Course Code and Course Title
Understanding China through Texts II
Time and Venue
MON 4:30pm – 6:15pm
Instructor
Prof. Yunwen Gao
Course Description
This course is designed to lay a solid foundation for the freshmen of Chinese studies majors in terms of Chinese reading, writing, discussion, and presentation skills. A selected series of texts are used to trigger students’ research interests and learn close-reading ability. There will be workshops helping students identify major journals and archives in Chinese language, pick relevant research texts for close reading, write a bibliographical essay, and present on the topic based on the selected reading. The class will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese.
Course Outline
Week 1 Jan 9 Course Overview 课程概览
Chinese Literature Overseas 海外华文文学
Week 2 Jan 16 Migration and Nostalgia: Bai Xianyong 迁徙与怀旧：白先勇
Week 3 Lunar New Year, No class
Week 4 Jan 30 Colonial Past and Post-colonial Present: Zhu Tianxin 殖民的历史与后殖民的当下：朱天心
Week 4 Feb 6 Marginality and Identity: Jiang Xiaoyun 边缘性与身份：蒋晓云
Week 5 Feb 13 Writing Workshop 1 写作工作坊1
Week 6 Feb 20 Postmodernism and Stream of Consciousness: Liu Yichang 后现代与意识流：刘以鬯
Reading Report Due this week
Week 7 Feb 27 Gender and Martial Arts: Jin Yong 性别与武侠：金庸
Week 8 Reading Week
Week 9 Mar 13 Local Experience and Cultural Identity: Xi Xi 本土经验与文化身份：西西
Week 10 Mar 20 Writing Workshop 2 写作工作坊2
Week 11 Mar 27 Race and Ethnicity: He Shufang 种族与族裔：贺淑芳
Creative Project Proposal Due this week
Week 12 Apr 3 History and Nation: Li Zishu I 历史与家国：黎紫书1
Week 13 Apr 10 History and Nation: Li Zishu II历史与家国：黎紫书2
Week 14 & 15 April 10 & 17 Final Project Presentation 期末报告