2012-2013 University Catalog archived
East Asian Languages and Literatures (EALL)
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Professor Fu
Associate Professors Ikeda, Ujie
Assistant Professor Zhu
Students are urged to begin their East Asian language study as early as possible, preferably in their first year. Students entering with previous experience in the language are expected to consult with the Head of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures to determine the appropriate level of study.
Chinese and Japanese language students may apply for participation in Washington and Lee’s exchange and spring study abroad programs. Students with an interest in study abroad should consult with the appropriate language faculty.
Honors: An Honors Program in East Asian Languages and Literatures is offered for qualified students; see department head for details.
Chinese (CHIN)
Professor Fu
Assistant Professor Zhu
Japanese (JAPN)
Associate Professors Ikeda, Ujie
Major
CHIN 100 - Supervised Study Abroad: Beginning Chinese
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisites: Consent of the department and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to introduce Chinese language and culture to students with little or no previous Chinese language background and prepare them for studying first-year Chinese. Combining language study with studies of other aspects of Chinese culture (literature, art, history, economy, etc.) provides students with firsthand experience of the development of contemporary China. Classes and discussions are held at the International College of Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Students learn through personal experience about the emergence of modern China and its changing culture. Fu.
CHIN 101 - Exploring Chinese Language and Culture
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
This course is an introduction to Chinese language and culture. Students learn elementary oral and written Chinese and also about the evolution of the Chinese language. Slides, media presentations and film clips are used to demonstrate the impact the language has had on the culture and their interactions in contemporary Chinese society. This course is not a prerequisite for CHIN 111, nor does it allow a student to move to a language course numbered higher than CHIN 111 without permission of the department. Staff.
CHIN 103 - Supervised Study Abroad: Beginning Chinese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: Consent of the department and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to introduce Chinese language and culture to students with little or no previous Chinese language background and prepare them for studying first-year Chinese. Combining language study with studies of other aspects of Chinese culture (literature, art. history, economy, etc.) provides students with first-hand experience of the development of contemporary China. Classes and discussions are held at the International College or Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Students learn through personal experience about the emergence or modern China and its changing culture. Fu.
CHIN 111 - First-Year Chinese I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
An introduction to modern spoken and written Chinese. In addition to classroom drill in speaking and reading, extensive use is made of both the language laboratory and the computer in outside preparation. Fu.
CHIN 112 - First-Year Chinese II
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: CHIN 111 or the equivalent. A continuation of CHIN 111. Further work on modern spoken and written Chinese. Fu.
CHIN 113 - Supervised Study Abroad: First-Year Chinese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite. Chinese 112, consent of the department and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to improve active oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for studying second-year Chinese. Classes and discussions are held at the International College of Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. Students have opportunities to mingle with ordinary Chinese people, to engage in everyday conversation, and to have first-hand experience of the development of contemporary China. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Fu.
CHIN 115 - Supervised Study Abroad: First-Year Chinese
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisites: CHIN 112, consent of the department, and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to improve active oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for studying second-year Chinese. Classes and discussions are held at the International College of Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. Students have opportunities to mingle with ordinary Chinese people, to engage in everyday conversation, and to have firsthand experience of the development of contemporary China. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Fu.
CHIN 261 - Second-Year Chinese I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: CHIN 112 or the equivalent. A continuation of first-year Chinese with intensive drill in spoken Chinese closely coordinated with acquiring Chinese characters and reinforcing sentence patterns. Audiovisual materials are used extensively. Zhu.
CHIN 262 - Second-Year Chinese II
FDR: FL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: CHIN 261 or the equivalent. A continuation of CHIN 261 with intensive drill in spoken Chinese closely coordinated with acquiring Chinese characters and reinforcing sentence patterns. Zhu.
CHIN 263 - Supervised Study Abroad: Second-Year Chinese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: Chinese 261 or 262, consent of the department and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to further improve student oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for studying third-year Classes and discussions are held at the International College of Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. Students discuss and debate with Chinese students about emerging social. economic, and policy issues. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Fu.
