Cultural Studies and Languages

Confucianism vs. Daoism — CHI4402.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin

Credits: 4

The Twenty-four Stories of Filial Piety are well known Chinese stories that exemplify the devotion of children to their parents that is the chief virtue in Confucianism. The Daoist Tales of Zhuangzi, on the other hand, offer a much different set of values. These tales "translated" from classical Chinese into modern Mandarin at the student's language level will serve as a

Cultural Studies and Languages

Confucianism vs. Daoism: Classical Texts, Research, and Dialogue — CHI4402.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin

Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm

Credits: 4

This advanced Chinese course engages students in a deep exploration of China’s two most influential philosophical traditions—Confucianism (儒家) and Daoism (道家)—through direct engagement with authentic classical texts. We will read selections from The Analects (《论语》) by Confucius, The Daodejing (《道德经》) by Laozi, and the

Chinese

Constructed Languages: Between Entertainment and Idealism — LIN4106.01

Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere

Credits: 2

This course will explore the world of artificial or constructed languages (“ConLangs”), and examine their characteristics, their use, and the motivations behind their development. ConLangs have captured the public imagination as a creative product in literature, film, television, and gaming; this enriches the lesser known but equally engrossing history of artificial

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Contemporary Chinese Poetry — CHI4220.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin

Credits: 5

While the language of classical Chinese poetry is practically inaccessible to even today’s native speakers of Chinese, the poetry of the five contemporary poets studied in this course is written in the vernacular and serves as a rich source of authentic texts for this course, which integrates language learning with poetry study. The five poets, all born after 1980, each offers

Cultural Studies and Languages

Contemporary Chinese Poetry — CHI4121.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin

Credits: 5

While the language of classical Chinese poetry is practically inaccessible to even today’s native speakers of Chinese, the poetry of the five contemporary poets studied in this course is written in the vernacular and serves as a rich source of authentic texts for this course, which integrates language learning with poetry study. The five poets, all born after 1980, each offer a

Cultural Studies and Languages

Contemporary Chinese Poetry — CHI4220.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin

Credits: 5

While the language of classical Chinese poetry is largely inaccessible to today’s native Chinese speakers, the poetry of the ten contemporary poets featured in this course is written in the vernacular, providing a rich source of authentic texts. This course integrates language learning with the study of poetry, focusing on poets ranging from the "Mist Poet" Gu Cheng to Feng

Cultural Studies and Languages

Contemporary Chinese Poetry — CHI4121.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin

Credits: 4

While the language of classical Chinese poetry is practically inaccessible to even today’s native speakers of Chinese, the poetry of the five contemporary poets studied in this course is written in the vernacular and serves as a rich source of authentic texts for this course, which integrates language learning with poetry study. The five poets, all born after 1980, each offers

Cultural Studies and Languages

Contemporary Chinese Poetry — CHI4216.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin

Credits: 4

While the language of classical Chinese poetry is practically inaccessible to even today’s native speakers of Chinese, the poetry of the five contemporary poets studied in this course is written in the vernacular and serves as a rich source of authentic texts for this course, which integrates language learning with poetry study. The five poets, all born after 1980, each offers

Cultural Studies and Languages

Contemporary Japanese Culture — JPN4217.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Credits: 4

Today, Japanese manga, anime, J-pop, and film have a global audience. But these exports can only be truly understood in light of longstanding domestic anxieties about sex, violence, “the kids these days,” and vulnerability to natural and anthropogenic disaster. This course traces some of these anxieties through critical examinations of manga, anime, teen fiction (light novels),

Cultural Studies and Languages

Contemporary Japanese Fiction and Film — JPN4602.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Credits: 4

This course will explore fiction and film in contemporary Japan, from around 1945 to the present. Topics will include literary and cinematic representation of Japan’s war experience and post-war reconstruction, negotiation with traditional Japanese aesthetics, artistic confrontation with state and society, and changing ideas of gender and sexuality. We will explore these and

Cultural Studies and Languages

Conversation — FRE4602.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly

Credits: 4

Montaigne considered conversations as the “most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds.” From 17th-century French salons to the current social debates, conversations reflect and shape our lives. This natural penchant for causeries not only continues to permeate the whole society, it also impregnates other forms of representation. Magritte’s “Art of conversation” where

Cultural Studies and Languages

Conversations — FRE4494.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly

Credits: 4

Montaigne considered conversations as the “most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds.” From 17th-century French salons to the diverse forms and voices of online media, conversations reflect and shape our lives. This natural penchant for causeries not only continues to permeate the whole society, it also impregnates other forms of representation. Magritte’s “Art of

