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EAST ASIAN STUDIES (L03) (Dept. Info)

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L03 East Asia 3050

Contemporary Chinese Culture and Society

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This course provides an introduction to emerging trends in Chinese culture and society. We will explore processes of change and continuity in the People's Republic, examining the complexity of social issues and the dynamics of cultural unity and diversity. While we will focus on the post-Mao reform era (1978 to the present), we will consider how contemporary developments draw upon the legacies of the Maoist revolution as well as the pre-socialist past. The course provides an overview of anthropological approaches to the study of contemporary China, introducing students to key concepts, theories, and frameworks integral to the analysis of Chinese culture and society. Readings, lectures, and discussions will highlight not only macro-level processes of social change and continuity but also the everyday experiences of individuals involved in these processes. We will pay particular attention to issues of family life, institutional culture, migration, religion, ethnicity, gender, consumption, and globalization.

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L03 East Asia 3091

Confucian Thought

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This course is designed to introduce students to the history and teachings of one of the world's major religious traditions: Confucianism. We will examine how Confucianism developed in ancient China and afterwards spread throughout East Asia and beyond. In particular, we will pay attention to the issue of ritual and how Confucians attempted to ritualize social interactions and the world at large. In order to do so, we will engage in the writings of Confucius, Mengzi, and Xunzi, three early Chinese writers whose basic ideas about ritual heavily informed myriad cultural practices that are formative for large portions of East Asia today. Hence, this course on ancient thinkers not only introduces thoughts and practices prevalent throughout pre-modern China, Japan, and Korea. It also functions as a catalyst that helps us understand some of the reasons and motivations behind these communities' recent efforts to renegotiate and question "the colonialist flavor" of human rights and democracy.

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L03 East Asia 3162

Early Modern China: 1350-1800

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L03 East Asia 316C

Modern China: 1890s to the Present

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L03 East Asia 3263

Topics in EAS: Photography and East Asia: Image, Identity, and Ideology

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This course introduces you to the role that photography has played in three areas of representation of East Asia: the modern nation, the portrait, and built space. The course will open with a quick overview of the history of photography, including evolving technologies. We will consider some of most important general essays on photography before turning to different moments of photography (primarily pre-digital, still photos) in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. The goal is for you to become aware of how photographs, like other media, have intentionality to them: they want to present their subjects in a "certain light"; they want to persuade the viewer. In this case it is a question of what the photograph wants you to see and believe about East Asia. Your final project will involve either a creative or academic engagement of these issues in a photography of your choice. This will be combined with a group on-line project of "East Asian Photo Icons" to begin to address the overwhelming European orientation to definition of the "iconic photograph." No prerequisites; all readings will be in English translation.

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L03 East Asia 332C

Japanese Literature: Beginnings to Nineteenth Century

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L03 East Asia 3411

Early and Imperial Chinese Literature

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L03 East Asia 3442

Chinese Painting, Then and Now

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Tracing the unbroken history of Chinese painting from the 1st through 21st centuries, we explore the full evolution of its traditions and innovations through representative works, artists, genres, and critical issues. From its ancient origins to its current practice, we will cover topics such as classical landscapes by scholar painters, the effects of Western contact on modern painting, the contemporary iconography of power and dissent, and theoretical issues such as authenticity, gender, and global art history. Prerequisites: Intro to Asian Art (L01 111) or one course in East Asian Studies recommended.

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L03 East Asia 352

Literature of Modern and Contemporary Korea

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This undergraduate course surveys the major writers and works of 20th century Korean literature. During the 20th century Korea went through a radical process of modernization. From its colonization by Japan, to its suffering of a civil war within the cold war order, to its growth into a cultural and economic powerhouse, Korea's historical experience is at once unique and typical of that of a third-world nation. By immersing ourselves in the most distinctive literary voices from Korea, we examine how the Korean experience of modernization was filtered through its cultutral production. In class discussion, we pay special attention to the writers' construction of the self and the nation. How do social categories such as ethnicity, class, gender, and race figure in the varying images of the self? And how do these images relate to the literary vision of the nation? Along the way, we observe the prominent ideas, themes, and genres of Korean literature. This class combines discussion with lecture with students strongly encouraged to participate. All literary texts are in English translation and no previous knowledge of Korean is required.

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L03 East Asia 355

Topics in Korean Literature and Culture: From King Sejong to Global K-Pop

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The Evolution of Korean Language and Writing. What is the origin of the Korean alphabet? What is the relationship between English and Korean in contemporary South Korea? What is the function of language in K-pop? In this course we will explore these and related issues through a cultural history of the Korean language, as well as an overview of various issues related to language in contemporary South Korea. The first half of the course aims to impart a basic understanding of some of the roles that language and writing have played in Korean culture and society, starting with the invention of the Korean script in the 15th century but then focusing mainly on the twentieth century. In this portion of the course we will explore the politics of language reform in North and South Korea, language and colonialism, and the function of language in modern education. In the second half of the course we shift our attention to more contemporary matters such as language use among heritage learners and in cross-cultural communication, the meaning of "politeness" in Korean society, language and its relation to Korean national identity, and language use in Korean pop culture and mass media. Course readings will be supplemented with analyses of visual media such as advertisements, film and drama clips, and music videos of K-pop groups. There are no prerequisites for this course. Previous knowledge of Korean language and history, though helpful, are not required. L51 355 is repeatable if subtitle is different.