CHIN 265 - Supervised Study Abroad: Second-Year Chinese
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisites: CHIN 261 or 262, consent of the department, and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to further improve student oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for studying third-year. Classes and discussions are held at the International College of Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. Students discuss and debate with Chinese students about emerging social, economic, and policy issues. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Fu.
CHIN 301 - Third-Year Chinese I
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: CHIN 262 or the equivalent. This course is focused upon reinforcement of Chinese structural patterns and extensive acquisition of Chinese characters, as well as topical conversational practice and the introduction of much cultural information essential to communication in Chinese. Staff.
CHIN 302 - Third-Year Chinese II
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: CHIN 301 or the equivalent. A continuation of CHIN 301 with added emphasis on writing. Staff.
CHIN 311 - Advanced Chinese I
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisites: CHIN 302 or the equivalent and instructor consent. Advanced readings with discussion in Chinese. This course reinforces Chinese structural patterns and extensive acquisition of Chinese characters and enhances students’ ability to speak and to write. Topics involving current Chinese culture are introduced and discussed. Staff.
CHIN 312 - Advanced Chinese II: Contemporary Fiction
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisites: CHIN 311 or the equivalent and consent of the instructor. This course focuses on advanced readings in Chinese literature with intensive practice in speaking and writing. The texts analyzed are authentic modern literary works from both China and Taiwan . Zhu.
CHIN 363 - Supervised Study Abroad: Third-Year Chinese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: Instructor consent and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to further improve student oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for studying four-year classes.
Fu.
CHIN 365 - Supervised Study Abroad: Third-Year Chinese
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: Instructor consent and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to further improve student oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for studying four-year. Fu.
CHIN 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Advanced study in Chinese. The nature and content of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by an evaluation of their previous work. Fu.
CHIN 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Advanced study in Chinese. The nature and content of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by an evaluation of their previous work. Fu.
CHIN 403 - Directed Individual Study
FDR: HL: only when the subject is literary.
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Advanced study in Chinese. The nature and content of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by an evaluation of their previous work. Fu.
EALL 180 - FS: Multiple Perspective of Japan: Literature, Film, Culture and Language
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
First-Year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-Year standing. Today Japan is known for its vibrant visual culture of anime and manga, exportation of commodities such as J-Horror and J-Pop, exquisite slow-food culture, and reverence for traditional values of beauty and honor. This course is an introductory seminar to understanding Japan from a multiple of perspectives, which include examination of literature, film, culture, and language. Ikeda.
EALL 215 - East Asian Cinema
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
This course provides an introduction to and overview of contemporary East Asian cinema, including the Chinese-language cinemas of the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and those of Japan and Korea. It focuses on the flourishing cinema of East Asia since the 1980s and provides a solid foundation in the successes and dominant tendencies of contemporary East Asian cinema and culture. Among the aims of the course are examining ways in which the contemporary East Asian cinemas and cultures are in dialogue with one another and looking at specific conditions and cultural forces at work in each unique case. The course also explores how the cinemas of East Asia reflect the changing cultural, economic, historical, political and social conditions of each country and how these cinemas and cultures are part of a larger redefinition of the idea of a national culture. Screenings and readings consist of exemplary works from each East Asian culture, organized around specific motifs, such as history, memory, identity, communication, love, and death. Zhu.
EALL 399 - Capstone Project
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite or corequisite: CHIN 312 or JAPN 312. A translation project required of all EALL majors typically done during their senior year, preferably while taking Chinese 312/Japanese 312. The appropriate faculty member assigns a literary piece to be translated (not poetry), written in the modern language. The project results in a final translation of at least 2,500 words. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Staff.
EALL 473 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisites: Senior standing, major in East Asian Languages and Literatures, and instructor consent. Students research and write a thesis directed by a member of the department. Staff.
EALL 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisites: Senior standing, honors candidacy, major in East Asian Languages and Literatures, and instructor consent. Honors Thesis. Staff.