Cultural Studies and Languages

Crash and Learn: Latin American Art since Independence in Intensive Beginner’s Spanish — SPA2112.02

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Credits: 4

This course ranges from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th century to modernism, magical realism, and the postmodern. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient ability to focus on movements, theory, and politics, thus treating the works as

Cultural Studies and Languages

Creative Writing in Spanish — SPA4723.01

Instructor: Lena Retamoso Urbano

Credits: 4

In this course we will explore different literary strategies that several key contemporary authors (known and lesser known) from the Spanish-Speaking World, such as Roberto Bolaño, Pedro Lemebel, Mariana Enríquez, Montserrat Álvarez, Blanca Varela, Leopoldo María Panero, Juan Villoro, Enrique Vila-Matas, among others, have used to configure their imaginary and alternative

Cultural Studies and Languages

Créatrices — FRE4721.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly

Credits: 4

Their films, their books, their work, their lives have marked and shaped other lives, and still do. This course will focus on selected works of French women creators – authors, choreographers, stand-up comedians, scholars, etc. We will explore a variety of genres and forms of expressions. Readings include excerpts from Histoire de ma vie (George Sand, 1855), Le deuxième sexe

Cultural Studies and Languages

Créatrices — FRE4721.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly

Credits: 4

Their films, their books, their work, their lives have marked and shaped many lives, and still do. This course will focus on selected works of French and francophone women creators – authors, painters, choreographers, stand-up comedians, advocates, and scholars. We will explore a variety of genres and forms of expressions. Readings include excerpts from Histoire de

Cultural Studies and Languages

Cuisine, Culture, and Identity — FRE4226.01

Instructor: Stephen Shapiro

Credits: 4

“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are” –Brillat-Savarin While food sustains life, it also gives it meaning. This course will focus on how the culture of food and eating has played an important role in the construction of the religious, national, ethnic, and individual identities of the French-speaking world. How have migration and the realities of the post

Cultural Studies and Languages

Cuisine, Culture, and Identity — FRE4405.01

Instructor: Stephen Shapiro

Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am

Credits: 4

“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are” –Brillat-Savarin

While food sustains life, it also gives it meaning. This course will focus on how the culture of food and eating has played an important role in the construction of the religious, national, ethnic, and individual identities of the French-speaking world. How have migration and the realities of

French

Cuisine, Culture, and Identity — FRE4226.01

Instructor: Stephen Shapiro

Credits: 4

“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are” –Brillat-Savarin While food sustains life, it also gives it meaning. This course will focus on how the culture of food and eating has played an important role in the construction of the religious, national, ethnic, and individual identities of the French-speaking world. How have migration and the realities of the post

Cultural Studies and Languages

Current Affairs: Taiwan, Hong Kong and China — CHI4217.02

Instructor: Ginger Lin

Credits: 4

From Hong Kong’s Anti Extradition Bill, One Country/Two System, The "Umbrella Movement," China's One Belt One Road, COVID-19, the US-China trade war, China digital currency, LGBT right in Taiwan to Taiwan’s Election in 2020, among other topics, students will use authentic materials, such as print articles, videos and other media as springboards to analysis and

Cultural Studies and Languages

Dialoguing with Modern Latin American Poetries — SPA4506.01

Instructor: Lena Retamoso Urbano

Credits: 4

Cultural Studies and Languages

Digital Book Project: Analyzing Social and Cultural Values in Japan — JPN4404.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

Days & Time: TU,FR 8:30am-10:20am

Credits: 4

This fourth-term Japanese course is purposefully designed to enable students to create digital books that promote cultural understanding among Japanese children. The curriculum begins with students engaging with short stories and Japanese animations to analyze expected behaviors and communication styles among Japanese children. Additionally, students

Japanese

Digital Book Project: Social and Cultural Values in Japan (Intermediate) — JPN4402.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

Credits: 4

This fourth term Japanese course is designed for students to create digital books which will teach Japanese children how to embrace cultural differences. First, students will read short stories for Japanese children and watch Japanese animations to examine how Japanese children are expected to behave and communicate with others. Students will also analyze social and cultural

Cultural Studies and Languages

Dining Culture in China — CHI2117.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin

Credits: 4

“Have you eaten yet?” This common Chinese greeting is just one of many common phrases that shows the centrality of food to Chinese culture. In this course we will focus on the theme of Chinese food and dining culture as an entrée into the study of Chinese language and culture. As Chinese grammar is very simple with no verb conjugation, no plural, no gender, no articles or

Cultural Studies and Languages

Dining Culture in Taiwan — CHI2131.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin

Credits: 5

Cultural Studies and Languages