EAAS W3338y. Cultural History of Japanese Monsters. 3 pts.

From Godzilla to Pokemon (literally, "pocket monster") toys, Japanese monsters have become a staple commodity of late-capitalist global pop culture. This course seeks to place this phenomenon within a longer historical, as well as a broader cross-cultural, context. Through an examination of texts and images spanning over thirteen centuries of Japanese history, along with comparable productions from other cultures, students will gain an understanding not only of different conceptions and representations of monsters, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures in Japan, but also of the role of the "monstrous" in the cultural imagination more generally. The course draws on various media and genres of representation, ranging from written works, both literary and scholarly, to the visual arts, material culture, drama, and cinema. Readings average 100-150 pages per week. Several film and video screenings are scheduled in addition to the regular class meetings. Seating is limited, with final admission based on a written essay and other information to be submitted to the instructor before the beginning of the semester. Some preference is given to EALAC and History majors, as well as to those who have done previous coursework on Japan.

EAAS W3927x. China in the Modern World. 4 pts.

The rise of China has impacted world politics and economy in significant ways. How did it happen? This course introduces a unique angle of self-understanding as suggested by Chinese writers, intellectuals, and artists who participated in the making of modern China and have provided illuminating and critical analysis of their culture, history and the world. Topics of discussion include historical rupture, loss and melancholy, exile, freedom, migration, social bonding and identity, capitalism, nationalism and the world revolution.

EAAS W4220x. Popular Culture in Modern Chinese Societies. 3 pts.

A transnational examination of Chinese popular culture and media technology in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and overseas Chinese communities. Readings and discussion focus on popular fiction and non-fiction, print journalism, film, pop music, video, photographic media, radio and television broadcast, and the internet.

EAAS W4235. US-China: Images, Perceptions, Realities. 4 pts.

This seminar is limited to 15 students. No prior courses are required, although some background on Chinese and American history is helpful.

EAAS W4235x (Section 001). The United States and China: Images, Perceptions, and Realities. 4 pts.

Why does China occupy such a large territory in the American imagination? What do Chinese believe about Americans? The seminar will examine the images, perceptions, and stereotypes that have shaped U.S.-China relations, and discuss the implications for contemporary policy issues. It will describe the sources and history of American attitudes about China as well as Chinese views of the United States. Drawing upon visual images, public opinion polls, written accounts and other materials, the course will analyze the positive and negative swings and shifts that characterize relations between these two countries.

EAAS W4510y (Section 001). Contention and Democracy in South Korea. 3 pts.

An examination of the interaction between popular contention and formal politics, long characteristic of the dynamic, if unstable nature of South Korean political processes. By examining major paradigms and testing them against historical realities, students acquire a better understanding of the interplay between contention and democracy in general and South Korean politics in particular.

EAAS W4590y (Section 001). History and Aesthetics of Martial Arts Film. 3 pts. Corequisites: Must register for mandatory film screenings.

This course examines the history and aesthetics of martial arts films by situating them in transnational contexts of production, circulation, and reception. Our course will run chronologically from 1920s to 2006, from the inception of Chinese martial arts films in the silent period to the Shaw Brothers swordsplay and Kung Fu movies in the 1960s and 70s, concurrent with American/Hong Kong action thrillers starring Bruce Lee, and culminating in contemporary transnational productions involving Hollywood and East Asia.

HSEA W4867. Civil Society, Public Sphere, and Popular Protest in Contemporary China. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites:ASCE V2359, or the equivalent. A systematic and critical assesment of the developments and challenges of civil society in reform-era China by focusing on civic associations, public sphere, and popular protest.

HSEA W4868. Women's Lives in Chinese History. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. This course is an historical survey of Chinese women from the earliest written record down to the present day. Where possible, their stories will be told through their own voices- the literature and essays they wrote, memoirs, letters, and interviews.

CHNS G6420x. Chinese Historical Linguistics. 3 pts.

EAAS W6850y (Section 001). The Cinematic City: Gender, Space, and Urban Modernity in a Century of Chinese Cinema. 3 pts. Corequisites: Must register for mandatory film screening.

Taking cinematic renditions of the city as the concentrated and contested site, this class situates a century of Chinese cinema within key issues of Chinese modernity and postmodernity. Across the geopolitical divide, we will explore cinematic renditions of Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Chongqing from the 1930s to the millennium. Central to our concerns are media reflections of and participations in social and political transformations, manifested in reconfigured space and time, gender and class, the global and the local. Each week features a film screening in interaction with literary and theoretical texts.

EAAS G8060x. In Search of Reality: Documentary Aesthetics of Contemporary Chinese Cinema. 4 pts.

This seminar examines critical theories of the documentary and their limits in understanding contemporary Chinese independent documentary. Documentary as a film genre, style and ideal/truth claim will be investigated in conjunction with considerations of digital cinema and the new questions it poses to realism. The class will maintain a dual focus on fostering analytical skills of a wide range of documentary film style as well as issues in contemporary cultural context in China. Comparative perspective from American and European documentary and overlaps with the 6th generation Chinese films will also be dealt with.

EAAS G8060x. Documentary in Contemporary Chinese Cinema. 4 pts.

Mandatory Film screening

HSEA G8090x. Power, Passion, and Protest in Modern China.

Examines popular protest in modern China from the late imperial period to the present, with a focus on the post-Mao era. Explores its relationship with state power and the role of passion ideology, networks, ritual, rhetoric, law, and media in mobilization and identity construction.

HSEA G8100x. Ruling Inner Asia From Beijing. 4 pts.

KORN G8220x. Virtuality/Post-humanism in Contemporary Korean Literature. 3 pts.

CHNS G9012y. Issues In Early Chinese Cultural History. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Instructor's permission This course helps the students to conduct in-depth independent research on topics in early Chinese history and literature under guidance of the instructor.

EAAS G9033x. Topics in Sino-Japanese Studies. 4 pts. May be repeated for credit

CHNS W1010y. Introductory Chinese I (N). 2.5 pts.

The program is designed to develop basic skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing colloquial Chinese. This course (Part I) is offered in Spring only. Course II is offered in the fall. The two parts together cover the same materials as Chinese C1101/F1101 (Fall) and fulfill the requirement for admission to Chinese C1102/F1102 (Spring). Standard Chinese pronunciation, traditional characters. Enrollment limited to 18. Section subject to cancellation if under-enrolled. CC GS EN CE

CHNS W1011x. Introductory Chinese II (Courses A and B) (N). 2.5 pts. Prerequisites:Chinese W1010 (offered in the Spring only) or the equivalent. The program is designed to develop basic skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing colloquial Chinese. This course (Part II) is offered in the Fall only. The two parts (I and II) together cover the same materials as Chinese C1101/F1101 (Fall) and fulfill the requirement for admission to Chinese C1102/F1102 (Spring). Standard Chinese pronunciation, traditional characters. Enrollment limited to 18. Section subject to cancellation if under-enrolled. CC GS EN CE

CHNS C1101x-C1102y. Elementary Chinese I - II (N) (Level 1). 5 pts. Additional weekly oral session and lab to be arranged. Additional weekly oral session and lab to be arranged. The course is designed to develop basic skills in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing modern colloquial Chinese. Standard Chinese pronunciation, traditional characters. Students who already can speak Mandarin will not be accepted into this course. Enrollment limited to 18. Section subject to cancellation if under-enrolled. CC GS EN CE

