EALC 550

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Credit: 4 hours.

Seminar on selected topics. Topic varies with instructor.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
78376
Lecture
JC2
2:00PM -4:50PM
T
1018 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling
Chen, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/24-12/11/24
Section Title:
Intellectual Life
Section Info:
Course Title: Intellectual Life in Republican China
69084
Lecture-Discussion
QA
1:00PM -3:50PM
F
1110 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling
Arkenstone, Q
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/24-12/11/24
Section Title:
Japanese Mystery Fiction
Section Info:
Course explores the origin, development, and influence of mystery fiction in modern Japan. Covers possible traditional antecedents, Meiji-Era developments, evolving social and cultural functions and the process by which a narrative structure ostensibly Western in origin was adapted to the literature then emerging. Close readings and class discussion will take up the genre’s relationship with science, ethics, nationalism, modernity, class and gender, as well its projection of subject and authority. Goal is an understanding of how the mystery genre provided (and continues to provide) Japanese authors with a framework through which to critique their society, as well as how the larger structural and conceptual similarities between mystery fiction and the novel has helped shape the development of modern Japanese literature.
46500
Lecture-Discussion
SD
1:00PM -3:20PM
W
1018 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling
Shao, D
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/24-12/11/24
Section Title:
Cultures of Law in China
Section Info:
Topic: Cultures of Law in China This cross-disciplinary seminar introduces students to the historical and cultural roots of contemporary problems concerning law and society in China. This course focuses on historical, legal, anthropological, and fictional readings on “law” (C: fa, ling, lü, li, gui, ze) in modern and contemporary Chinese society from the late Qing to the present. Major themes to be covered include: 1) the changes in Chinese conception of law in different historical periods; 2) cultural idioms about law and social consequences of legal codes; 3) import of western legal concepts and codes; 4) methodology of using legal materials in the field of East Asian studies. Course materials include varied genres of publications: academic writings, journalistic reports, governmental documents, archival excerpts, as well as visual materials. This course aims at training students to develop skills at transnational research, comparative studies of primary sources, critical review of theories, creative application of cross-disciplinary research methods, multi-lingual reading, as well as ability to identify problems and pose interesting questions and to conduct interdisciplinary research in a crucial field that is growing fast.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
78719
Lecture-Discussion
YW
1:00PM -3:30PM
W
307 English Building
Wang, Y
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/24-12/11/24
Section Title:
The Gendered Garden-PCL
Section Info:
The Gendered Garden in Premodern Chinese Literature This seminar explores the captivating world of garden space in premodern China, with a focus on the contributions of women writers. It delves into the historical contexts that shaped the emergence of garden literature and its significance within Chinese literary and cultural traditions. In this discussion-based course, students will explore diverse literary genres, including short essays, poems, fiction, and related written expressions, coupled with visual sources and films. Students will either write a research paper or conduct a creative project that responds to a topic discussed in the course. By the end of the seminar, students will gain profound insights into the gendered nature of physical, textual, and visual garden spaces, as well as have a better understanding of the broader legacy of the garden literature genre. No Chinese language or previous coursework required. However, students who have taken other courses in Chinese history, literature, art history, and/or women and gender studies, may feel more comfortable with the subject matter of this course.
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