EALC 10800-10900-11000-15400. Introduction to the Civilizations of East Asia I-II-III-IV.

Taking these courses in sequence is not required. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This is a three-quarter sequence on the civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea, with emphasis on major transformation in these cultures and societies from the Middle Ages to the present.

EALC 16100. Art of Asia: China. 100 Units.

This course is an introduction to the arts of China focusing on major monuments and artworks produced in imperial, aristocratic, literati, religious, and public milieus. Lectures will reconstruct the functions and the meanings of objects, to better understand Chinese culture through the objects it produced.

Instructor(s): Q. Ngan     Terms Offered: Autumn
Note(s): Students must attend first class to confirm enrollment. For nonmajors, any ARTH 14000 through 16999 course meets the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts.
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 16100

EALC 17110. Sinotopos: Chinese Landscape Representation and Interpretation. 100 Units.

This course surveys major areas of study in the Chinese landscape painting tradition, focusing on the history of its pictorial representation during pre-modern eras. Areas for consideration may include: first emergence and subsequent developments of the genre in court and literati arenas; landscape aesthetics and theoretical foundations; major attributed works in relation to archaeological evidence. Emphasis is on artistic options and the exercise of choice within the context of social, political, religious, and economic forces. Students are expected to gain skills in formal analysis through looking with reading, and a critical perspective on the processes of art historical placement and interpretation based on assigned readings in secondary literature.

Instructor(s): P. Foong     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 17710

EALC 19001. Introduction to Classical Japanese. 100 Units.

Introduction to the grammar and style of premodern Japanese through a variety of literary texts. Emphasis will be placed on extensive grammatical analysis and translation. Work with original manuscripts will also be introduced as the course progresses. 

Instructor(s): R. Jackson     Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): Three years modern Japanese or consent of instructor
Equivalent Course(s): JAPN 19000,EALC 39001,JAPN 39000

EALC 20210. Arts of Asia: Korea. 100 Units.

This course is an introduction to the visual arts of Korea from prehistory to the contemporary period and is organized both chronologically and thematically. The course considers objects within a variety of contexts (i.e., archaeological, cultural, historical, social, and ritual/religious) to both examine the meaning and function of the objects and to consider the issues of cultural transmission and exchange. In addition to better understand Korean culture, the aim of the course is to develop the skills of formal analysis, critical thinking, and writing about visual arts.

Instructor(s): E. Hyun     Terms Offered: Winter
Note(s): Students must attend first class to confirm enrollment. For nonmajors, any ARTH 14000 through 16999 course meets the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts.
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 16109

EALC 20401. Introduction to Japanese Theater. 100 Units.

In this course we will explore a variety of Japanese theatrical forms from the fourteenth century to the present, including Noh, Kyogen, Bunraku, Kabuki, Shimpa, Shingeki, Butoh, and Takarazuka. Our emphasis will be on understanding the forms in their historical and performative contexts through close textual analysis as well as performance analysis of video footage, whenever possible. No background assumed or required in Japanese language or theater.

Instructor(s): R. Jackson     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): TAPS 28492

EALC 20450. Peking Opera. 100 Units.

Peking opera (jingju) is the one nationally prominent form of traditional performing arts in China. This course will introduce concepts and methods that can be applied to the study of Peking opera. Emphasis will be put on understanding artistic elements essential to the living tradition of performance—the visual aspects including stylized stage gesture and movement, sets and costumes, and colors; the music and oral transmission. Topics for discussion include “realism," alienation, time and space, connoisseurship, and film. Students will not only engage with scholarly literature that cuts across different disciplines, but also be introduced to a rich body of sources ranging from gramophone recordings to photographs, opera films, and documentaries. Motivated students will also learn some basics of singing and moves. Field trips to Chinese community Peking opera troupes may be arranged.

Instructor(s): P. Xu     Terms Offered: Spring
Note(s): Mandarin a plus but not a prerequisite.
Equivalent Course(s): TAPS 28490

EALC 20800-20900-21000. Elementary Literary Chinese I-II-III.

