequisite: classical Chinese.
4 units, not given this year
CHINLIT 271. Traditional Chinese Fiction: Short Stories
Early times to Qing. Prerequisite: 127/207 or consent of instructor.
2-4 units, Win (Wang, J)
CHINLIT 272. Traditional Chinese Fiction: Novels
Major novels of late imperial China. Prerequisite: 127/207 or consent of instructor.
2-4 units, not given this year
CHINLIT 273. Chinese Drama
Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods emphasizing literary not theatrical qualities. Prerequisite: 127/207 or consent of instructor.
2-5 units, Spr (Wang, J)
CHINLIT 289. The Poetics and Politics of Affect in Modern China
The role of affect in modern Chinese aesthetics and politics. Cultural and social theories of affect (love, hate, fear, grief, ressentiment, rage, sympathy, sincerity, shame, and nostalgia); affective discourses across agenres and media including fiction, poetry, film, journalism, and television; and mass social movements such as protest, uprising, and revolution. Advanced undergraduates requires consent of instructor. Recommended: reading knowledge of Chinese.
3-5 units
CHINLIT 291. The Structure of Modern Chinese
(Same as CHINLIT 191.) Focus is on on syntax and semantics. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 3 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
2-4 units, Aut (Sun, C)
CHINLIT 299. Master's Thesis or Translation
A total of 5 units taken in one or more quarters.
1-5 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
CHINLIT 371. Seminar in Chinese Literary Criticism
Chinese critical texts in relation to Western literary theories. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 127/207 or consent of instructor.
2-5 units, not given this year
CHINLIT 399. Dissertation Research
1-12 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
CHINLIT 400. Advanced Language Training
For students in the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies in Beijing or Taipei. For more information, contact the consortium office at UC Berkeley: (510) 642-3873.
1-15 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff)
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