This course is an overview of women's experience in modern and contemporary China through the eyes of Chinese women writers. Special emphasis is given on women's changing status in the family, on society's attitude towards women, and on women's self-awareness. Offered during Interim. Contemporary China through Film Students study basic concepts and approaches of film analysis, while examining aesthetics, themes, and techniques of masterworks directed by Chinese Fifth Generation directors. Through readings of cinema theory and criticism and class discussions, students explore artistic merits in these films and aspects of Chinese society and culture in contemporary China, particularly the changes which occurred since 1978 with China's Four Modernizations.
All readings are in English.
Intermediate Chinese I, II Students continue to develop listening and reading comprehension and use of basic structures through speaking and writing. The vocabulary for reading and writing increases to 1,000 characters. Class meets five hours weekly, including two hours of drill sections. Language laboratory is required. Chinese 231 or equivalent is prerequisite to 232.