JAPN 100 - Supervised Study Abroad: Beginning Japanese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisites: Desire to study Japanese or JAPN 111, permission of the department, and approval of the International Education Committee. Spring Term Abroad course. This course is designed to introduce the Japanese language and culture to students with little or no previous language background. Classes are held at the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange, a prestigious Japanese institution in Kanazawa. Students live with a host family and can experience typical Japanese daily life. The program includes field trips to points of historical interest and many cultural activities. Ujie.
JAPN 101 - Exploring Japanese Language and Society
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013.
This course is an introduction to spoken Japanese. Students develop basic oral communication skills and are introduced to the three writing systems. Through cultural scenarios, media presentations, and film, students explore how language functions in contemporary Japanese society. This course is not a prerequisite for JAPN 111, nor does it allow a student to move to a language course numbered higher than JAPN 111 without permission of the instructor. Ujie.
JAPN 111 - First-Year Japanese I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
An introduction to spoken and written Japanese. Classroom drills, written and audio materials emphasize basic sentence patterns. Daily practice in reading and writing. Staff.
JAPN 112 - First-Year Japanese II
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: JAPN 111 or the equivalent. A continuation of JAPN 111. Further work on modern spoken and written Japanese. Staff.
JAPN 115 - Supervised Study Abroad: First-Year Japanese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisites: JAPN 112, permission of the department, and approval of the International Education Committee. Spring Term Abroad course. This course is designed to improve active oral proficiency in Japanese, to introduce the culture and society of Japan, and to prepare students for second-year Japanese study. Classes are held at the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange, a prestigious Japanese institution in Kanazawa. Students live with a host family and can experience typical Japanese daily life. The program includes field trips to points of historical interest and many cultural activities. Ujie.
JAPN 261 - Second-Year Japanese I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: JAPN 112 or the equivalent. A continuation of JAPN 112 with emphasis on the spoken language and written texts using audiovisual materials. Staff.
JAPN 262 - Second-Year Japanese II
FDR: FL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: JAPN 261 or the equivalent. A continuation of JAPN 261 with intensive drills in spoken Japanese and the close reading of texts. Staff.
JAPN 265 - Supervised Study Abroad: Second-Year Japanese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisites: JAPN 261 or 262, permission of the department, and approval of the International Education Committee. Spring Term Abroad course. This course is designed to introduce the Japanese language and culture to students, to introduce the culture and society of Japan, and to prepare students for third-year Japanese study. Classes are held at the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange, a prestigious Japanese institution in Kanazawa. Students live with a host family and can experience typical Japanese daily life. The program includes field trips to points of historical interest and many cultural activities. Ujie.
JAPN 301 - Third-Year Japanese I
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: JAPN 262 or the equivalent. A continuation of JAPN 262 designed to further develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Advanced classroom drills, reading texts, and taped materials provide systematic practice in increasingly complex discourses and acquaint students with key aspects of Japanese customs, culture, and society. Staff.
JAPN 302 - Third-Year Japanese II
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: JAPN 301 or the equivalent. A continuation of JAPN 301. Staff.
JAPN 311 - Advanced Japanese I
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisites: JAPN 302 or the equivalent and instructor consent. Advanced readings, discussion in Japanese and written responses to a variety of literary materials, including relevant journal and newspaper articles. Whenever available, video materials will supplement readings. Staff.
JAPN 312 - Advanced Japanese II
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisites: JAPN 311 or the equivalent and instructor consent. A continuation of JAPN 311 with an emphasis on reading and discussing literary works. Advanced readings in Japanese modern prose, poetry, and drama and discussion in Japanese of literature and literary criticism. Ikeda.
JAPN 365 - Supervised Study Abroad: Third Year Japanese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisites: JAPN 302, or the equivalent, permission of the department, and approval of the International Education Committee. Spring Term Abroad course. This course is designed to introduce the Japanese language and culture to students, to introduce the culture and society of Japan, and to prepare students for fourth-year Japanese study. Classes are held at the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange, a prestigious Japanese institution in Kanazawa. Students live with a host family and can experience typical Japanese daily life. The program includes field trips to points of historical interest and many cultural activities. Ujie.