CHNS F1101x-F1102y. Elementary Chinese I-II (N) (Level 1). 5 pts. Additional weekly oral session and lab to be arranged. Additional weekly oral session and lab to be arranged. Instructors to be announced. Same course as C1101-C1102 (N). Students who can speak Mandarin will not be accepted into this course. Enrollment limited to 20. Section subject to cancellation if under-enrolled. CC GS EN CE

CHNS C1111x-C1112y. Elementary Chinese I and II (W) (Level 1). 5 pts. The course is specially designed for students of Chinese heritage and advanced beginners with good speaking skills. It aims to develop the student's basic skills to read and write modern colloquial Chinese. Pinyin system is introduced; standard Chinese pronunciation, and traditional characters. Classes will be conducted mostly in Chinese. Open to students with Mandarin speaking ability in Chinese only. Enrollment limited to 25. CC GS EN CE

CHNS C1201x-C1202y. Intermediate Chinese I and II (N) (Level 2). 5 pts. Additional weekly oral session and lab to be arranged. Prerequisites: Chinese C1101-1102 or F1101-1102, or the equivalent. See Admission to Language Courses. Designed to further the student's four skills acquired in the elementary course, this program aims to develop higher level of proficiency through comprehensive oral and written exercises. Cultural aspects in everyday situations are introduced. Traditional characters. Enrollment limited to 18. Section subject to cancellation if under-enrolled. CC GS EN CE

CHNS F1201x-F1202y. Intermediate Chinese I-II (N) (Level 2). 5 pts. Additional weekly oral session and lab to be arranged. Prerequisites: Chinese C1101-1201 or F1101-1102, or the equivalent. See Admission to Languages Courses. Same course as C1201-C1202. Enrollment limited to 18. CC GS EN CE

CHNS C1221x-C1222y. Intermediate Chinese I and II (W) (Level 2). 5 pts. Prerequisites:CHNS C1112 or F1112, or the equivalent. See Admission to Language Courses. Enrollment limited to 25. Continuation of CHNS C1112, with a focus on reading comprehension and written Chinese. Traditional characters. CC GS EN CE

CHNS W3301x-W3302y. Introduction To Classical Chinese. 3 pts. Prerequisites:CHNS C1102, JPNS C1202, or KORN W1202, or the equivalent. Introduction to the classical Chinese written language. Emphasis on the fundamentals of grammar and style, as reflected in representative core texts from the classical tradition, with presentation of elementary materials on classical phonology and lexicology. CC GS EN CE

CHNS W4003x-W4004y. Advanced Chinese I and II (N) (Level 3). 5 pts. Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisite for W4003: CHNS C1202 or F1202, or the equivalent. Prerequisite for W4004: CHNS W4003 or the equivalent. See Admission to Language Courses. This course fulfills the language requirement for east Asian studies majors. Prepares for more advanced study of Chinese through rigorous vocabulary expansion, more sophisticated language usage patterns, and introduction to basics of formal and literary styles. Materials are designed to advance the student's fluency for everyday communicative tasks as well as reading skills. Simplified characters are introduced. CC GS EN CE

CHNS W4005x-W4006y. Advanced Chinese I and II (W) (Level 3). 5 pts. Enrollment limited to 25. Prerequisite for W4005: CHNS C1222 or F1222, or the equivalent. Prerequisite for W4006: CHNS W4005 or the equivalent. Admission after Chinese placement exam and an oral proficiency interview with the instructor. Especially designed for students who possess good speaking ability and who wish to acquire practical writing skills as well as business-related vocabulary and speech patterns. Introduction to semiformal and formal Chinese used in everyday writing and social or business-related occasions. Simplified characters are introduced.

CHNS W4007x-W4008y. Readings In Classical Chinese. 4 pts. Prerequisite for W4007: CHNS W3302 or the equivalent. Prerequisite for W4008: CHNS W4007 or the equivalent. Admission after placement exam. Focusing on Tang and Song prose and poetry, introduces a broad variety of genres through close readings of chosen texts as well as the specific methods, skills, and tools to approach them. Strong emphasis on the grammatical and stylistic analysis of representative works. CC GS EN CE

CHNS W4012x. Business Chinese. 5 pts. Prerequisites: Two years Chinese study at college level. This course is designed for students who have studied Chinese for two years at college level and are interested in business studies concerning China. It offers systematic descriptions of Chinese language used in business discourse. CC GS EN CE

CHNS W4014x. Media Chinese. 4 pts. Prerequisites: At least 3 years of intensive Chinese language training at college level and instructor approval.

This advanced course is designed to specifically train students' listening and speaking skills in both formal and colloquial language through various Chinese media sources. Students view and discuss excerpts of Chinese TV news broadcasts, soap operas, and movie segments on a regular basis. Close reading of newspaper and internet articles and blogs supplements the training of verbal skills.

CHNS G4015x-G4016y. Readings In Modern Chinese I and II (N) (Level 4). 4 pts. Prerequisite for G4015: CHNS W4004 or the equivalent. Prequisite for G4016: CHNS G4015 or the equivalent. Implements a wide range of reading materials to enhance the student's speaking and writing as well as reading skills. Supplemented by television broadcast news, also provides students with strategies to increase their comprehension of formal style of modern Chinese. CC GS EN CE

CHNS W4017x-W4018y. Readings In Modern Chinese I and II (W) (Level 4). 4 pts. Prerequisites: Prerequisite for W4017: CHNS W4006 or the equivalent.
Prerequisite for W4018: CHNS W4017 or the equivalent.

This is a non-consecutive reading course designed for those whose proficiency is above 4th level. See Admission to Language Courses.

Selections from contemporary Chinese authors in both traditional and simplified characters with attention to expository, journalistic, and literary styles.

CHNS W4019x or y. History of Chinese Language. 3 pts. Introduces the evolution of Chinese language. It reveals the major changes in Chinese sound, writing and grammar systems, and social and linguistic factors which caused these changes. CC GS EN CE GSAS

CHNS W4022y. Legal Chinese. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Three years of Chinese at College level.

This course is designed for students who are interested in legal studies concerning China. It focuses on Chinese language in legal discourse, its vocabulary, syntactic features and pragmatic usages.

CHNS G5000x. Chinese Language Pedagogy (I): Methods and Techniques. 2 pts. Prerequisite: Native or near native fluency in Chinese. This course is designed for graduate students who major in Chinese literature or a language related field and wish to acquire the basics of Chinese language teaching at the college level. Section subject to cancellation if under-enrolled.

CHNS G5001y. Chinese Language Pedagogy (II): Practicum. 1 pt. Prerequisite: CHNS G5000. This course is designed for graduate students who have successfully passed Course I (G5000) and who are permitted by the Department to take this course, which entails working as a teaching assistant in the Chinese language program. In addition to coordinating closely with his or her mentors and the course coordinator, the student TA has to design and teach first year drill sessions, team-teach with his or her mentors, and do other teaching-related assignments.

