EALC 501

Spring 2019

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Seminar in Chinese Art
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Credit: 4 hours.

Same as ARTH 501. See ARTH 501.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
44573
Seminar
A
4:00PM -6:40PM
M
312 Art and Design Building
Burkus-Chasson, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/14/19-05/01/19
Section Info:
Topic: Representing Emotion. Historians of Chinese literature and philosophy have written extensively about the significance of emotion (qing 情) in late Ming times (1522-1644). But how did a pictorial image manifest emotion and how were its visible signs of emotion conceptualized? In this seminar, we consider the dilemma that painters faced in general when they represented an expressive body: how could the display of emotion in gesture and facial expression be contained within the bounds of propriety? In researching this topic, we consider the pioneering work of anthropologists and historians who redefined emotion in the 1980s, as well as affect theory and the more recent work of sinologists, who have primarily examined narrative fiction and operatic plays to understand the significance of emotion. Issues that have drawn my attention range from concepts of musculature, which pertain to the physical expression of emotion, to the nature of caricature. Although the seminar will engage Chinese materials, students are encouraged to take this opportunity to examine “emotion” as a conceptual tool in their own areas of study.
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