Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Shirley Chan
Contact via shirley.chan@mq.edu.au
W6A226
Tuesday 2:30-3:30pm, Wednesday: 11:00-12:00pm
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
CHN340 or CHN361
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
CHN321 or CHN362
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This is a capstone unit designed for both background and non-background students who are doing a major in Chinese. The unit involves intensive and extensive reading of Chinese texts, classical and modern, intended to develop students' understanding of the different genres and cultural elements of the Chinese representative literature texts. Students will also develop analytical and translation skills through guided readings.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Class participation/discussion | 20% | Weeks1-12 |
Presentation | 20% | Weeks 4-12 |
Folio | 40% | Week12 |
In class writing test | 20% | Week 13 |
Due: Weeks1-12
Weighting: 20%
Participation will be marked on attendance, willingness to participate in class discussion, preparation and performance of reading and responding to questions. Students are expected to be well prepared in order to participate in class discussion – this will ensure good use of class time as well as improving your learning skills and sharing your knowledge with others.Class attendance and participation is expected and will be part of the assessment. This means you not only come and sign in the class but come well prepared and participate in class discussion. You need to read the assigned reading material and think about the topics and share your thought with others. Your marks for class attendance and performance will be determined by
a) Whether you attend class regularly or not;
b) How much effort you have taken to prepare for the class;
c) How actively you participate in class discussion; and
d) How helpful your comments are on the work of our fellow students.
Due: Weeks 4-12
Weighting: 20%
There will be one presentation. In the beginning of the semester, you will be asked to choose a tutorial topic. You are expected to lead a discussion on your chosen topic for that week. Your oral presentation is expected to be 15 minutes in length. You have to finish your presentation within the time limit or marks will be deducted. You should be prepared for the rest of the class to raise questions. You will need to prepare a 2 page report which needs to be posted on the iLearn in the discussion forum 2 days before the actual presentation.
In preparing to lead discussion, you may wish to consider the following questions:
1) What are your trying to tell the audience?
2) Why what you are doing is important and how does it improve our understanding of Chinese text/culture?
3) What evidence is marshalled to support the author’s argument?
4) Do you agree/disagree with the arguments put forward in the readings?
5) What did you find most interesting about the topic or the reading?
6) How does this discussion contribute to your understanding/knowledge of Chinese culture?
Due: Week12
Weighting: 40%
Porfolio: you will present a porfolio of the work you have done during this course. It will contain your translations and literature review on 5 chosen topics from Chinese literature/texts (eg., early texts, prose/poetry, modern literature, film) (4 pages for each including translations and reviews), compiled from various sources, both reference books and web based. All sources need to be meticulously referenced.
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 20%
In week 13 you will be given a test (1.5 hours) based on the readings similar to those covered in the class. You will be translating the texts and answer some questions regarding to the readings.
Students are encouraged to attend all classes and tutorials are compulsory with tutorial discussion strongly emphasizing student engagement. To benefit the most from the course, students are required to be active, responsible participants in their own learning, and to develop indpendent analytical and research skills in Chinese culture and society by reading and analysing both Chinese and English sources which should not be confined to the recommended reading list. Students should complete assessments on time by following instructions. Students should check iLearn regularly http://ilearn.mq.edu.au/my/under the unit concerned, for announcements and resource information posted by the convenor.
This course is a broad introduction to Chinese literature and culture, from the earliest times to the present. Texts will be studied in Chinese, in translation, and sometimes in several translations. Students will be encouraged to pursue their own interests through choice of presentations, annotated translations and folios. The website Chinese text project http://ctext.org/ is extremely useful and you are encouraged to consult this site for the early texts as well as English translations of the texts although you should assess other sources for the same purposes. This is a 300 level unit and requires a considerable amount of private reading, either original works, histories of literature and web resources. This course is meant to round out your Chinese studies at university. You will learn about the major works, major authors and major translations and translators. Attention is also given to Western authors of translation of literary works based in the Chinese literary tradition, and modern Chinese writers writing about China.
Lecture |
Tutorial readings /discussions |
Assessment |
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Week 1 |
Introduction Early Chinese Literature and Chinese culture; The Book of Songs
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de Bary: Sources of Chinese Tradition. Burton Watson |
Class participation/discussion |
Week 2 |
Confucianism and the Four Books: the Analects |
Graham,The Disputors of Dao, Standard English translations and commentaries, James Legge, D. C. Lau
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Class participation/discussion |
Week 3 |
Confucianism and the Four Books: the Works of Mencius |
Graham,The Disputors of Dao, Standard English translations and commentaries, James Legge, D. C. Lau
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Class participation/discussion |
Week 4 |
Confucianism and the Four Books: the Great Learning
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Standard English translations and commentaries, James Legge
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Class participation/discussion Presentation |
Week 5 |
Confucianism and the Four Books: the Doctrine of the Mean
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Standard English translations and commentaries, James Legge |
Class participation/discussion Presentation |
Week 6 |
Daoism and the Laozi |
Graham, The Disputors of Dao, Standard English translations and commentaries
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Class participation/discussion Presentation |
Week 7 |
Daoism and the Zhuangzi and Chinese Culture |
Graham, The Disputors of Dao, Standard English translations and commentaries |
Class participation/discussion Presentation Essay draft due this Friday |
Week 8 |
Xunzi, Han Feizi. |
Stand English translations and commentaries |
Ppresentation ,Class participation/discussion |
Week 9 |
The Tang Poetry |
Standard English translations Wang Wei: nature poems. Li Bai and Daoist influence; Du Fu, the serious Confucian.
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Class participation/discussion Presentation |
Week 10 |
The Ming Qing Fictions I |
Examples and English translations
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Presentation Class participation/discussion |
Week 11 |
Modern Chinese literature/film and Chinese society
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Examples and English translations and critics
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Presentation Class participation/discussion |
Week 12 |
Modern Chinese literature/film and Chinese society
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Examples and English translations and critics |
Class participation/discussion Folio due this Friday Presentation |
Week 13 |
Revision and in-class test
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Feedback/evaluation and class test |
Class participation/discussion In class test this week |
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