CHNS G5017x-G5018y. Colloquium In Advanced Modern Chinese Readings I-II (Level 5). 3 pts. Prerequisites: Chinese W4005-4006,W4015-4016,W4017-4018, or the equivalent. This course aims to advance the student's linguistic competence through intesive and extensive readings of various genres including literate and news reports. Discussions focus on cultural as well as linguistic features. Assignments: oral presentations and written reprots based on readings. GF

CHNS G6003x or y. Colloquium On Chinese Poetry: Shijing and Chuci. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: One year of Classical Chinese (Chinese W3301-W3302 or its equivalent.) The two earliest anthologies of Chinese poetry, representing two distinct traditions, will be approached through selected readings and a survey of traditional and modern scholarship. Close, linguistically guided readings of individual poems (in the original language) are complimented by consideration about the poems' original cultural context, their canonization, the relation between poem and commentary, and the relevance of these origins for the Chinese tradition of poetry and poetics.

CHNS G6005x. Tang Poetry. 3 pts. Focus on the art of reading poetry, with attention to relevant historical, biographical and literary-historical contexts.

CHNS G6010x or y. History - Literature & Culture 1550-1850. 3 pts. This course offers a critical survey of late Ming to mid-Qing literature and culture. The topics include: dramas, vernacular stories and novels, late-Ming print culture, book illustrations, daily-life encyclopedias, literary miscellanies, morality books, ledgers of merit and demerit, etc. Although most of the readings are in English, this class will involve some Chinese texts.

CHNS G6015y. Readings In Chinese Buddhist Texts. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. An introduction to reading and translating Chinese Buddhist texts from the 4th-10th centuries.

CHNS G6060x. Han, Wei and Six Dynasties Poetry Seminar. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. An introduction to the major poets of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties periods through close readings of their works in conjunction with important critical sources.

CHNS G6420y (Section 001). Chinese Historical Linguistics. 3 pts. Prerequisites: Undergraduate students may petition for admittance by emailing instructor.

Introduction to the original standard language of China, before the development of Mandarin. This is the 6th century system for pronouncing characters, known to every literate Chinese person from then until the mid-20th century. Applications include poetic rhyming and prosody, traditional dictionaries, dialect relationships, intellectual history of language study, and the structure of the writing system. This course is taught in English and emphasizes practical facility rather than theory.

CHNS G6510x. Chinese Bibliography. 3 pts. Prerequisites: Chinese W4005-4006 or the equivalent. A foundation for primary research on traditional China. Major categories of sources; where to find them; why, when and how to use them. Reference works and scholarly resources; basic tools and techniques of research.

CHNS G8028x or y. Directed Readings In Chinese. 3 pts. Prerequisites: Chinese W4007-4008, W4017-4018, one year of an 8000-level course, and the written permission of the student's advisor and the instructor.

Reading of advanced texts chosen in consultation with the student's advisor. GF

CHNS G8030x. The Traditional Chinese Novel and Novel Commentary. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. What is the Chinese novel? How should we define it as a genre within the context of pre-modern Chinese litarture, and how should we study it? Is it possible to develop a theroy of the novel from the indigenous sources of Chinese literary criticism This course seeks to answer these questions by a careful reading in selected novels (including excerpts of novels) of the Ming and Qing periods, as well as the traditional fiction commentary (pingdian).

CHNS G8882x or y. Qing and Republican Era Documents. 3 pts. Prerequisites: Chinese W4007-W4008 or W4017-W4018, one year of an 8000-level course, and the written permission of the student's advisor and the instructor.

Reading of advanced texts chosen in consultation with the student's advisor. GF

CHNS G9022x. Seminar In Chinese Literature. 3 pts. Prerequisite: a reading knowledge of Chinese. Guided individual research in modern Chinese fiction.

CHNS G9023x or y. Biopolitics & Literary Realism in Modern China. 4 pts. Prerequisites: A reading knowledge of Chinese and the instructor's permission. This seminar explores literary realism in modern China by asking how literary form presupposes a theory of life and why new modes of realism in modern fiction and pictorial representation should be reevaluated in light of the contemporaneous developments in biological sicence and philosophical inquiry. GSAS

VIET W1101x. Elementary Vietnamese I. 4 pts. The objective of this course is to help students acquire the basic grammar and writing system of modern Vietnamese and a core vocabulary through emphasis on integrated skills, including speaking, listening, writing, and reading comprehension.

VIET W1102y. Elementary Vietnamese II. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

The objective of this course is to help students acquire more grammar and writing system of modern Vietnamese, and more vocabulary for speaking, listening, writing, and reading comprehension. Written, oral, and language lab exercises focus on ensuring accurate conceptual understanding and efficient functional control of the language.

VIET W1201. Intermediate Vietnamese I. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Both VIET W1101 and VIET W1102 or Equivalent. The objective of this course is to help students strengthen their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Vietnamese. Students will be thoroughly grounded in communicative activities such as conversations, performance simulations, drills, role-plays, games, etc. and improve their reading and writing abilities by developing their vocabulary and grammar. Each lesson includes dialogue, vocabulary, grammar practice and development, task-based activities, narratives and situation dialogues.

VIET W1202. Intermediate Vietnamese II. 4 pts. Prerequisites:VIET W1201 or Equivalent.

The objective of this course is to strengthen students' listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Vietnamese. Students will improve their reading and writing abilities and be thoroughly grounded in communicative activities. Each lesson will include dialogue, vocabulary, grammar practice and development, task-based activities, narratives and situation dialogue exercises.

EAAS V3317. Ozu and World Cinema. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Intensive re-examination of Ozu's work in social and cultural contexts, for both national and transnational perspectives. Particular attention to Japanese moderization in the 1920s , the influence of wartime film policy, the reconfiguration of traditional Japanese art forms during post war occupation, and the decline of Japanese film studio system, along with the popularization of international film festivals.

EAAS W3405x or y. Women In Japanese Literature: Gender, Genre, and Modernity. 3 pts.

EAAS W3910. How To Read a Chinese Poem: an Introduction To Tang Poetry. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. An introduction to major poets of the Chinese tradition through close reading of selected texts in their literary and historical context. No knowledge of Chinese is required.

EAAS W3928x. Japanese Literature: Beginning To 1900. 3 pts.

An examination of the major genres -- poetry, prose fiction, historical narrative, drama, and philosophical writing -- of Japanese literature from the ancient period up to 1900 as they relate to larger historical changes and social, political and religious cross-currents.

EAAS W4y. Critical Approaches to East Asia in the Social Sciences. 3 pts. Introduces students to social sciences research on East Asia by examining, first, the role of culture and the state in East Asian development and, second, the social and political consequences of economic development. Junior or senior standing in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures preferred.

EAAS W4x. Literary Production and Aesthetic Practice in Premodern Japan. 3 pts. Close reading, lecture, and discussion concerning representative works of literature and drama from ancient to early modern Japan. Theoretical analysis will be integrated with readings from the sociology and anthropology of religion; treatises associated with Buddhist, Confucian, Shintô, and Daoist traditions; and readings on the history of religion in Japan.

EAAS W4009y. Introduction to Classical Chinese Poetry. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

This course introduces Classical Chinese poetry from its beginnings to the Song dynasty (960-1279). Readings consist entirely of primary texts in English translation.

AHUM W4027x. Colloquium On Major Works of Chinese Philosophy, Religion and Literature. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites:AHUM V3400, ASCE V2361, or ASCE V2002.