This course introduces the basic grammar of the written Chinese language from the time of the Confucian Analects to the literary movements at the beginning of the twentieth century. Students read original texts of genres that include philosophy, memorials, and historical narratives. Spring Quarter is devoted exclusively to reading poetry. The class meets for two eighty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

EALC 22501. Political and Intellectual History of China, A.D. 100-700. 100 Units.

 

,Dynastic failures to maintain both court and local control after about 150 AD:  Local leading families during E. Han and Three Kingdoms periods, Political pressures from non-Chinese states to the north and northwest, Elite concerns that led to personal and factional power: management of political legitimation; reading, editing, and pedagogy; antiquarianism and collecting that led to reevalutations of history. Voices of interiority and selfhood: Poetic voices of entertainment and independence among leading personalities, Other voices of counter-culture and cultural hierarchies. Factions and dynastic turnover in the Jin and the South Dynasties (265-525 AD): Cultural and religious trends of this time: political implications, Social organization in northern China in this period. The nature of our sources: Collections and transmissions of texts, Texts from discovered tombs, Other sources. The Tang Dynasty as a New Military Type, 600-750 AD:  Organization of the Tang state, Tang China and the wider world. Trends in Tang-era thought: Belles lettres as social and career process, statecraft, institutions. Overview of major changes from late-Han to Tang.

Instructor(s): H. Goodman,Howard Goodman     Terms Offered: Winter,Winter 2013
Equivalent Course(s): ,EALC 32501,HIST 24403

EALC 23902. Self-Cultivation and the Way in Traditional Chinese Thought. 100 Units.

In this course we will explore three distinct but interrelated modes of self-cultivation and the contemplative life from premodern China: those exemplified by the Laozi, and in particular by those artists and philosophers who drew upon the text; by the Chan tradition in Tang and Song Buddhism; and by the Song Neo-Confucian philosopher and exegete Zhu Xi (1130-1200). We will read classic texts in these modes (and a few modern ones too) closely, attuning ourselves as best we can to their original contexts, and we will brood together on how we might use them in our own contemplative lives. Central to the course will be careful consideration of the different understandings of the Way (Dao) found in our texts, and how these different Ways structured conceptions of the ideal human life.

Instructor(s): P. Copp     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): RLST 23902

EALC 24323. The Martial Arts Tradition in Chinese Cinema. 100 Units.

This year’s course focuses on the martial arts film in Hong Kong cinema, in conjunction with a special quarter-long series on this topic at Doc Films.  We will pay particular attention to the wuxia genre, tracing the genealogy of the chivalric code in the Chinese literary and performing tradition, and examining its continuous reinvention in the films of masters like King Hu, Chang Cheh, Bruce Lee, and Tsui Hark. Recurrent issues to be examined include the representation of violence, fantasy, and nationalism; the interplay between body, film style, and technology; the performance of masculinity and femininity; and the complex interactions between the global and local in today’s trans-national film culture.

Instructor(s): J. Zeitlin     Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 34323

EALC 24403. Folklore in the Modern Chinese Cultural Imagination. 100 Units.

Beginning in the 1910s, Chinese intellectuals discovered a new source of cultural identity for China in the songs, myths, legends and life-ways of the countryside. Over the course of the century, various modes of representing this folk culture were enlisted to help define the nation, from the appropriation of folkloric genres for the creation of modern literary works to the critical study of Chinese history and society through the lens of folk culture, including the politicization of folklore as it was adapted for the dissemination of revolutionary ideology during wartime and afterward.  Through the study of folklore itself, modern fiction and poetry, historical sources on the study of folklore, and music and film recordings, this course critically examines how folklore and notions of cultural authenticity have contributed to the construction of the modern Chinese nation.

Instructor(s): M. Bohnenkamp     Terms Offered: Autumn

EALC 24626. Japanese Cultures of the Cold War: Literature, Film, Music. 100 Units.

This course is an experiment in rethinking what has conventionally been studied and taught as "postwar Japanese culture" as instances of Cold War culture. We will look at celebrated works of fiction, film, and popular music from 1945 through 1990, but instead of considering them primarily in relation to the past events of World War Two, we will try to understand them in relation to the unfolding contemporary global situation of the Cold War. Previous coursework on modern Japanese history or culture is helpful, but not required. All course readings will be in English.

