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"Spain" Image and Ideology — SPA2110.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: luis gonzalez-barrios
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Students with little or no Spanish will learn the language through an immersion in the iconography associated with the “Spain” created during the first third of the 20th century. This period witnessed the eruption of the mass media (press, radio, cinema, tv), which in conjunction with the plastic arts (drawing, painting, sculpture) was crucial in the construction of certain
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100 Places Where You Must Visit in Japan — JPN2112.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
Where do you want to go when you visit Japan: Mount Fuji in Shizuoka, Kyoto Imperial Palace, or Ghibli Museum in Tokyo? What would you like to eat there? Do you want to eat sushi, tonkatsu, ramen, or pizza that is topped with corn, tuna, and mayonnaise? Do you want to see traditional performing arts like Noh and Kabuki? Or would you like to see current pop groups like Arashi
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100 Places Where You Must Visit in Japan — JPN2112.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
Where do you want to go when you visit Japan: Mount Fuji in Shizuoka, Kyoto Imperial Palace, or Ghibli Museum in Tokyo?  What would you like to eat there? Do you want to eat sushi, tonkatsu, ramen, or pizza that is topped with corn, tuna, and mayonnaise?  Do you want to see traditional performing arts like Noh and Kabuki?  Or would you like to see current pop
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24 Filial Piety vs. The Daoist Tales of Zhuang Zi — CHI4213.01

Spring 2015
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 starting
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24 Stories of Filial Piety vs The Daoist Tales of Zhuang Zi — CHI4213.01

Spring 2014
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 starting
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24 Stories of Filial Piety vs. The Daoist Tales of Zhuang Zi — CHI4213.01