This colloquium extends the work begun in AHUM V3400 by focusing on reading and discussion or major works of Chinese philosophy, religion, and literature, including important texts of Confucian, Daoist, Mohist, Legalist, Huang-Lao, and New-Daoist traditions and recently discovered texts. Forms a sequence with W4028 but may be taken separately.

AHUM W4028y. Colloquium On Major Works of Chinese Philosophy, Religion and Literature. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites:AHUM V3400, ASCE V2361, or ASCE V2002.

Reading and discussion of major works of Chinese philosophy, religion and literature, including important texts of the Buddhist and Neo-Confucian traditions.

AHUM W4029x. Colloquium On Major Works of Japanese Philosophy, Religion, and Literature. 4 pts. Prerequisites:AHUM 3400, ASCE V2361, or ASCE V2002.

Reading and discussion of major works of Chinese philosophy, religion, and literature, including important texts of the Buddhist and Neo-Confucian traditions. Sequence with AHUM W4030, but either may be taken separately if the student has adequate preparation.

EAAS W4031x or y. Introduction to the History of Chinese Literature. 3 pts.

An introduction to the major narrative genres, forms and works from the beginning through to 900 C.E. Readings in English.

EAAS W4031y. Introduction to the History of Chinese Literature (9th Century through the 19th Century) ENG. 3 pts.

An introduction to the major narrative genres, forms and works from the 9th Century through the 19th Century. Readings in English.

CLEA W4101y. Literary and Cultural Theory East and West. 3 pts.

Introduction to the major paradigms of contemporary literary and cultural theory and methods for understanding and analyzing East Asian literature and culture within comparative frameworks. The course covers wide-ranging topics including text and context, genre, writing and orality, narrative theory, media and visual culture, cultural translation, feminism, social and national identity, postmodernism, and postcolonial theory.

EAAS W4106x. Global Genres and East Asian Cinema. 3 pts.

This course explores East Asian Cinema from the perspective of film genre. In particular, the course examines East Asian genre films as active interaction with the circulation of global film genres as well as mass mediated engagement with specific economic, social, and political histories of East Asia. We will study contemporary theories of film genre, examine how the case of East Asian genre films complicate existing theories, while paying due attention to the parallel transnational traffics--between East Asian Cinema and global film genre, and across East Asian Cinema in their history of cultural and economic flow as well as political confrontation. We will integrate our investigations of genre-specific questions (industry, style, reception, spectatorship, affect) with those of gender, ethnicity, power as well as nation and transnational/transregional identity.

EAAS W4109y. Japanese Religious Landscapes: Pilgrimage in Japanese History. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Some background in Japanese history and culture.

This seminar brings together the study of religion, history, and art by exploring the role of pilgrimage throughout the history of Japan, examing the practice and representation of pilgrimage from ancient to modern times. We will study theories and typologies of pilgrimage; situate pilgrimage within Japanese religious and visual culture; and analyze issues if gender, politics, and tourism. The course is open to both undergraduates and graduates students, in any department.

EAAS W4113y. Reading the Tale of the Genji as a Novel. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

Close reading and analysis of The Tale of Genji in translation, taking regular detours to examine works of fiction, criticism, theatre, and cinema created in response to this touchstone of sophisticated prose fiction. Theoretical analysis will be integrated with readings on topics ranging from gender and feminist theory to the relevance of the term "novel" in describing a work of fiction written nearly a millennium ago in classical Japanese.

EAAS W4200. Writing Tibet: Tradition and Change In 20th Century Tibetan Literature. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

Looks at literature as a site of intellectual confrontation, as a function of a wider discourse within a rapidly changing society, and as a negotiation with the label of "tradition." Includes readings in translation and comparisons with western critical theory, but no prior knowledge of Tibetan or Tibet is required. Major Cultures Requirement: East Asian Civilization List B only when paired with ASCE V2365 Introduction to East Asian Civilization: Tibet.

EAAS W4230x. The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought. 3 pts.

Critical introduction to the intellectual trajectory of modern China with emphasis on imperial legacy, nation building, social change, internationalism, public discourse, knowledge production and world revolution. Readings include seminal primary as well as secondary texts in English translations.

This is an application only course. The first step to register for the course is to send an email to the instructor: pja@columbia.edu. Please mention your background and interest in the course.

EAAS V4360y. Kurosawa Seminar. 3 pts.

Limited enrollment. Close analysis of all the major work, especially the black and white films made between 1943 and 1965. Topics for discussion include Kurosawa's education and apprenticeship; the culture of wartime and postwar Japan; epic narration; modern tragedy.

EAAS W4550y. Understanding Modern Tibet. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

Provides a survey of the historical and political, cultural and social contours of contemporary Tibet, and especially the dynamic between tradition and modernityas it has been played out over the last hundred years. This course will look at modern literature, popular writings, music, modern art, and film as well as the contemporary expression of ideology, religion, gender and oppositional politics. Major Cultures Requirement: East Asian Civilization List B only when paired with ASCE V2365 Introduction to East Asian Civilization: Tibet.

EAAS W4557x. Envisioning the SnowLand: Film and TV in Tibet and Inner Asia. 3 pts. A study of film and television production in Tibet, comparisons with cinema and TV in Mongolia, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. The course will look at the ways state, nation, culture, and politics are constructed at different times through film and other visual media. Major Cultures Requirement: East Asian Civilization List B only when
paired with ASCE V2365 Introduction to East Asian Civilization: Tibet.

EAAS W4990x. Diaspora and Visual Culture: Asian Examples. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Critical introduction to visual culture studies with specific reference to Asian diasporas in different parts of the world. Focus on diasporas and visual culture, the role of visual technology in transcultural communities, spectatorship and identity formation

EAAS G5220x-G5221y. Pedagogy Practicum. 1 pt. Prerequisites: Completion of 5 years of target language or the equivalent. To engage graduate students in the practical training of language teaching with knowledge of pedagogy.

EAAS G6025x. Introduction To Chinese Archaeology. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Introduces the new advancements in Chinese archaeology during the last twenty years and explores some fundamental issues in early Chinese civilization. Methodologically, advises on how to use detailed primary archaeological sources to support general arguments with social and cultural implications.

EAAS G6700x. Doing Things With Theory: Asian Religions. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Inquiry into the use of contemporary theory to analyze Asian religious texts and issues, and the deployment of indigenous hermeneutics in past and present controversies.

EAAS G6860x. Bronzes and Bronze Inscriptions of Ancient China. 3 pts.

This course addresses the various aspects of ancient Chinese bronzes and teaches the basic methodology in reading their inscriptions. It provides the students with the necessary training in using epigraphic material to study ancient Chinese civilization.

EAAS G6990y. Master of Arts Thesis Workshop. 3 pts. For M.A. and Ph.D. students working on their M.A. thesis. Provides students the opportunity to present work in progress or final drafts to other students and relevant faculty to receive guidance and feedback.

EAAS G8010y. Colloquium on Early Chinese Historical Writings. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Description TBA

CHNS G8030y. Pre-Modern Chinese Fiction & Drama. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: A reading knowledge of Chinese and the instrucor's permission. This seminar will focuses on traditional Chinese theater, with special attention to the northern drama (Zaju) of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the southern drama (chuanqi) of the Qing, and the multiple forms of local theaters in the 18th and 19th centuries.

EAAS G9000x or y. Independent Studies.