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L03 East Asia 3591

The Chinese Marketplace: Globalization and Local Transformations

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Drawing upon an interdisciplinary approach, this course addresses several major themes focusing on the dynamics of China's unprecedented socioeconomic transformations. Topics covered will include the implications of globalization for everyday life in the local contexts, the cultural dimensions of international business, and the rise of entrepreneurship and consumerism in contemporary China, etc. This course will provide a set of conceptual tools and a new perspective that will help students better describe and understand the social world around them. Students will develop a critical, even "skeptical" view toward superficial explanations of take-for-granted practices by replacing common sense understandings of interpersonal interactions with an uncommon sense about the links between individual experiences, structural forces and particular marketplaces. MUST BE ENROLLED IN THE STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM AT FUDAN UNIVERSITY IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.

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L03 East Asia 419

Of Zombies, Ghosts, and Ancestors: Interactions of the Living and the Dead in Chinese Religions

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This course introduces a basic aspect of the multifaceted history of Chinese religions, culture, and civilization by centering on the practice of taking care of the dead. In particular, we will observe how various religious texts, short stories, and plays from China's earliest times until the sixteenth century depicted the interactions of the living and the dead. Despite the distinct genres, time periods, and topics, one important aspect will regularly appear: apparently people perceived the boundaries between the living and the dead to be quite porous in pre-modern China. In other words, the dead seemed to have played as much of a role in society and everyday life as living family members, friends, and government officials.

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L03 East Asia 4310

Renegades and Radicals: The Japanese New Wave

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In 1960, the major studio Shochiku promoted a new crop of directors as the "Japanese New Wave" in response to declining theater attendance, a booming youth culture, and the international success of the French Nouvelle Vague. This course provides an introduction to those iconoclastic filmmakers, who went on to break with major studios and revolutionize oppositional filmmaking in Japan. We will analyze the challenging politics and aesthetics of these confrontational films for what they tell us about Japan's modern history and cinema. The films provoke as well as entertain, providing trenchant (sometimes absurd) commentaries on postwar Japanese society and its transformations. Themes include: the legacy of WWII and Japanese imperialism; the student movement; juvenile delinquency; sexual liberation; and Tokyo subcultures. Directors include: Oshima Nagisa, Shinoda Masahiro, Terayama Shuji, Masumura Yasuzo, Suzuki Seijun, Matsumoto Toshio, and others. No knowledge of Japanese necessary. Credit 3 units. Required Screenings: Tuesdays @ 7 pm.

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L03 East Asia 4372

Contemporary Korean I: History, Literature, and Popular Culture

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This is a content-based advanced to high advanced level Korean course conducted through analysis and discussion of films, literary works, "webtoon" (online comics), scholarly articles, and social critique. Essentially a course in humanities, this course aims to develop critical thinking through various issues in contemporary society, history and culture. As a part of this effort and also to serve the double purpose as a language course, it emphasizes developing an advanced level of reading proficiency and writing skills in Korean suitable for academic or professional purposes. Fulfills upper level content course requirement for majors and minors in East Asian Studies and Korean. Prerequisites: grade of B- or better in Korean 418 or instructor's permission.

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L03 East Asia 4510

Urban Culture in Modern China

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The narrative of rural crisis and peasant revolution has dominated China's modern history for decades. But there has been a growing interest in China's urban past and present with the increased prominence of cities in China's breathtaking economic development and the opening of municipal archives in post-Mao era. The course aims to introduce students to "conventional wisdoms," new directions, and major debates in the urban history field. Topics include: the urban political economy, the cultural dynamics of modernity, the reconstruction of traditions in the making of modernity, the cultural production and consumption, colonialism and imperialism in the urban setting, nationalism, and reform and revolution. Acknowledging and understanding the nuance and difference in views and interpretations in historical writings (historiography) are essential. The course seeks to develop students' research and analytical skills, such as locating secondary sources, incorporating scholarly interpretations, and developing and sustaining a thesis based on secondary and primary sources in student research. Prerequisite: This is an interdisciplinary seminar designed for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Advanced undergraduate students must have taken at least one China-related course at the 300-level or higher.