Instructor(s): M. Bourdaghs     Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 34626

EALC 24805. 20th Century China Local Community and Oral History. 100 Units.

After a general survey of local and oral history studies in 20th century Chinese history, students will examine secondary scholarly literature and primary documents from three ongoing local rural history research projects (a country history, a regional history and a village history).  Documents including transcripts of oral interviews and individual life histories, local gazetteers, memorials, edicts, biographies, social surveys, household registrations, essays, and recent county histories.  Some of these Chinese documents have English language translations appended.  Students will examine two oral history cases studies in detail.

Instructor(s): G. Alitto     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 24805,EALC 34805,HIST 34805

EALC 26601. East Asian Language Acquisition in Society. 100 Units.

This course will address significant issues in teaching and learning an East Asian language through identification and analysis of specific sociolinguistic and linguistic characteristics of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. The course will begin with the introduction of linguistic structures of the three East Asian languages to begin discussing the interaction between language acquisition and society. Then, we will explore sociolinguistic issues common to the three languages that underlie the linguistic diversity (and similarities) of East Asia, such as the following topic: (i) the use of Chinese characters, the history of writing reform, and its relation to literacy in East Asian languages; (ii) loan words in East Asian languages, in particular, the use of Chinese characters in modern Japanese and Korean in age of colonialism; (iii) the development and use of honorifics in China, Japan, and Korea, etc. For a comparative approach and perspective to these topics, students will read academic papers for each language on a given topic and discuss the unique sociolinguistic features of each language. Such an approach will allow us to analyze the language influence and interaction among the three languages and how that shapes the culture, society, and language acquisition. Finally, this course will also introduce the field of second language acquisition focusing on how social factors influence L2 learning and acquisition.

Instructor(s): H. Kim     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 36601

EALC 26631. Place and Identity in Korean Literature. 100 Units.

 

Instructor(s): H. Park     Terms Offered: Autumn

EALC 26800. Korean Literature, Foreign Criticism. 100 Units.

Course descriptions: Ever since the introduction of the modern/Western  concept of “literature” to the early twentieth century Korea, literary production, consumption, and reproduction have gone hand in hand with the reception of the trends of “criticism” and “theory” propagated elsewhere, in the West in particular. This course examines the relationship between the ideas of “indigenous” and “foreign” as embodied by Korean writers in the fields of creative writings, journalism, and academia with a view to engaging and interrogating the idea of “national literature” and its institutional manifestations. It further examines artistic and theoretical endeavors by Korean writers and intellectuals to critically reflect upon and move beyond the unquestioned linguistic, ideological, and ethno-national boundaries.

Instructor(s): K. Choi     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 36800

EALC 26900. Gender in Korean Film and Dramatic Television. 100 Units.

The course introduces a group of representative cinematic and television dramatic texts with the assumption that the ideas and practices surrounding gender and sexuality have been integral to the development of dramatic art forms in modern Korea. The primary objective is to discuss the ways in which various discourses and features of modern gendering are interwoven into the workings of filmic structure and image-making. While attending to distinctive generic characteristics of film as distinct from literature and of dramatic television as distinguished from film, the course explores the concrete possibilities, challenges, and limits with which cinematic texts address the questions of gender relations and sexuality.

Instructor(s): K. Choi     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 36900,GNSE 26902,GNSE 36900

EALC 27004. Urban Modernity in Twentieth-century China: Identity, Culture, Politics. 100 Units.