KORN G9010y. Seminar on Korean Prose Literature. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. A reading and analysis of the major texts of Korean prose literature, concentrating on specific topics and/or genres.

EAAS G9500x. Korean Literature and Colonial Modernity. 3 pts. Examines major literary texts and critical works from the early 1900s to the end of colonial rule in 1945. Topics include the formation of "modern literature," the emergence of proletarian literature and the nationalist response, representations of the "new woman," literary agrarianisms, constructions of the "everyday," modernism, assimilation/resistance.

EAAS G9500y. Postcolonial Korean Literature and Criticism. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Survey of South Korean literary works and criticism from 1945 to the present.

EAAS G9801x-G9802y. Neo-Confucianism Seminar. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Readings and discussion of major texts in the development of Neo-Confucian thought and education in Sung-Ch'ing China, Yi dynasty Korea, and Tokugawa Japan. GF

HSEA W3862x. The History of Korea To 1900. 3 pts.

Issues pertaining to Korean history from its beginnings to the early modern era. Issues will be examined in the Korean context and also from a comparative East Asian perspective.

HSEA W3870y. Nineteenth-Century Japan. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

The history of Japan from the final decades of the Tokugawa era through the Meiji period (1868-1912), focusing on issues of continuity and rupture between the old regime and the new.

HSEA W3871x. Japan In the 20th Century. 3 pts.

Japanese history from 1890 to the present, with particular emphasis on political, social, and economic developments.

HSEA W3872y. The Floating World: a History of Edo Popular Culture. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

A seminar on Japanese popular fiction, kubuki theater, and ukiyo-e prints from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century, with a particular focus on the urban setting of Edo and on the dynamics of print culture.

HSEA W3876y. Ideas and Society In Modern Japan, 1600-2004. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. An exploration of the social history of ideas and the changes in social meaning over the course of Japan's "long modern" period, including thought, values and popular culture, toward the goal of understanding the ways in which Japanese imagined and lived in their world from the seventeenth century to the present.

HSEA W3880x. History of Modern China I. 3 pts. China's transformation under its last imperial rulers, with special emphasis on economic, legal, political, and cultural change.

HSEA W3881y. History of Modern China II -- China In the Twentieth Century. 3 pts. The social, political and cultural history of twentieth-century China with a focus on issues of nationalism, revolution, "modernity" and gender.

HSEA W3882x. Introduction To Modern Southeast Asian History. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. An introduction to the modern history of Southeast Asia, with emphasis on critical and complex aspects of colonialism and postcolonialism.

HSEA W3898y. The Mongols In History. 3 pts.

Study of the role of the Mongols in Eurasian history, focusing on the era of the Great Mongol Empire. The roles of Chinggis and Khubilai Khan and the modern fate of the Mongols to be considered.

EAAS W4390y. Gender and Nationalism in 20th Century Asia. 3 pts.

This course focuses on issues of gender, war, and the state in 20th century East and Southeast Asia. Students will be introduced to discourses of gender in relation to war, nationalism, colonialism, violence, and sexuality through readings, classroom discussion, and visual materials. The course examines theories of nationalism, the relation of women and nations, and women's citizenship by exploring regional case studies in China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Students who have no prior knowledge of these areas are expected to learn the basic historical and cultural background on their own by reading Conrad Schirokauer and Donald N. Clark, Modern East Asia: A brief History (South Melbourne, Australia; Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2004

HSEA W4700x and y. Rise of Modern Tibet: 1600-1913. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

This course covers a broad view of Tibetan history from the 1600-1913 by examining the institutional history of major Tibetan state structures and their rivals in the Tibetan borderlands. The three main themes to be explored are the cosmopolitan aspects of Tibetan culture, the central role of Buddhist religion in Tibet, and the social and economic world which shaped the experiences of Tibetans. Major Cultures Requirement: East Asian Civilization List B only when paired with ASCE V2365 Introduction to East Asian Civilization: Tibet.

HSEA G4832x. Early Japan. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Introduction to the development of Japanese culture and civilization from the beginning to late Heian Japan.

HSEA G4833y. Medieval Japan. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Japanese history from the late Heian period to the end of the 16th century.

HSEA W4834y. The Tokugawa Period. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Japanese history from the beginning of the Tokugawa period to the middle of the 19th century.

HSEA W4860y. Culture and Society of Choson Korea, 1392-1910. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

Major cultural, political, social, economic and literary issues in the history of this 500-year long period. Reading and discussion of primary texts (in translation) and major scholarly works. All readings will be in English.

HSEA W4866x. Competing Nationalisms In East Asia: Representing Chinese and Tibetan Relations in History. 3 pts. After an introduction to nationalism in general and in Asia, this seminar will examine the issue of nationalist influences on the writing of Asian history through the lens of Chinese and Tibetan historiography. By critically examining the historical arguments for and against the inclusion of Tibet as part of the modern Chinese nation-state, students will have an opportunity to compare two important cultural traditions presented as competing national entities and apply this to their own topics (on China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, or Tibet) for the final research paper.

HSEA W4869y. History of Ancient China to the End of Han. 3 pts.

In this upper level course, we will detail the development of early Chinese civilization and discuss a series of cultural and institutional inventions. The course will also provide a systematic introduction to the most fascinating archaelogical discoveries in the past century.

HSEA W4871. Seminar on The City in Modern China. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. This seminar explores how the Chinese city was imagined and experienced from the late imperial period into the early twentieth-century. Topics include the transition from imperial city to modern metropolis, urban media, consumption and leisure, Beijing versus Shanghai, the city and the nation, and notions of cosmopolitanism.

HSEA W4881. Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors: Social History of Chinese Religion. 3 pts.

Problems in the social history of Chinese religion, viewed as much as possible through primary documents in translation. Focuses on the place of religious ideas and practices (including those of the high traditions of Buddhism, Taoism, and neo-Confucianism) in everyday life and examines the relation of images of ancestors, gods, ghosts, paradise, and hells to Chinese models (explicit and implicit) of human society.

HSEA W4884x. Economic History of Modern China. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

A close examination of China's early modern economic development set against the background of major debates in the field of world economic history and within the field of modern Chinese history. The time frame for this course is approximately the late 18th to the early 21st century with particular emphasis on the pre-PRC foundation for Chinese industrialization.

HSEA W4886. Gender, Passions and Social Order In China Since 1500. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. This course explores the themes of love, virtue, and sexuality and their roles in the construction of orthodox morality, gender relations, medical and judicial knowledge, and political order in late imperial, modern and contemporary China. Fiction, drama, and cultural theory are among the sources used to examine such topics as the Cult of Desire, love and Ming loyalism, the Chastity Cult, New Womanhood and Nationalism, and Maoist Revolutionary ardor.

HSEA W4890y. Historiography of East Asia. 3 pts. Major issues in the practice of history illustrated by a critical reading of the important historical work on East Asia.

HSEA W4891. Law In Chinese History. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. An introduction to Chinese legal history and the role of law in Chinese society and culture with a focus particularly on the Qing period. Issues covered include civil and criminal law, formal and informal justice, law and the family, law and the economy, law and literature, and the question of a rule of law in China.

HSEA W4894x. Who is the Samurai?. 3 pts.

Primary and secondary texts representing the samurai in various periods of Japanese history. How did members of the warrior class, both men and women, live? What did they do? How did they think of themselves? How have others conceived of them?

