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 110-031 China Imagined and Perceived

Note

Formerly available as 158-107. Students who have completed 158-107 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

1st year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr J Kowallis

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

Using texts of literature, philosophy, and intellectual history, supplemented by films of both Western and Chinese origin, this subject will examine both how the Chinese are imagined and portrayed by Western cultures, and how the Chinese depict themselves.

Assessment

Class participation, a term paper of 2500 words, and homework or in-class work of 500 words, and a 1-hour exam.

Prescribed Texts
  • Victor Segalen, Rene Ley. The Overlook Press 1988.
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