This course explores the Chinese experience of urban modernity in the twentieth century, primarily through the lens of literature, cinema, and ethnographical studies. We will examine the shifting cultural connotations of and dynamics between the country and the city, and trace the ebbs and flows of urban culture from Republican Shanghai, Socialist China, to the colonial city of Hong Kong, the island of Taiwan, and back to fin-de-siècle mainland China. Central to our inquiry is the colonial origin of urban modernity and its evolution and manifestations in twentieth-century China; as an evolving constellation informed by and responding to global forces and cultural trends, as well as to the material conditions on the ground and the individual inspirations of cultural producers. The course will be divided roughly into three parts. First, we will delve into the urban milieu and material culture of Republic Shanghai under semi-colonial capitalism, and inquire the formation of vernacular modernity through its cinematic and literary representations and practices. Second, we will compare the youth cultures in socialist China and colonial Hong Kong during the cold war era. We will then continue to review the search for urban/local identities in Hong Kong and Taiwan, amid a culture of disappearance exacerbated by their colonial histories, the unresolved question of national belonging, and accelerating globalization. Third, we will return to mainland China to consider its breakneck speed of urbanization and globalization in the contemporary era. We will explore the euphoria and discontent, confusion and chaos, as Chinese people in their different social standings and geographical positions experience the brave new world of global modernity in drastically uneven terms. From New Sensationalism to postsocialist realism, melodrama to independent documentary, the figures of dandy and flaneur to migrant worker and alienated youth, this course also investigates the use of literary form and cinematic genre, and the configurations of gender and class identities, in conveying the urban experience in twentieth-century China.

Instructor(s): C. Ting

EALC 27105. Concentrator's Seminar: Issues in East Asian Civilization. 100 Units.

Religion and Politics of East Asia

Instructor(s): Staff     Terms Offered: Winter

EALC 28200. Reading the Revolution: Chinese Social History in Documents. 100 Units.

How can we reconstruct the life experience of “ordinary” people at a time of revolutionary change? What are the sources for a history of the Chinese revolution? What can we learn from newspaper articles and official publication? What kind of information can we expect to find in unpublished sources, such as letters and diaries? How useful is oral history, and what are its limitations? We will look at internal and “open” publications and at the production of media reports to understand how the official record was created and how information was channeled, at official compilations such as the Selections of Historical Materials (wenshi ziliao), at “raw” reports from provincial archives, and finally at so-called “garbage materials” (laji cailiao), i.e. archival files collect from flea markets and waste paper traders.

Instructor(s): J. Eyferth     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 38200,HIST 24505,HIST 34505

EALC 28800. Class and Inequality in Contemporary China. 100 Units.

In the past thirty years, income distribution in China changed from one of the most equal in the world to one of the most unequal ones. This course looks at the roots of inequality in Maoist developmental strategies that favored the cities over the countryside, at the decline of the socialist working class since the 1990s, the emergence of a new working class composed of migrants and of a new urban bourgeoisie, at the administrative structures and ideologies that support inequality in a nominally socialist state, and at protests by workers, farmers, and other disenfranchised social groups. All readings are in English.

Instructor(s): J. Eyferth     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 38800,HIST 24106,HIST 34106

CHIN 10100-10200-10300. Elementary Modern Chinese I-II-III.

This three-quarter sequence introduces the fundamentals of modern Chinese. By the end of Spring Quarter, students should have a basic knowledge of Chinese grammar and vocabulary. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are equally emphasized. Accurate pronunciation is also stressed. In Spring Quarter, students are required to submit a video project for the Chinese Video Project Award. The class meets for five one-hour sessions a week. A drill session with the TA is held one hour a week in addition to scheduled class time. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted. Two sections.

CHIN 11100-11200-11300. First-Year Chinese for Bilingual Speakers I-II-III.

This three-quarter series is intended for bilingual speakers of Chinese. Our objectives include teaching students standard pronunciation and basic skills in reading and writing, while broadening their communication skills for a wider range of contexts and functions. The class meets for three one-hour sessions a week. Consultation with instructor encouraged prior to enrollment. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

CHIN 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Modern Chinese I-II-III.

The goal of this sequence is to enhance students’ reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills by dealing with topics at an intermediate linguistic level. In addition to mastering the content of the textbook, students are required to complete two language projects each quarter. Chinese computing skills are also taught. The class meets for five one-hour sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted. Two sections.

CHIN 20401-20402-20403. Advanced Modern Chinese I-II-III.

The goal of this sequence is to help students develop advanced proficiency in reading, listening, speaking, and writing. This sequence emphasizes more advanced grammatical structures. We begin with discussion in Chinese on topics relevant to modern China and then shift to authentic Chinese texts in an effort to better prepare students to deal with original Chinese source materials. Discussion in Chinese required. The class meets for five one-hour sessions a week.

CHIN 20501-20502-20503. Fourth-Year Modern Chinese I-II-III.