HSEA G6009y. Colloquium On Early Modern Japan. 3 pts. Reading and discussion of primary and secondary materials dealing with Japanese history from the 16th through 19th centuries. Attention to both historical and historiographic issues, focusing on a different theme or aspect of early modern history each time offered. May be repeated for credit.

HSEA G8775y. Visual and Material Culture In China. 3 pts. This colloquium seeks to correct our over-reliance on literary texts in historical and cultural studies. We will read across areasand disciplines in search of a new episteme: history, art history, anthropology, and museum studies. Some of our thematic clusters include: consumption in early modern Europe, Japan, and China; fashion; relationship between status of objects and status of people; history of the senses; technologies of everyday life; bodies and the gendering of architectural space.

HSEA G8838y. Seminar in the History of Pre-Modern and Early Modern Japan. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Must have the instructor's permission. Reading, analysis, and research in the history of Japan from the earliest times through the nineteenth century. Topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit.

HSEA G8861x. Colloquium On Korean History To 1900. 3 pts. Prerequisite: HIST W4031 or ASCE V2364 or the equivalent. Reading and discussion of mostly English and some Korean works dealing with Korea from the ancient period through the 19th century with special attention to historical and historiographical issues as they were formulated and reformulated in the West and in Korea.

HSEA G8862y. Colloquium On Modern Korean History. 3 pts.

A survey of major secondary works on Korean history from the mid-19th century to the present, covering political socio-economic and cultural history as well as historiography and current historical controversies. Required readings will be in English with optional reading in Korean and/or Japanese according to the students' ability.

HSEA G8864y. Seminar On Korean Historical Texts In Chinese. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisite: Chinese W4007-W4008 or the equivalent. Problems in the use of Korean materials in classical Chinese, which are considered as sources for the study of Korean history, as aids in the study of Chinese history, and as materials for the comparative study of East Asian historiography. Topics are chosen in consultation with members of the seminar.

HSEA G8871x. Colloquium On the History of Modern Japan. 4 pts. Prerequisite: The instructor's permission. Reading, analysis, and historiographyical inquiry on the history of modern Japan.

HSEA G8872y. Colloquium In the History of Modern Japan. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. May be repeated for credit; prerequisite: the instructor's permission. Reading, analysis, and research in modern Japan.

HSEA G8876y. Colloquium On Early Modern Japan. Not offered in 2009-2010. Readings and discussion of primary and secondary materials dealing with Japanese history from the 16th through 19th centuries. Attention to both historical and historiographic issues, focusing on a different theme or aspect of early modern history each time offered. May be repeated for credit.

HSEA G8880x. Colloquium In Modern Chinese History. 3 pts. Directed research in the modern period. Techniques and sources for the examination of modern history and the historical roots of contemporary trends.

HSEA G8880y. Colloquium On Sources of Chinese History. 3 pts.

Prerequisite: CHNS G4007-G4008 or the equivalent. May be repeated for credit. Reading and research in a major source genre for the history of traditional China.

HSEA G8883y. Topics In the Middle Period of Chinese History: Ming. 3 pts. Prerequisite: G4815-4816 or the equivalent. Selected problems and controversies in the social, cultural, and political history of the Sung dynasty, approached through reading and discussion of significant secondary research in English.

HSEA G8885y. The City In Modern China: a Social and Cultural History. Not offered in 2009-2010. This course examines how the Chinese city was imagined and experienced from the late imperial period into the twentieth century. Topics of interest include urban space, new civic identitites, "cosmopolitan modernity", urban forms of media, sex in the city, and how national politics impacted civic governance and life.

HSEA G8888x. Colloquium On Chinese Legal History. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. An introduction to Chinese legal history (particularly of the Qing period). Issues covered include civil and criminal law, formal and informal justice, law and the family, law and the economy, the search for legal history beyond the law codes, and the question of a rule of law in China.

HSEA G8891x or y. The Imjin War, 1592-1598: the Emergence of a New East Asia.

This course will examine the first major war that involved Korea, Japan and China from the perspectives of the three countries. Topics of discussion include the objectives and position of each country, the impact of this negative encounter on their perceptions of self and other, the emergence of a new East Asia geo-political space, and changing popular and historiographical discourse on the war. Readings will be in English. Students may bring material of their interest.

HSEA G8895y. Cultural Theory and Historical Methods. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. An introduction to major theoretical issues and methods which have informed contemporary historiography. Theorists considered range from Hegel, Marx and Weber to post-structuralist and post-colonialist thinkers.

HSEA G8910y. Introduction To History and Historiography. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. This course is designed to introduce first-year graduate students in History to major books and problems of the discipline and to familiarize them with historical works on periods and places outside their own prospective specialties.

HSEA G8933x. Telling the Twentieth Century. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. A transnational exploration of the history of the twentieth century, addressing commonalities, connections, and comparisons among different parts of the world toward the end of telling the twentieth century as a whole.

HSEA G8975y. Topics In the Cultural History of Premodern Japan. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Explores selected themes in the culture of the Japanese archipelago from the 7th century through the late medieval period, with some attention to developments thereafter. Extensive reading and research in primary texts and modern secondary materials.May be repeated for credit.

HSEA G9860x or y. Seminar On Korean Historical Texts.

We will read and discuss pertinent historical primary and secondary sources in Korean and Chinese. The material will be tailored to students' research interests. Can be repeated for credit.

HSEA G9861y. Seminar: Gender and Writing In China and Korea. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. This seminar uses the twin focus of gender and writing to illuminate a range of translingual practices in Korea and China. We consider 'writing' in the broadest sense of the word, including its discursive, material, and corporeal aspects. Reading knowledge of Korean and classical Chinese helpful but not required.

HSEA G9871x. Seminar on Western Zhou History. 4 pts. Prerequisites: Reading ability in Modern/Classical Chinese; reading Japanese preferred. With an emphasis on social-political history, this seminar examines a series of important issues in the Western Zhou period (1045-771 B.C.), drawing on both the contemporaneous bronze inscriptions and the received texts. The purpose of the course is to reveal the time context as well as social-political condition of the Western Zhou as the foundation-making dynasty of Chinese Civilization.

HSEA G9871x or y. Western Zhou Archaeology. 4 pts. Prerequisites: Reading fluency in modern Chinese. This seminar introduces the essential literature in Western Zhou archaeology and explores the ways in which the material remains can be analyzed to reflect the social condition as well as political relations in Bronze Age China. The seminar also introduces the basic methodology and practices in Chinese archaeology and focuses on examining recent archaeological discoveries.

HSEA G9872y. Graduate Seminar in Modern Japanese History. 3 pts. May be repeated for credit. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: The instructor's permission. Reading, analysis, and research in modern Japan.

HSEA G9875y. Topics in the Cultural History of Premodern Japan. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Explores selected themes in the culture of the Japanese archipelago from the 7th century through the late medieval period, with some attention to developments thereafter. Extensive reading and research in primary text and modern secondary materials. May be repeated for credit.

HSEA G9881x. Seminar On Modern Chinese History. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisite: instructor's permission.

HSEA G9891x. Print Culture in 19th and Early 20th Century China. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. This course examines the history of print technology, the material culture of book and newspaper production, the relationship between visuality and print, the rise of a modern mass media, news and the everyday, and politics and print in China from the second half of the nineteenth century into the early-twentieth centuries. We will also examine primary resources, including periodicals, newspapers, and visual print culture.

