Modern Languages: Chinese

• CAS LC 111: First-Semester Chinese
  Essentials of structure, oral practice, introduction to the writing system.
• CAS LC 112: Second-Semester Chinese
  Essentials of structure, oral practice, introduction to the writing system.
• CAS LC 116: Chinese Reading and Writing I
  An intensive course covering first-year Chinese in one semester for students who speak Mandarin fluently but possess limited or no reading and writing skills. Emphasis on reading and writing and analysis of grammar.
• CAS LC 211: Third-Semester Chinese
  Review of structure and grammar, practice in conversation and writing, introduction to reading.
• CAS LC 212: Fourth-Semester Chinese
  Review of structure and grammar, practice in conversation and writing, introduction to reading. Satisfactory completion of CAS LC 212 fulfills the CAS language requirement.
• CAS LC 213: Conversational Chinese
  Conversation planned to equip the student with vocabulary, listening ability, and oral skill to deal with business situations in a Chinese-speaking environment. Text supplemented by handouts, films, TV, etc., to make textbook Chinese come alive.
• CAS LC 216: Chinese Reading and Writing II
  An intensive course covering second-year Chinese in one semester for students who have completed LC 116 or students who speak Mandarin fluently and possess some reading and writing skills. Emphasis on reading and writing and analysis of grammar. Satisfactory completion of CAS LC 216 fulfills the CAS language requirement.
• CAS LC 250: Masterpieces of Chinese Fiction (in English translation)
  A survey of Chinese fiction from the classical tradition to modern times. Readings from significant works, illuminating issues in Chinese history and culture: Dream of the Red Chamber, Three Kingdoms, Outlaws of the Marsh, and modern classics.
• CAS LC 281: Post-Mao China in Film and Fiction (in English translation)
  Film and fiction, as they reveal divergent values and changing styles of the last two decades: "new realism," avant-garde experimentation, black humor, exoticism, eroticism, and myth.
• CAS LC 283: Chinese Civilization (in English translation)
  An interdisciplinary introduction to Chinese culture, including social life, thought, literature, and fine arts. Emphasis placed on the major cultural and social developments from prehistory to the nineteenth century that have a particular relevance to understanding modern China.
• CAS LC 284: Introduction to Chinese Women's Writing (in English translation)
  Close reading of modern Chinese women's writing since 1919 for what the texts reveal of the lives of Chinese women and society. Poetry, fiction, and autobiography.
• CAS LC 285: Topics in Chinese Literature (in English translation)
  Topic for Fall 2009: TBA.
• CAS LC 286: Topics in Chinese Culture (in English translation)
  Topics focus on particular aspects of Chinese culture such as food, costume, education, religion, philosophy, and film in order to examine Chinese culture from its beginnings to the present. Topic for Spring 2011: Food Culture. A study of food in Chinese culture including artistic and literary representations, history of agriculture, food preservation and preparation, medicinal uses, restaurant culture, and food as a commodity.
• CAS LC 287: Chinese Cinema (in English translation)
  Introduction to Chinese film history. Major films from the 1930s to the present by directors from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Topics include major film studios, socialist realism, Cultural Revolution films, and present-day commercial and avant-garde films.
• CAS LC 311: Third Year Modern Chinese
  Readings in modern Chinese. Readings and discussion in Chinese of selected nonliterary and literary materials, including newspaper articles, short stories, and essays. Regular compositions required.
• CAS LC 312: Third Year Modern Chinese
  Readings and discussion in modern Chinese of selected nonliterary and literary materials, including newspaper articles, short stories, and essays. Regular compositions required.
• CAS LC 314: Classical Chinese I
  Basic grammatical components of classical Chinese with emphasis on word and phrase construction, particles, and sentence structure. Original texts from ancient mythology, philosophy, literature, geography, medicine, science, and technology.
• CAS LC 315: Classical Chinese II
  Continuation of Classical Chinese I. Reading of more complex and lengthy original texts, including more complex grammatical structures. Original texts from areas including ancient mythology, philosophy, and geography. Course conducted in Chinese and English.
• CAS LC 350: Introduction to Chinese Literature
  Selected readings from three thousand years of Chinese literature up to the early twentieth century. Poetry, drama, fiction, discursive essay, biography. Portions of each text studied in Chinese.
• CAS LC 351: Masterpieces of Modern Chinese Literature, 1910–Present
  Modern Chinese literature tells stories of trauma, accommodation, and resistance. It offers private and public records of tumultuous transitions. This course focuses on great works of transformative importance. Authors include Lu Xun, Wang Meng, and Jin Yong.

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