This sequence introduces a range of influential literary works and scholarly essays on Chinese cultural and social issues from the 1920s to the 1990s. Students not only expand their vocabulary and knowledge of grammatical structures but also learn sophisticated speaking and writing skills through intensive readings and discussions. The class meets for three one-hour sessions a week.

CHIN 20601-20602-20603. Fifth-Year Modern Chinese I-II-III.

This sequence is designed to prepare students for academic research and activities in a Chinese language environment. Modern classic essays, documentary film and TV broadcasts will be included among the teaching materials. Students will learn not only general listening, speaking and reading skills but also academic writing. Class meets for three one-hour sessions each week. Students can arrange two additional one-on-one tutorial sessions to prepare for assigned language projects.

CHIN 20701-20702-20703. Business Chinese I-II-III.

This three-quarter sequence aims at improving overall language skills and introduces business terminology. Students learn about companies and their services and/or products, the stock market, real estate market, insurance, and e-commerce. The class meets for three ninety-minute sessions a week.

CHIN 20800-20900-21000. Elementary Literary Chinese I-II-III.

This course introduces the basic grammar of the written Chinese language from the time of the Confucian Analects to the literary movements at the beginning of the twentieth century. Students read original texts of genres that include philosophy, memorials, and historical narratives. Spring Quarter is devoted exclusively to reading poetry. The class meets for two eighty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

JAPN 10100-10200-10300. Elementary Modern Japanese I-II-III.

This is the first year of a three-year program, which is intended to provide students with a thorough grounding in modern Japanese. Grammar, idiomatic expressions, and vocabulary are learned through oral work, reading, and writing in and out of class. Daily practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing is crucial. Students should plan to continue their language study through at least the second-year level to make their skills practical. The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted.

JAPN 14405. Japan and the West: 19th Century. 100 Units.

This course explores the cultural interactions between Japanese and Westerners in the second half of the nineteenth century, the first period of sustained contact and the time in which enduring modes of perception and misperception were formed. We will examine travelogues, memoirs, guidebooks, histories, and other works written about Japan by Americans and Europeans, as well as works by Japanese authored for Western readership. Requirements: one short midterm paper (5-6 pages) and a longer final paper (15-16 pages).

Instructor(s): S. Burns     Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 14400,CRES 14400

JAPN 19000. Introduction to Classical Japanese. 100 Units.

Introduction to the grammar and style of premodern Japanese through a variety of literary texts. Emphasis will be placed on extensive grammatical analysis and translation. Work with original manuscripts will also be introduced as the course progresses. 

Instructor(s): R. Jackson     Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): Three years modern Japanese or consent of instructor
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 19001,EALC 39001,JAPN 39000

JAPN 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Modern Japanese I-II-III.

The emphasis on spoken language in the first half of the course gradually shifts toward reading and writing in the latter half. Classes conducted mostly in Japanese. The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted.

JAPN 20401-20402-20403. Advanced Modern Japanese I-II-III.

The third year marks the end of the basic modern language study. Our goal is to help students learn to understand authentic written and spoken materials with reasonable ease. The texts are all authentic materials with some study aids. Classes conducted in Japanese. The class meets for three eighty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

JAPN 20500-20600-20700. Fourth-Year Modern Japanese I-II-III.

This course is intended to improve Japanese reading, speaking, writing, and listening ability to the advanced high level as measured by the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Proficiency Guidelines. Weekly assignments require students to tackle modern Japanese texts of varying length and difficulty. Organized around a range of thought-provoking themes (from brain death and organ transplants to Japanese values on work and religion), reading assignments include academic theses in psychology and anthropology, literary texts, and popular journalism. After each reading, students are encouraged to discuss the topic in class. Videos/DVDs are used to improve listening comprehension skills. There are also writing assignments. The class meets for two eighty-minute sessions a week.

JAPN 21200-21300. Intermediate Modern Japanese through Japanimation I-II.

This course focuses on learning spoken Japanese that is aimed at native speakers. Our goals are to get students accustomed to that sort of authentic Japanese and to enable them to speak with high fluency. To keep the balance, writing and reading materials are provided. Students are encouraged to watch videos and practice their speaking.

JAPN 24900-24901-24902. Pre-modern Japanese: Kindai Bungo I-II-III.