EAAS V3352y (Section 001). Major Works of Japanese Cinema. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Corequisites: Weekly Film screening required.

EAAS W4357x. Topics in Contemporary Japanese Cinema. 3 pts.

By introducing important films and directors, this course examines issues both in the field of Japanese cinema and in popular cultural discourse from the 1980s to the present. Directors' oeuvres, social and cultural backgrounds, film theories, and analysis of the works are introduced. Reading assignments include writings drawn from perspectives of auteurism, formal analysis, feminist critique, national cinema, cultural studies, and theories of globalization. These various readins will assist students in critically examining filmic texts, and developing their own views of the works and issues that films raise. Moreover, the course is designed to enhance students' further understanding of Japanese society both in the domestic and global contexts by studying popular media.

Mandatory film screening each week.

EAAS W4410. The History of East Asian Writing. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. A seminar exploring the nature and implications of the writing systems of East Asia (Chinese characters, Japanese syllabaries, and the Korean alphabet) in historical context. Issues include the origin of writing, calligraphy and the material practice of writing, technologies and cultures of print, modern writing reform and national identity, and the computerization of writing.

HSEA W4845x. Modern Japan in History and Memory. 3 pts.

The history of modern Japan as interpreted in twentieth-century Japanese history, writing, and public memory. Emphasis on the ways in which different versions of the past have been affected by changes in the present, from the 1880s through the 1990s.Open without prerequisite to graduate, undergraduate, and SIPA students.

EAAS G9210y. Korea, Japan, and Literary Modernity. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. A comparative analysis of Korean and Japanese writing, spanning the late 19th through mid-20th centuries, focusing on key works, genres, schools, and themes, as well as on foreign (Western) cultural contact, colonial occupation, and the differential pressures to forge a discourse of modernity.

JPNS W1001y-W1002x. Elementary Japanese A and B. 2.5 pts.

Prerequisite for W1002: C+ or above in JPNS W1001 or pass the placement test. The sequence begins in the spring term. JPNS W1001-W1002 is equivalent to JPNS C1101 or F1101 and fulfills the requirement for admission to JPNS C1102 or F1102. Aims at the acquisition of basic Japanese grammar and Japanese culture with an emphasis on accurate communication in speaking and writing. CC GS EN CE GSAS

JPNS C1101x-C1102y. First-Year Japanese. 5 pts.

Prerequisite for C1102: JPNS C1101, F1101, or W1001-W1002, or the equivalent. Basic training in Japanese through speaking, listening, reading and writing in various cultural contexts.Lab Required.

JPNS F1101x-F1102y. First Year Japanese. 5 pts. Same course as Japanese C1101-C1102

JPNS W1105x or y. Professional Japanese. 2.5 pts.

This course is designed for students with little or no background in Japanese. Upon satisfactory completion of the course, students will be able to carry on survival-level conversations and to recognize basic writing. This course lasts only one semester and there will not be a continuation course.

JPNS C1201x-C1202y. Second-Year Japanese. 5 pts.

Prerequisite for C1201: JPNS C1102 or the equivalent. Prerequisite for C1202: JPNS C1201 or the equivalent. Further practice in the four language skills. Participation in a once a week conversation class is required.Lab Required.

JPNS F1201x-F1202y. Second Year Japanese. 5 pts. See Entrance to Language Courses Beyond the Elementary Level in the main bulletin under Department of Instruction -- East Asian Languages and Cultures. Prerequisites:C1101-1102 or F1101-1102 Same course as Japanese C1201-C1202. Further practice in reading, writing, conversation, and grammar.

JPNS W4005x-W4006y. Third-Year Japanese. 5 pts.

Prerequisite for W4005: JPNS C1202 or the equivalent. Prerequisite for W4006: JPNS W4005 or the equivalent. Readings in authentic/semi-authentic texts, videos, and class discussions.

JPNS W4007x. Introduction To Classical Japanese. 4 pts. Prerequisite: JPNS C1202 or the equivalent. Introduction to the fundamentals of classical Japanese grammar. Trains students to read Japanese historical and literary texts from the early period up to the 20th century.

JPNS W4008. Readings In Classical Japanese. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites:: JPNS W4007 or the equivalent. Close reading of selected Japanese texts from the early period up to the 20th century.

JPNS W4017x-W4018y. Fourth-Year Japanese. 4 pts.

Prerequisite for W4017: JPNS W4006 or the equivalent. Prerequisite for W4018: JPNS W4017 or the equivalent. Sections 1 & 2: Readings of advanced modern literary, historical, political, and journalistic texts, and class discussions about current issues and videos. Exercises in scanning, comprehension, and English translation. Section 3: Designed for advanced students interested in developing skills for reading and comprehending modern Japanese scholarship.

JPNS W4019x or y. Kanbun. 3 pts.

Prerequisite: JPNS W4007 or the equivalent. Introduction to the fundamentals of reading Chinese-style Japanese and related forms, using literary and historical texts. CC GS EN CE GSAS

EAAS G5000x. Japanese Language Pedagogy a: Methods and Techniques. 2 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Introduction to the methodologies and techniques of teaching.

EAAS G5000y. Japanese Language Pedagogy B: Practicum. 1 pt. Not offered in 2009-2010.

Provide the student with opportunity to put theory into practice.

JPNS G5016x-G5017y. Fifth Year Japanese. 3 pts.

Prerequisite for G5016:JPNS W4018 or the equivalent. Prerequisite for G5017: JPNS G5016 or the equivalent. This course is intended to help students to develop language skills necessary for academic research. Students will read articles of various genres, watch videos, and debate issues from a wide range of fields, including economics, politics, history, comparative literature and current issues.

JPNS G6025y. Readings In Cultural Criticism. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Japanese W4017-W4018 or the equivalent and instructor's permission. Key texts (short essays or selected excerpts in the original) in modern Japanese cultural criticism. Selected 20th-century works by Tsuda Sôkichi, Watsuji Tetsurô, Kuki Shûzô, Kobayashi Hideo, Nakano Shigeharu, Yanagita Kunio, Origuchi Shinobu, and Maruyama Masao, and texts by Mori Ogai, Natsume Soseki, and Tanizaki Jun'ichirô. Provides students in the humanities with a solid linguistic and critical foundation for understanding modern cultural criticism.

JPNS G6026x. Reading Japanese Historical Sources. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Introduction to Classical Japanese (4007) and Introduction to Kanbun (W4019); Readings in Classical Japanese (W4008) recommended but not required. Historically informed study of selected texts from the 7th through 19th centuries, including diaries, essays, histories, documents and letters, with emphasis on increasing proficiency in reading Kanbun and related styles such as sorobun.

JPNS G6026x. Readings in Documentary Japanese. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Introduction to manyogana and other styles necessary for reading religious, historical, and literary documents.

JPNS G6510x. Japanese Bibliography. 3 pts. Prerequisite: Japanese W4005-W4006 or the equivalent. Practice in the use of primary sources and reference materials in the humanities and social sciences

JPNS G8011y. Noh. 4 pts. Prerequisite: Japanese G4007 or the equivalent and the instructor's permission.

