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Upper Division

101A-B-C. Introduction to Classical Chinese
(4-4-4-) Egan
Prerequisite: Chinese 3 or consent of instructor.
The grammar and vocabulary of Classical Chinese. Readings concentrate on philosophical and historical works from the pre-Han period, with some selections from later prose and poetry. Students with some familiarity with Chinese characters (through another Asian language) but not modern Chinese will be accommodated.

102A-B-C. Advanced Chinese Conversation
(2-2-2) Staff
Prerequisites: Chinese 8A-B or equivalent.
A course designed to provide an opportunity for upper-division students to continue a concentration on conversational Chinese.

104. Buddhist Influence on Chinese Language and Culture
(4) Yu
Prerequisites: Chinese 101C and 122C or equivalent.
This course is an exploratory study of non-Chinese influences on Chinese language and culture as demonstrated by the language of Buddhist sutras translated into Chinese.

105. Workshop in Chinese Translation
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Practical work in translation from a variety of Chinese sources depending on need. Emphasis on accuracy and rigor.

106.A-B Seminar in Chinese Literary Translation
(4) TU
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Designed to introduce various approaches to translation, especially the techniques of translating literary works from Chinese to English. Published translation texts are provided as the main vehicle for the analysis and discussion of translation problems in order to learn and develop practical skills of translation.

110A. Classics of Ancient China
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Survey of major philosophical and literary works (1000 B.C to A.D. 200) in English translation. Readings from Book of Songs, Analects, Lao-tzu, and Records of the Grand Historian (Shih-chi).

110B. The Great Age of Chinese Poetry
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Survey of lyric poetry and prose (A.D. 200 to 1300) in English translation, with attention to the literary theory and criticism of the period. Discussion of the cultural context of dominant themes.

112A. Major Movements in Modern Chinese Literature
(4) Lowry
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A. May Fourth movement. Focus on Lu Hsun, Lao She, Pa Chin. Studies in major intellectual and political movements in twentieth century China. Genres include fiction, poetry, drama, and memoirs by major writers. Lectures and readings in English.
B. Great Cultural Revolution. Works by dissident writers. Studies in major intellectual and political movements in twentieth century China. Genres include fiction, poetry, drama, and memoirs by major writers. Lectures and readings in English.

115A. Imagism, Haiku, and Chinese Poetry
(4) Tu
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A comprehensive study of the nature and principles of the haiku and of classical Chinese poetry, their influence on the western imagists, and the theoretical and experimental achievements of the major imagist poets in the development of modern English poetry. Taught in English.

116. Survey of World Literatures in Chinese
(4) Tu
Prerequisite: reading ability at or above third year Chinese or consent of instructor.
Focus on analyzing literary works in Chinese from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, America, and Europe as a comprehensive survey of the worldwide modern literature of Chinese diaspora.

121. Seminar on Taiwan Literature
(4) Tu
Prerequisite: advanced Chinese reading ability or consent of instructor.
Focus on major issues of Taiwan literature from Japanese occupation (1895-1945) to the present with regard to the interaction of Taiwan's native cultures, China's grand tradition, and foreign influences during the historical development.

122A-B-C. Advanced Modern Chinese
(4-4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: Chinese 6 or equivalent.
Advanced practice in grammar and composition.

123. Advanced Reading and Writing in Chinese
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Designed to enhance reading and writing skills in Chinese. Class conducted in Chinese.

124A-B. Readings in Modern Chinese Literature
(4-4) Lowry
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Advanced readings in the Chinese language in fiction, drama, and poetry after 1919. Designed especially for returned students from the Education Abroad Program and students with advanced Chinese background.

125. Business Chinese
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Chinese 25A-B or equivalent; upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A course intended to equip the properly qualified student to conduct business in modern Chinese. Emphasis will be place on using appropriate vocabulary in realistic situations.

126A. Advanced Readings in Taiwan Literature
(4) Tu
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A selection of texts in Chinese by representative authors; literature during the Japanese rule (1895-1945). Designed for advanced students to gain an overall view of achievements of major writers in different genres.

126B. Advanced Readings in Taiwan Literature
(4) Tu
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A selection of texts in Chinese by representative authors; works after WWII to the present. Designed for advanced students to gain an overall view of achievements of major writers in different genres.

132A. Special Topics in Classical Chinese Poetry
(4) Tu
Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Topics focus on major themes in classical poetry with emphasis on Buddhist, Taoist, and symbolist poems in pre-modern period. Readings in English, lectures and discussions in English.

132B. Special Topics in Modern Chinese Poetry
(4) Tu
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Topics focus on major trends of modern poetry developed in mainland China and Taiwan with particular attention to romanticism, realism, and modernism after contact with the West. Readings in Chinese, lectures and discussions in English.