This course focuses on the reading of scholarly Japanese materials with the goal of enabling students to do independent research in Japanese after the course’s completion. Readings are from historical materials written in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

KORE 10100-10200-10300. Introduction to the Korean Language I-II-III.

This introductory course is designed to provide a basic foundation in modern Korean language and culture by focusing on the balanced development of the four basic language skills of speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Students in KORE 10100 begin by learning the complete Korean writing system (Hangul), which is followed by lessons focusing on basic conversational skills and grammatical structures. To provide sufficient opportunities to apply what has been learned in class, there are small group drill sessions, weekly Korean television drama screenings, and a number of other cultural activities (e.g., Korean New Year’s game competitions). The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

KORE 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Korean I-II-III.

As a continuation of KORE 10100-10200-10300, this course is intended to continue to build on students’ language skills with an emphasis on enhancing the speaking ability, presentational skills, composition writing skills, and usage of more complex constructions. Approximately 150 Chinese characters are introduced for the achievement of basic literacy and vocabulary expansion. The curriculum also includes media, authentic reading materials, and weekly Korean language table meetings to maximize cultural exposure and opportunities to apply Korean language skills in real life situations. The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

KORE 20401-20402-20403. Advanced Korean I-II-III.

This course introduces a wide selection of authentic reading materials from Korean newspaper articles, college-level textbooks, and literary prose as an entry point to discuss topics and issues in Korean society, culture, and history. The primary objective is further enhancement of advanced reading comprehension, composition writing, and presentational skills. In addition, Chinese character (Hanja) lessons are incorporated into each lesson with the purpose of expanding vocabulary to the advanced level. The class meets for two eighty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

KORE 20500-20600. Accelerated Korean for Bilingual Speakers-I; Accelerated Korean for Bilingual Speakers-II.

This course is intended to meet unique needs of heritage language students who have already acquired some listening and speaking skills but have not developed their knowledge of formal grammar. We cover important grammatical structures from first- and second-year level Korean for the purpose of providing tools to build upon the existing level of each student's Korean language ability. Upon successful completion of the course, students may continue to upper-level Korean (e.g., KORE 30100). The class meets for three fifty-minute sessions a week.

KORE 22100. Korean Contemporary TV and Language. 100 Units.

KORE 42100 is a content-based language course designed to meet the needs of high-advanced level students of Korean, including international/heritage language students who have studied in Korea up to the primary school levels. We study and analyze genres of Korean TV programs on the internet (e.g., such dramas as soap operas and sitcoms, entertainment talk shows, children's shows, news programs). Main discussion topics are sociolinguistics and socio-cultural issues (e.g., speech levels, honorifics and address terms, language and gender, pragmatics and speech acts, language and nationalism).

Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): KORE 30300 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Equivalent Course(s): KORE 42100

KORE 22200. Contemporary Korean Society and History through Fiction and Film. 100 Units.

KORE 42200 is a content-based language course designed to meet the needs of high-advanced level students of Korean, including international/heritage language students who have studied in Korea up to the primary school levels. We analyze cultural and historical issues in contemporary Korea through four contemporary short novels and related film and media. Other goals are to foster fluency, accuracy, and comprehension in reading authentic contemporary texts, as well as advancing language skills for formal presentation, discussion, and writing.

Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): KORE 30300 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Equivalent Course(s): KORE 42200

KORE 22300. Changing Identity of Contemporary Korean through Film and Literature. 100 Units.

KORE 42300 is a content-based language course designed to meet the needs of high-advanced level students of Korean, including international/heritage language students who have studied in Korea up to the primary school levels. In particular, we deal with how contemporary Korean society can be understood through the diverse perspectives of emergent minority groups. Topics include Korean language and identity, gender and sexuality, and Korea as a multi-ethnic society. Class activities include watching contemporary films featuring minorities in Korea. We also read essays written by minorities (e.g., Korean-Japanese, Russian-Korean) and Korean social activists. Student are encouraged to foster their own views on contemporary social issues through diverse activities of discussion, debate, presentation, and writing.

Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): KORE 30300 or equivalent or equivalent or consent of instructor
Equivalent Course(s): KORE 42300