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EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES (L81) (Dept. Info)

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Ampersand: Knowing Through Objects II:The World of an Antique Chinese Wedding Bed

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This course is a continuation of L81 1200. Where do modern people spend almost a third of their life? Their beds! In addition to facilitating sleep and relaxation and its association with marriage and sexuality, the bed also is the centerpiece and likely the most expensive item of furniture item in the bedroom. Across cultures, from medieval Europe to imperial China, beds served as tokens of status that marked families' success and material wealth in increasingly commercialized and stratified societies. In the modern era, beds have drawn scrutiny from sociologists, sexologists, and social critics interested in questions of gender, family, and sexuality. A historical bed might also capture other meanings: its pathways through production, circulation, and consumption might illuminate global trading networks in lumber, labor, and finished commodities. It might reveal (or allow people to imagine) the transmission of craft knowledge, family formation, wealth accumulation (or dissipation), and social mobility. With these possibilities in mind, students will investigate and restore an antique Chinese wedding bed. Work will combine digital tools with humanistic research methods to facilitate a cultural history that engage questions of intimacy, nuptials, curation and conservation, and global trade and cultural exchanges. Prerequisite: first-year, non-transfer students only.

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Chinese Civilization

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Undergraduate Internship in East Asian Languages and Cultures

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Students receive credit for a faculty-directed and approved internship. Registration requires the completion of the Learning Agreement, which the student obtains from the Career Center and which must be filled out and signed by the Career Center and the faculty sponsor prior to beginning internship work. Credit should correspond to actual time spent in work activities (e.g., eight to ten hours a week for thirteen or fourteen weeks to receive 3 units of credit; 1 or 2 credits for fewer hours). Credit/no credit only.

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Literary Modernities in East Asia: Text & Traditions

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Lee

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Topics in Chinese Literature and Culture: Chinese Cities in the Global Context

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This course explores Chinese urban cinema and literature in a global context from the late 20th century to the present. Examining the city as a material entity and a cultural imaginary, we focus on a global cast of cultural agents who have used their cameras and literary tools to shape the urban life in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Starting with Beijing in the early marketization reform, the course discusses the relationship between the film camera and the urban space, the emergence of science fiction and the information age, the construction of infrastructure and constant demolition, and both the visible and invisible population. The course will emphasize how the filmmakers and literary writers respond to the drastic changes in cities and how their interventions reveal the larger social and economic context of the Chinese-speaking sphere of the world. There is no pre-requisite for this course. All readings will be provided in English. Fulfills modern elective for EALC major.

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The Modern Voice in Japanese Literature

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Crandol

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Topics in East Asian Religions: Faith and Salvation in East Asia: Pure Land Buddhism

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This course is an introduction to Pure Land Buddhism, one of the most popular forms of Buddhism all over East Asia, from its inception to the 21st century. Centered around the worship of a buddha called Amitabha (C. Amituo; K. Amita; J. Amida), Pure Land Buddhism is a complex tradition that during its long history has included sophisticated visualization practices, simple vocalizations, elaborated doctrinal discussions, and apocalyptic worldviews. In this course, students will adopt a multidisciplinary approach and explore the history, literature, art and practices of Pure Land Buddhism in China, Korea and Japan. In particular, the course will focus on the relationship between devotionalism, practice and salvation; and on discourses about human nature and their implications in terms of approaches to Buddhism. In other words, what do we do when the world as we know it seems to be ending? Students will read primary sources drawn from a wide range of genres - meditation manuals, letters, canonical scriptures and hagiographic narratives. They will familiarize themselves with the most important figures, deities and texts of the Pure Land traditions in East Asia, and they will study the arts and material culture of Pure Land Buddhism, one of the richest in East Asia. No prior coursework on Buddhism or East Asia is required. Fulfills premodern elective for EALC major.

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Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature

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Chen, L

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Japanese Literature in Translation: Mystery Fiction

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Copeland, Chanez

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Topics in Korean Literature and Culture: Power, Miracles and Self-cultivation in Korean Buddhism

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This interdisciplinary seminar is an introduction to the history of Buddhism in the Korean Peninsula from its introduction (ca. 4th century) to the 21st century. Rather than as a comprehensive chronological outline of Korean Buddhism, the course is conceived as a thematic examination of significant historical moments, individuals, texts, and practices. In particular, the course will focus on three thematic clusters: 1) the relationship between Buddhism and power, as seen, for example, in the ancient Korean kingdoms and under the Japanese colonial government; 2) Buddhist contributions to the welfare and satisfaction of the people, as manifested through "miracles" and other numinous episodes recorded in Korean and East Asian literature; and, 3) Buddhist approaches to self-cultivation, with a focus on the Seon tradition (better known in the US as Zen), the most prominent form of Buddhism in Korea. Basic historiographical and methodological issues will also be discussed. Previous coursework on Buddhism or Korean history is recommended but not required, and no knowledge of Korean is required. Fulfills premodern elective for EALC major.