133. Advanced Readings in Classical Prose
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units but only 4 units may be applied toward the major.
Readings in various periods and genres (history, philosophy, the essay, prose narrative).

134. Advanced Readings in Classical Poetry
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units but only 4 units may be applied toward the major.
Readings in the poetry of various periods before the twentieth century.

136. Advanced Readings in Vernacular Literature
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 12 units but only 4 units may be applied toward the major.
Readings in novels of the Ming and Ch'ing periods.

137. Readings in Vernacular Drama
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A course designed as an introduction to the vernacular drama of the Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing dynasties in English translation. Due attention will be paid to dramatic conventions and historical allusions that must be understood.

139. Boundaries of the Self in Late Imperial Chinese Literature
(4) Lowry
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Examination of the conventions of travel writing and essays to illuminate major cultural themes, such as the shift toward representation of daily life and new valuation of the individual and desire in the late imperial period. Readings in English.

140. Spaces in the Chinese City
(4) Lowry
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A study of urban culture from the Song Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. Examination of three public centers in Chinese cities: court, temple, and marketplace and representations of these spaces in various genres. Readings include literary and historical works, paintings, and maps.

141. China in Transition through Films
(4) Lowry
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A study of social and political changes in China since 1949 through films. Focus on the political campaigns: the Anti-rightist Movement in 1957 and the Great Cultural Revolution 1966-1976, and their impact on the Chinese people. Taught in English.

142. Tang Poetry
(4) Egan
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Introduces students to the major and minor writers, themes, and genres of the greatest period of Chinese poetry, the Tang Dynasty. Attention also to traditional, modern, and post-modern interpretive approaches to the poetry.

145. Mythology and the Supernatural in Chinese Literature
(4) Egan
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A study of the theme of the strange (kuai) in Chinese prose and poetry. Readings from early myths, ghost stories, demonic poetry, and a humorous folk epic about monsters. Attention to Chinese notions of the afterlife and aberration. Taught in English.

148. Historic Lives
(4) Egan
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A study of selected notable lives from early and middle China for their contributions to Chinese history and literature. Subjects include Confucius, the First Emperor, the recluse Tao Yuanming, the ursurper Empress Wu, the Buddhist Sixth Patriarch, the "post-historian" Du Fu, and the female song-lyricist Li Qingzhao.

149. Literati Culture
(4) Egan
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of literati (wen-ren) culture of the middle period, concentrating on the Sung dynasty. Attention to developments in literature, historiography, the visual arts, and philosophy. Readings (in translation) from Su Dongpo, Li Qingzhao, Sima Guang and Zhu Xi.

150. The Language of Vernacular Chinese Literature
(4) Yu
Recommended preparation: Chinese 122A-B-C or 124.
Early Mandarin as represented in selections from vernacular Chinese fiction of the 16th through 18th centuries. Primarily concerned with the syntactical and semantic features employed in the reading selections. Also considers the issue of literary expression.

158. The Problem of Love
(4) Egan
The dynamics of romantic love in traditional China. Love is viewed against the forces hostile to it. Readings from major literary works to appreciate the allure of love (usually "illicit") in imaginative literature. All readings in English.

166A. Religion in Chinese Culture
(4) Powell
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Same course as Religious Studies 166A.
A survey of major periods and themes in the history of the Confucian, Taoist, and Chinese Buddhist traditions, with particular emphasis on the differences and tensions among them and the contributions of each to the formation of the Chinese civilization.

166B. Taoist Traditions of China
(4) Powell
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Same course as Religious Studies 166B.
A study of the classical sources of Taoism, followed by a consideration of the varieties of religious practice which developed from those sources.

166C. Confucian Traditions: The Classical Period
(4) Powell
Prerequisite: any lower-division course in religious studies. Same course as Religious Studies 166C.
A treatment of the origins of Confucianism and of its development through the Han dynasty (to A.D. 200), with special attention to the variety of humane and spiritual disciplines which came to be called "Confucian." Emphasis on the interpretation of primary texts like the Analects, the Mencius, the Hsun Tzu, etc.

166E. The Flowering of Chinese Buddhism
(4) Powell
Prerequisites: Religious Studies 164B or consent of instructor. Any lower-division religious studies course or consent of instructor. Same course as Religious Studies 166E.
A study of the distinctively Chinese forms of Buddhism which emerged in the sixth and seventh centuries A.D. Emphasis will be on the Hua-yen, T'ien-t'ai, and Ch'an traditions, and on the features of those traditions which distinguish them most clearly from Indian Buddhism.

166F. Religious Literature in Chinese: Buddhist Texts
(4) Powell
Prerequisites: one year of formal study of classical Chinese and any lower-division religious studies course. Same course as Religious Studies 166F.
Selected readings in important Buddhist texts which were either originally written in Chinese or translated into that language. Only texts not available in Western language translation are chosen. Attention not only to the content but to the grammatical, syntactical, and terminological peculiarities of Buddhist Chinese.