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L03 East Asia 4641

Japanese Textual Analysis

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This course introduces the advanced student of Japanese to a variety of prose narratives in the modern language. Readings, which include literary texts and topical essays on aspects of Japanese society and culture, reflect the needs and interests of the enrolled students. Focus is on close reading and syntactic analysis of the selected texts. Regular translation exercises gauge the mastery of grammar, syntax, and idiomatic usages. All readings are in Japanese, with class discussion conducted predominantly in English. A final translation project, to be chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor, is required. Prerequisite: Japan 458, or instructor's permission.

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L03 East Asia 471

Topics in Japanese Culture: Reminiscences of Childhood and Youth

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Writers in Japan, as elsewhere, have fashioned accounts of childhood and youth- both fictive and autobiographical, in prose and verse- over the centuries. This course will explore the range and diversity of Japan's literature of reminiscence, with a focus on the modern period and the work of writers such as Natsume Sôseki, Tanizaki Jun'ichirô, Kôda Aya, Yasuoka Shôtarô, and Kita Morio. Our readings will be placed in the context of Japan's social and economic transformations, its imperial nationhood, and the dramatically-shifting postwar and contemporary period. A selection of comparative examples drawn from other Asian and Western literatures will serve to broaden our focus, consider affinities and differences, and thereby enrich our class discussion. No Japanese language background is required. Prerequisite: upper-class standing and at least one course focusing on Japan, or permission of instructor.

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L03 East Asia 482

Reading Seminar in Gender and Chinese Literature: Writing Women of Imperial China

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Although women of premodern China have often been portrayed as little more than long-suffering victims of male patriarchy and sexual repression, their lives were far more complicated, diverse, and interesting. Women played roles as filial daughters, dutiful wives, and devoted mothers, but also as proud courtesans, clever entrepreneurs, educated scholars and teachers, independent nuns, fierce warriors and even powerful rulers. In this course we will begin with a broad overview of the ideal traditional roles for women established in early China. We will then move on to a general exploration of some of the ways women were represented in classical literature by male writers. Our main focus, however, will be on how, over time, more and more women took up the brush and began to write themselves. In so doing they were able to express their own subjectivity and often radically reinscribe many of the notions of femininity and of female roles that were dominant during their times. We will conclude with a discussion of ways in which traditional women writers both anticipated and contributed to the 20th century transition to modernity. Most of our class discussion will be based on primary sources in English translation, supplemented by occasional secondary critical scholarly articles where relevant. Prerequisite: Some background in premodern Chinese literature history or culture would be helpful but is not required.

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L03 East Asia 486

Independent Work For Senior Honors

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Students intending to write a Senior Honors Thesis register for this course in the fall of their senior year, provided they have the permission of their primary advisor and the program director. Prerequisite: Senior standing.

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L03 East Asia 496

Readings In Asian Studies

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Prerequisite: Permission of the Committee on East Asian Studies.

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L03 East Asia 498

Guided Readings In Chinese

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Normally taken after successful completion of Chi 461. May be repeated once or taken as a double course. Prerequisites: Graduate standing, and permission of the instructor and the graduate advisor.

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L03 East Asia 499

Guided Readings In Japanese

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Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission of the Instructor and the Department Chair. This course will normally be taken after the successful completion of Japan 459. May be repeated once.

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L03 East Asia 500

Independent Study

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PREREQUISITE: At least senior standing and instructor's permission. May be repeated.

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L03 East Asia 502

Directed Research In Asian Studies

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Directed research in Asian Studies. Prerequisite: Permission of the Director of Graduate Studies required.

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L03 East Asia 5263

Topics in EAS: Photography and East Asia: Image, Identity, and Ideology

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This course introduces you to the role that photography has played in three areas of representation of East Asia: the modern nation, the portrait, and built space. The course will open with a quick overview of the history of photography, including evolving technologies. We will consider some of most important general essays on photography before turning to different moments of photography (primarily pre-digital, still photos) in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. The goal is for you to become aware of how photographs, like other media, have intentionality to them: they want to present their subjects in a "certain light"; they want to persuade the viewer. In this case it is a question of what the photograph wants you to see and believe about East Asia. Your final project will involve either a creative or academic engagement of these issues in a photography of your choice. This will be combined with a group on-line project of "East Asian Photo Icons" to begin to address the overwhelming European orientation to definition of the "iconic photograph." No prerequisites; all readings will be in English translation.

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L03 East Asia 5549

Histories of the Japanese Archipelago

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This course seeks to provide graduate students with an understanding of the sweep of the Japanese past, from the early modern period through the twenty-first century. Students will engage in several key debates in Japanese historiography and learn how scholars of Japan have drawn on and contributed to important methodologies. This course is ideal for graduate students who plan to cultivate Japanese history as an area of research and teaching expertise, and who intend to use Japanese history as one of the three fields necessary for completing the qualifying exams required by the Department of History. Advanced undergraduates with an interest in the topic should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.

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L03 East Asia 591

Thesis Research

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Prerequisite: Admission to graduate program.

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