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Chinese across Borders: Cultures of Diaspora and Mobility

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This course explores literature and cinema of Chinese diaspora in Taiwan, the Malay Peninsula, and North America. Focusing on these three major destinations of Chinese immigration, the course will discuss how the Chinese diasporic population forge new relations with their cultural heritage through writing and filmmaking, how they use narratives and cameras to deal with the push and pull from their old and new homes, and how they create new identities to resist and negotiate with exclusion, racism, and social invisibility. Students begin their inquiry with a contemplation on the relationship between the notion of the mother tongue and the historical invention of the modern Chinese language. With the critical insights gained from language politics, students closely examine a set of literary works and films to discuss the Cold War divide between mainland China and Taiwan, the violence against the Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, and the emergence of Chinese American as a distinct identity in North America. The course will emphasize cultural politics of identity in relation to travel itineraries, memory, inter-generational linkage, and gender and sexuality. No prerequisites. All readings will be provided in English. Fulfills premodern elective for EALC major.

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Topics in Modern Japanese Literature: Japanese Horror Cinema

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This course examines the dilemmas of applying an English-language film genre - in this case the horror movie - to the cinema of a non-English speaking culture. Do Western definitions of the horrific and the monstrous work in the case of Japanese cinema? How do notions of genre and the global influence of Hollywood impact the production and reception of national cinemas? Should American remakes of Japanese horror films be called "J-horror?" By reading a combination of texts on genre, horror theory, and Japanese cinema, the course will consider the history and development of the "horror movie" in Japan in a course of study that takes into account both domestic cultural and filmmaking traditions as well as the larger, transnational world of popular film. Fulfills modern elective for EALC major.

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EALC Seminar: Kitchen, Studio, Factory: Making in East Asia

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How do artisans approach the task of making? If different cultures of making exist, what forms do they take and why? In this course, students will explore these and other questions concerning the central human activity that is the production of material objects. From a Korean rice wine brewer to a Japanese clockmaker and to the Shanzhai cellphone manufacturers, makers in East Asia have distinguished themselves as skillful practitioners throughout history. The aim of this course is to understand their ways of production -- and how these, in turn, evolved alongside broader changes in society and culture. The course begins by appreciating the challenges of studying making cultures and the importance of material, hands-on research, which involves, for instance, cooking with historical recipes. The course then investigates the history of artisanship in relation to social structures and statecraft and the many ways in which it unfolded in Korea, Japan, and China and across various artifacts, from kimchi and porcelain to steam engines and Van Gogh paintings. For the term project, students have the option of reworking a historical recipe or artifact from East Asia before the modern era. During this process, students will learn by doing and explore the tacit knowledge involved in the creation and maintenance of craft practices. This course is primarily for sophomores and juniors with a major or minor in the Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures. Other students may enroll with permission. No prior knowledge of East Asia is required. Fulfills premodern elective for EALC major.

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Nature, Technology, and Medicine in Korea

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This course examines the cultural history of modern Korea with a focus on science, technology, and medicine. From about 1500 to the present, a number of hugely consequential things happened in Korea that have been called revolutionary-or what historians dub "early modern" and "modern." Confucian kings planned large-scale projects that changed nature, rustic scholars made inventories of flora and fauna, colonial Koreans became biologists, nurses, and "Edisons," and in North and South Korea, new professionals created distinctive-and in some cases, globally-competitive-regimes of knowing, making, and healing. Students will interrogate these developments as an opportunity to revisit the history of modernity, which has been told predominantly from the perspective of the West. What does it mean to be "modern" in Korea? How did that modernity intersect with Korean science, technology, and medicine? Students will find and articulate their own answers by writing the final research paper. Recommended to have taken Korean Civilization or equivalent course that provides basic working knowledge of Korean history. Course also counts as an EALC capstone course. Undergraduates enroll in the 400-level section; 500-level section is for graduate students only. Fulfills modern elective for EALC major. Prerequisite: junior level or above or permission of instructor.