JAPN 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: Instructor consent; for advanced students or for students who have completed JAPN 312. A course that allows students to follow a program of directed reading with a more intensive exposure to written texts than is possible in courses oriented toward grammar and conversation. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
JAPN 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: Instructor consent; for advanced students or for students who have completed JAPN 312. A course that allows students to follow a program of directed reading with a more intensive exposure to written texts than is possible in courses oriented toward grammar and conversation. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
JAPN 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: Instructor consent; for advanced students or for students who have completed JAPN 312. A course that allows students to follow a program of directed reading with a more intensive exposure to written texts than is possible in courses oriented toward grammar and conversation. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
LIT 218 - Pre-Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. A survey of Chinese literature from the earliest period to the founding of the Republic in 1912. Taught in English, the course presupposes no previous knowledge of China or Chinese culture. The literature is presented in the context of its intellectual, philosophical and cultural background. Texts used may vary from year to year and include a wide selection of fiction, poetry, historical documents, Chinese drama (opera) and prose works. Audiovisual materials are used when appropriate and available. Fu.
LIT 220 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. This is a survey course to introduce students to the literature of 20th-century China. Through close reading of key literary texts from the 1910s to the present, students explore the social, historical and literary background that gave rise to the texts studied and the ways in which these texts address various issues that China faced at the time. Taught in English, the course presupposes no previous knowledge of China or Chinese culture. In addition to the selected literary texts, the course introduces several feature films that are cinematic adaptations of modern Chinese fiction and explore the complex and dynamic interchange between literary and cinematic language. Zhu.
LIT 221 - Japanese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. An introduction to Japanese literature in its historical and cultural contexts from premodern to modern times. The course materials draw upon selections from the earliest prose works to contemporary fiction of representative modern writers. Ikeda.
LIT 223 - Seminar in Japanese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement or instructor consent. Selected topics in Japanese literature, varying from year to year. Possible topics include the development of poetic forms, Heian court literature and art, diaries, epics, Buddhist literature, the culture of food and tea, and Noh drama.
Winter 2013 topic:
LIT 223: Seminar in Japanese Literature in Translation: Contemporary Femal Writers (3). Prerequisites: Completion of FW writing requirement and instructor consent. Short stories by contemporary female writers, such as Hayashi Mariko, Ekuni Kaori, Mure Yoko and Sato Aiko. (HL) Ujie.
LIT 225 - Poetry and Drama of Japan in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. This course is designed to introduce students to the poetry and theater of Japan’s premodern era. We examine classical themes and poetic art forms, and read from the vast canon of Japanese poetry. Readings cover major poets such as Hitomaro, Komachi, Teika, Saigyo, Sogi and Basho. The second part of the course offers a close study of the four traditional dramatic art forms of Japan: Noh, Kyogen or Comic Theater, Puppet Theater, and Kabuki. Students experience the performative aspect of the Noh theater by learning dance movements and song/chant from the play Yuya . The final part of the course demonstrates how classical theater has influenced modern playwrights and novelists. Ikeda.
LIT 235 - Tragedies East and West
FDR: HL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: When departmental resources are available.
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. This course is designed to introduce students to the topic of tragedy in both China and the West from its origin in Greece and the Chinese Yuan dynasty up to modern times. It examines the concept of tragedy as a literary genre in the West, its evolution in history, and the aptness of its application to Chinese drama. Primary texts from Western and Chinese classical drama as well as from the modern period are selected as a basis for comparison, with a view to helping students form a comparative perspective in their appreciation of both Chinese and Western drama. Course activities include frequent discussions, writing assignments and projects of student performance, video screenings and a possible trip to either Washington DC or New York City to view a Chinese or Western play in performance. Fu.
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