Spring 2016
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 starting
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A Dot and a Line: Literary Representations of the US-Mexico Border — SPA4221.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
The border between Mexico and the U.S. is a physical space as well as a symbolic one, a place of exchange and hybridity, but also a place of violence and xenophobia. El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, Tijuana, and Mexicali are all zones where the North and the South meet, areas of conflict that contemporary literature has profusely portrayed. Writers like Rulfo, Fuentes, Poniatowska, P.
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Absolutism and its Discontents — FRE4715.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Credits: 4
This course will examine the relationship between cultural forms (architecture, garden design, art, music, opera, ballet, literature, etc.) and power at the court of Louis XIV.  We will focus our attentions on primary texts and cultural artifacts from the period while examining modern perspectives (including film) on the Golden Age of French Classicism at Versailles. We
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Absolutism and Its Discontents — FRE4803.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Credits: 4
This course will examine the relationship between cultural forms (architecture, garden design, art, music, opera, ballet, literature, etc.) and power at the court of Louis XIV. We will focus our attentions on primary texts and cultural artifacts from the period while examining modern perspectives (including film) on the Golden Age of French Classicism at Versailles. We will
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After Borges — SPA4302.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
Whether he is the last modernist, or the first postmodern, the least Latin American of all Latin American authors or perhaps the most, the grand destroyer of all illusions or ultimately their victim, in the wake of his own statement that “Every writer creates his own precursors” Jorge Luis Borges has already provided the theoretical premise for so much subsequent work that this
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After Borges — SPA4117.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Whether he is the last modernist, or the first postmodern, the least Latin American of all Latin American authors or perhaps the most, the grand destroyer of all illusions or ultimately their victim, in the wake of his own statement that “Every writer creates his own precursors,” Jorge Luis Borges has already provided the theoretical premise for so much subsequent work that
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America in Italy — ITA4602.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Credits: 4
Whether as a myth, or as a geopolitical space, the United States of America hold a unique place in the history and in the collective imagery of Italians. How does Italian culture confront its own cultural construct of the U.S.A. and what is it that makes Italians rediscover and reinvent America still today? What is the myth made of? This course focuses on ideas of America
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America in Italy After 9/11: Special Projects — ITA4706.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Credits: 4
This is a high-intermediate/advanced course in which students will do independent research on portrayals of the USA in post- 9/11 Italian literature and cinema and write a final research paper. Corequisite: Students must attend at least two Languages Series events (Mondays, 7:00pm – 8:00pm)
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Analyzing Japanese Society Through Online News — JPN4707.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
This course is designed for students to deepen their understanding of Japanese society through the analysis of Japanese online news articles. Mass media is the reflection of a society and the mirror of a culture. Therefore, reading Japanese newspapers helps students to become more aware of the Japanese culture, which is reflected in newspaper articles. In the first half of the
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Analyzing the Social Issues in Japan Through Online News — JPN4601.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
The course is designed for students to deepen their understanding of Japanese language and culture through analysis of Japanese online newspapers and examination of Japanese news articles from various contexts. Students will practice various reading strategies, which will help them become independent learners. Mass media is the reflection of a society and the mirror of a
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Analyzing the Social Issues in Japan Through Online News — JPN4601.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
The course is designed for students to deepen their understanding of Japanese language and culture through analysis of Japanese online newspapers and examination of Japanese news articles from various contexts. Students will practice various reading strategies, which will help them become independent learners. Mass media is the reflection of a society and the mirror of a
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Avant Garde Art in China — CHI4507.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 4
Art is always somehow a reflection of the culture and society in which it is produced. In this class, we will explore the ways in which contemporary (post-Mao) Chinese art reflects on modern Chinese culture and society. Each class or every other class, students will be given a packet with visual and written information on a particular work of art with a vocabulary list and
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Buddha Mind in China — CHI4120.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: ginger lin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Although it was born in India, Buddhism has had a deep and profound influence on Chinese and East Asian culture, but this philosophy remains relevant to modern life in both the East and West. Students will be introduced to the spirit of Buddhism through modern Mandarin interpretations of classic Chinese Buddhist poems and stories. Students will explore Chinese Buddhist concepts
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Canta che ti passa: Italian Commentary in Music — ITA4117.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
"‘Canta che ti passa," (Sing and you’ll feel better), says an old Italian adage. Yet, Italians do not always sing to forget their troubles. Much of the Italian musical tradition expresses social and political commentary, seriously or ironically. Songs as diverse and far apart in time as Toto Cotugno’s populist "L’italiano" (An Italian, 1983), Giorgio Gaber’s intellectually
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Canta che ti passa: Social Commentary in Music — ITA4403.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Credits: 4
Canta che ti passa,’ ‘Sing and you’ll feel better,’ says an old Italian adage. Yet, Italians do not always sing to forget their troubles. Much of the Italian musical tradition expresses social and political commentary, seriously or ironically. Songs as diverse and far apart in time as Toto Cotugno’s populist ‘L’italiano’ (An Italian, 1983), Giorgio Gaber’s intellectually
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Canta che ti passa: Social Commentary in Music — ITA4117.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
'Canta che ti passa,' 'Sing and you'll feel better,' says an old Italian adage. Yet, Italians do not always sing to forget their troubles. Much of the Italian musical tradition expresses social and political commentary, seriously or ironically. Songs as diverse and far apart in time as Toto Cotugno's populist 'L'italiano' (An Italian, 1983), Giorgio Gaber's intellectually
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Cartoon Culture — SPA4112.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Sarah Harris
Credits: 4
What are cartoons? Why study them? What do they have to do with Spanish culture? Students in this course will consider the theoretical and artistic concerns that graphic narratives raise, especially in the interaction between text and image. We will examine the gradual evolution of the so-called historieta from its historical relegation to the realm of the juvenile and lowbrow,
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Chinese Chan (Zen) — CHI4114.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Although commonly thought of as Japanese and known in America by its Japanese name, Zen, Chan Buddhism was truly made in China and was heavily influenced by Daoism. Chan has had a profound influence on Chinese and East Asian art and thought, but this philosophy remains relevant to modern life in both the East and West. Students will be introduced to the spirit of Chan through
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Chinese Chan (Zen) — CHI4114.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Although it was born in India, Buddhism has had a deep and profound influence on Chinese and East Asian culture, and this philosophy remains relevant to modern life in both the East and West. Students will be introduced to the spirit of Buddhism through modern Mandarin interpretations of classic Chinese Buddhist poems and stories. Students will explore Chinese Buddhist
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Chinese Characters and Chinese Culture — CHI2118.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: ginger lin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
All the children of one's parents' siblings are all just called cousin in English. However in Chinese there is a different word for each particular relationship. This stems from how in traditional Chinese Confucian culture each individual's duties and obligations towards others are dictated by their relationships, with family relationships being the most important. But then in
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