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Topics in Chinese Media Culture: China and the Screen: From the Early 20th Century to the Present

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The screen in modern China has been an important media device for social, political, and cultural transformation. This course invites students to examine Chinese screen culture from the early 20th century to the present. Discussing the screen images, the architectural environment built around the screen, and the screen as an interface that frames social relations, the course will investigate why and how cinema took roots in China, how the Chinese critics took advantage of the attraction of the film screen to instigate cultural reforms, how the socialist regime tried to extend the revolutionary spirit by delivering the screen to the remote villages, and, most recently, how the personal touchscreen introduced a set of new techniques in crafting and exploiting the self-image in the digital economy. This course will introduce critical methodologies to do research on screen culture. It will also give students opportunities to engage with media production, such as podcast and video essays, as a new mode of critical thinking and practice. Undergraduates enroll in the 400-level section; 500-level section is for graduate students only. Fulfills modern elective for EALC major. Prerequisites: junior level or above or permission of instructor.

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Topics in Medical Humanities in East Asia: Illness, Healing and the Body in East Asia

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This seminar introduces students to the field of medical humanities with a focus on East Asia. After a brief methodological introduction to the field, the course will explore key aspects of the medical humanities in East Asia employing a chronological and thematic approach. From ancient China to the present, we will study and compare practices and discourses dealing with health and illness. Although the care of the body and the elimination of disease are today understood (and pursued) primarily within the domain of biomedicine, a look into the past, both remote and recent, reveals the constant intersection between the contemporary categories of "religion" and "medicine." The analysis of the practices and ideas of doctors, patients, and laypeople on what causes illness and how healing works will lead us to engage with some of the great traditions of East Asia, in particular what is today known as "traditional Chinese medicine" (or TCM), and Buddhism; and, in more recent times, with the medical technologies introduced from Europe and North-America. We will read selected primary sources and study important works of secondary literature to understand how these traditions have articulated notions of the body, health, and healing at different times and in different geographical contexts, and how they interacted with, influenced or criticized one another. This course is not meant as a comprehensive survey on health and medicine in East Asia, but rather as an introduction to selected themes and historical moments; therefore, it assumes some familiarity with the history and cultures of East Asia. There will be, however, mini-lectures and additional readings to provide additional context for those who might need it. All readings are in English, and no knowledge of any East Asian language is required, but graduate students will be encouraged to also work on primary or secondary sources in their areas of expertise. Undergraduates enroll in the 400-level section; 500-level section is for graduate students only. Fulfills either premodern or modern elective for EALC major. Prerequisites: junior level or above or permission of instructor.

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Approaches to East Asian Cinema

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The world-renowned masterpieces of Kurosawa and Ozu, the kung fu epics of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, the recent unprecedented Oscar wins of Bong Joon Ho's Parasite, and countless other films from Japan, South Korea, and the Chinese diaspora have made East Asian cinema one of the region's most visible cultural products of the past seventy years. Popular film plays a large role in constructing the cultural identity of modern societies, but Hollywood casts a long shadow over national cinemas. Critical discussions of East Asian cinema from both within and without the region have frequently approached these works as either the alien Other of Hollywood, or else subordinate to its influence. In this course we will seek to move beyond East-vs-West and Hollywood-centric approaches to analyzing East Asian cinema. While considering the unique historical development of commercial film industries in the region, we will also take into account the inherently transnational and globalizing nature of cinema. How have filmmakers in Japan, Korea, and the Chinese-speaking world responded to the hegemonic influence of the Classical Hollywood style to create works that operate in a common global vernacular, yet also forge new and distinct modes of expression? In an attempt to answer this question, we will read classic works of criticism that adopt an arguably Orientalist approach to the study of East Asian film, as well as more recent scholarship that attempts to escape the binaries that defined previous discussions. Close analysis of classic and contemporary East Asian film will provide context for these debates as well as introduce some of the major works of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean cinema to students. Undergraduates enroll in the 400-level section; 500-level section is for graduate students only. Fulfills modern elective for EALC major. Prerequisites: unior level or above or permission of instructor.

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Topics in Modern Japanese Literature: Postwar Fiction

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This course explores the broad spectrum of Japanese postwar fiction, ranging from the end of the Pacific War to the early 1970s. Readings include the works of established authors such as Kawabata Yasunari, whose career resumed following the war, together with new writers, including Abe Kôbô, Mishima Yukio, Ôe Kenzaburô, Kôno Taeko, and Tsushima Yuko. The course considers the literary response to the spiritual and economic upheaval following Japan's defeat in WWII, conditions under the US Occupation and the rise of new prosperity. Particular attention will be given to changing notions of family, identity, history, gender, sexuality, marginality, myth, and nationalism. Readings will be in English. Undergraduates enroll in the 400-level section; 500-level section is for graduate students only. Fulfills modern elective for EALC major. Prerequisite: junior level or above or permission of instructor.

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Guided Readings in East Asian Languages and Cultures

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Prerequisite: senior or graduate level or permission of instructor. May be repeated once.

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