JPNS G8012y. Chikamatsu. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisite: Japanese G4007 or the equivalent and the instructor's permission. Readings in the plays of Chikamatsu (1653-1725), with emphasis on problems of translation.

JPNS G8027x and y-G8028. Directed Readings In Japanese. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisite: Japanese W4005-W4006 or W4017-W4018; one year of an 8000-level course; and the written permission of the student's adviser and the instructor. Readings of advanced texts chosen in consultation with the student's adviser.

JPNS G8030x. Seminar In Japanese Poetry and Poetics. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Examines the role of the seasons and other major topcis in Japanese poetry from the Manyoshu to the present, focusing on waka, renga, and haikai.

JPNS G8030x and y. Japanese Literature: Seminar in Edo Literature. 4 pts.

This is a seminar of The Tale of Genji, with careful readings in the original. Of particular interest in the latter half will be the reception and canonization of The Tale of Genji from the medieval through the Edo and modern periods, including commentaries, Kokugaku, women's education, visual reception and issues of nationalism and constructions of the past.

JPNS G8050y. Medieval Japanese Narrative: Its Social and Literary Consequences. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisite: a reading knowledge of modern and classical Japanese and the instructor's permission. A study of major religio-secular illuminated literary and mass-media narratives, including shrine and temple engi, biographical eden, gunki, painting-recitation scrolls otogizoshi and Nara ehon, ko-joruri, and sekkyo-bushi. Issues in painting-text relationships and in the formation of Japan's first popular literature. May be repeated for credit.

JPNS G9020x. Graduate Seminar In Japanese Literature. 4 pts. Prerequisite: Japanese W4017-W4018 and the instructor's permission. Selected works in modern Japanese fiction and criticism. May be repeated for credit.

JPNS G9020y. Graduate Seminar In Modern Japanese Literature. 4 pts. Prerequisite: Japanese W4018 and the instructor's permission. Selected works in modern Japanese fiction and criticism. May be repeated for credit.

JPNS G9040x or y. Graduate Seminar In Pre-Modern Literature. 4 pts.

Prerequisites: W4007-W4008 or the equivalent, and instructor's permission.

JPNS G9045x. Seminar On Japanese Women's Literary Diaries. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: W4007-W4008 or the equivalent, and instructor's permission. Classical Japanese women's literary diaries, emphasis on gender and genre issues, premodern reception, modern canonization, and contemporary feminist criticism: Tosa nikki, Kagero nikki, Izumi Shikibu nikki, Murasaki Shikibu nikki, Sarashina nikki, Towazugatari; Higuchi Ichiyo's diaries.

EAAS V3215. Korean Literature and Film. Corequisites: Weekly film screening required.

Traces the history of Korean cinema and literature from 1945 to the present. Particular attention is given to the relationship between visual and literary representations of national division, war, gender, rapid industrialization, authoritarianism, and contemporary consumer culture.

KORN W5011x-W5012y. Modern Korean I and II (Fifth Year). 3 pts.

Prerequisite: KORN W4105-W4106 or the equivalent and the instructor's permission. Readings of advanced modern literary, historical, political and journalistic texts, and a wide range of materials.

TIBT W4411y. Elementary Classical Tibetan II. 3 pts.

TIBT W4413y. Intermediate Classical Tibetan II. 3 pts.

TIBT W4416y. Advanced Classical Tibetan. 3 pts.

EAAS W4545y. Culture and Art in Contemporary Tibet. 3 pts.

In this course, we study films, poems, stories, paintings, pop songs and other forms of cultural product that have been made by Tibetans in the last 3 or 4 decades, together with some made by others in their name or in their areas. We discuss questions of identity, survival, history and the politics of representation. We'll look at questions about cultures and continuity; about whether and how we as outsiders can come to understand or interpret the culture of a country whose language and history we may barely know; about the interplay of texts, politics, and power; and about ways of reading and interpreting artworks and the meanings that they generate in politically charged societies and communities.

TIBT G4600x-G4601y. Elementary Modern Colloquial Tibetan, I and II. 3 pts. This course introduces students to conversational and basic written skills in modern Tibetan, Llasa dialect. Students are also introduced to modern Tibetan studies through selected readings and guest lectures.

TIBT G4603x-G4604y. Intermediate Modern Colloquial Tibetan, I and II. 3 pts. Introduces students to conversational and basic written skills in modern Tibetan, Llasa dialect. Students are also introduced to modern Tibetan studies through selected readings and guest lectures.

TIBT G4611x-G4612y. Advanced Modern Colloquial Tibetan I and II. 3 pts. This course introduces students to conversational and basic written skills in modern Tibetan, Llasa dialect. Students will also be introduced to modern Tibetan studies through selected readings and guest lecturers.

KORN W1001y-W1002x. Elementary Korean A and B. 2.5 pts.

This course provides basic training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Korean. Elementary Korean A (1001y) is equivalent to the first half of Elementary Korean I. Elementary Korean B (1002x) is equivalent to the second half of Elementary Korean I.

KORN W1101x-W1102y. Elementary Korean I and II. 5 pts. Students who are unsure which section to register for should see the Director of the Korean Language Program.

An introduction to written and spoken Korean. Textbook: Integrated Korean, Beginning I and II. Note: Students who are unsure which section to register for should see the Director of the Korean Language Program.Lab Required.

KORN W1201x-W1202y. Intermediate Korean I and II. 5 pts. Prerequisites:KORN W1102 or the equivalent. Consultation with the instructors is required before registration for section assignment..

Further practice in reading, writing, listening comprehension, conversation, and grammar. Note: Consultation with instructors is required before registration for section assignement.

KORN W4005x-W4006y. Advanced Korean I and II. 5 pts. Prerequisites:KORN W1202 or the equivalent and consultation with instructor. (See Entrance to Language Courses Beyond the Elementary Level in the main bulletin under Department of Instruction -- East Asian Languages and Cultures.)

Readings in modern Korean. Selections from modern Korean writings in literature, history, social sciences, culture, and videos and class discussions.

KORN W4105x-W4106y. Fourth-Year Korean I and II. 4 pts. Prerequisites:KORN W4006 or the equivalent.

Selections from advanced modern Korean writings in social sciences, literature, culture, history, journalistic texts, and intensive conversation exercises.

KORN W4200x (Section 001). Modern Korean Literature. 3 pts.

In this course, we will engage in a critical study of representative Korean literary texts of the twentieth century. Texts will be drawn from both the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945) and the post-liberation period (1945-present). We will supplement our reading of literary works with theoretical texts and recent scholarship on modern Korea. In our discussion of works written in the colonial period, we will consider the formation of "modern literature," the emergence of rival literary camps, representations of gender, nationalism, assimilation, and resistance against Japanese rule.

KORN G8010x. Advanced Korean in Mixed Script. 2 pts. Prerequisites: Korean W5011 and W5012 or equivalent. Permission of instructor required. This course is designed to provide M.A. and Ph.D. students in Korean Studies with the necessary skills for reading advanced Korean in mixed script. It focuses on materials from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries.

EAAS G4000y. Research In the Humanities: a Practicum On Resources and Methods. 1.5 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

EAAS G4000x or y. Practicum In Foreign Language Pedagogy. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Registration is by permission of foreign language departments only. This course is designed to offer training in foreign language pedagogy to teaching assistants (TAs) in the foreign language departments.