166G. Religious Literature in Chinese: Confucian Texts
(4) Powell
Prerequisite: one year formal study of classical Chinese. Same course as Religious Studies 166G.
Readings in selected texts from the classical Confucian tradition (Chou dynasty), Han dynasty Confucianism, and the Neo-Confucian traditions of the Sung and Ming dynasties.

166H. Religious Literature in Chinese: Taoist Texts
(4) Powell
Prerequisite: one year of formal study of classical Chinese. Same course as Religious Studies 166H.
Readings in the Lao Tzu (Tao-te-ching) and the Chuang Tzu and their latter commentaries.

183. The Quest for Narrative in Late Imperial China
(4) Powell
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Same course as Religious Studies 183.
An exploration of quest themes, narrative forms and performative modes in the culture of Late Imperial China based on a reading of an English translation of the sixteenth-century masterpiece, The Journey to the West (Monkey).

184A-B. History of China
(4-4) Judge
Prerequisite: History 2A or 2B or 2C or 80, or EACS 80, or upper-division standing. Same course as History 184A-B. Not open for credit to students who have completed Chinese 186A-B or History 186A-B;
.A. Ancient China to 589 CE; B: Sixth to seventeenth centuries.

184P. Proseminar in History of China
(4) Judge
Prerequisite: History 184A or 184B, or Chinese 184A or 184B. Same course as History 184P. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Undergraduate research in Chinese history.

184T. History of Chinese Thought
(4) Fogel
Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Same course as History 184T. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 190C.
A study of the development of Chinese thought from Confucius to Mao Tse-tung.

184W. Chinese Historiography
(4) Fogel
Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Same course as History 184W. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 190W.
An examination of the major historical traditions of China over the past 2500 years: debates, texts, historians, patronage, impact of Marxism and communism (in the twentieth century).

186M. Chinese Marxism
(4) Fogel
Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Same course as History 186M. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 185M.
Introduction to the most influential system of thought in twentieth-century China. Examination of the background of Marxism's coming to China, its role in military thinking, education, feminism, the place of the intellectual, Mao's thought, etc.

197. Senior Honors Project
(4-8) Staff
Prerequisites: open to senior majors only; consent of instructor. Students must have a 3.0 overall grade-point average and a 3.5 grade-point average in the major. May be repeated for a total of 12 units.
An independent study course (1 to 3 quarters) directed by a faculty member with a carefully chosen topic and bibliography which will result in a documented project or a senior thesis.

198. Readings in Chinese
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: students must (1) have attained upper-division standing; (2) have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters; (3) have completed at least two upper-division courses in Chinese. Students are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199RA courses combined. May be repeated up to 12 units.

199. Independent Studies in Chinese
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: students must (1) have attained upper-division standing; (2) have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters; (3) have completed at least two upper-division courses in Chinese. Students are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199RA courses combined.
Individual investigations in literary fields.

Lower Division

1-2-3. Elementary Modern Chinese
(5-5-5) Staff
Not open for credit for students who have completed Chinese 1N.
The beginning courses in Chinese. The student acquires a basic knowledge of the grammar, a limited general vocabulary, correct pronunciation, and an ability to read and understand simple texts. Weekly laboratory assignments support and enhance classroom learning. (F)

1-2-3N. Elementary Chinese for Native Speakers
(3-3-3) Staff
Prerequisite: native speaker and consent of instructor.
These courses are intended for native Mandarin speakers who wish to learn to read and write Chinese. The content is similar to Chinese 1-2-3 with less emphasis on developing oral skills.

4-5-6. Intermediate Modern Chinese
(5-5-5) Staff
Prerequisite: Chinese 3 or equivalent.
Continuation of Chinese 3.

4-5-6N. Second Year Chinese Heritage
(3-3-3) Staff
Intended for Chinese heritage students who wish to continue to learn how to read and write in Chinese. The content is similar to Chinese 4-5-6 with less emphasis on developing oral skills.

8A-B-C. Chinese Conversation
(2-2-2) Staff
Prerequisite: Chinese 3 or equivalent.
The course is designed to increase facility and naturalness of delivery in simple dialogue.

25A-B. Elementary Business Chinese
(4) Guan
Prerequisite: Chinese 4.
Preparation for students at a beginning level of Chinese to communicate with Chinese business associates. Includes vocabulary, sentence patterns and texts for use in Chinese business situations.

33. Introduction to Chinese Civilization
(4) Staff
The perennial values and problems of Chinese civilization. Selected readings of major philosophical and literary works (in English translation). Topics include Confucianism, Taoism, aesthetics, domestic life, and Chinese culture in the twentieth century.