Modern China: States, Transnations, Individuals, and Worlds
HIST 224
Spring 2012
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01
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| Crosslisting:
EAST 224 |
| Certificates: International Relations |
This course explores the forces that have shaped the meanings of "China" and "Chinese" in the 20th and early 21st centuries. Our examination of modern China will focus on state formation in its republican and communist forms, individual experience, popular culture, Chinese imperialism in Tibet, the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia, China's economic development, and the looming environmental crisis. We will read historical documents, memoirs, scholarly monographs, novels, and short stories, as well as watch documentaries (e.g., PBS "China from the Inside") and films directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien and others. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Intercultural Literacy, Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(CEAS-Arcp/Hist)(HIST-MN)(HIST)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Melvyn C. Goldstein, The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama (U of California Press, 1997)
Kang Zhengguo, Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China (Norton,
2005)
Diana Lary, China's Republic (CUP, 2007)
Liu Binyan, Two Kinds of Truth: Stories and Reportage from China (Indiana University Press, 2006)
Lu Hsun, Selected Stories (Norton, 2003)
Jonathan D. Spence, The Search for Modern China (Norton, 2nd edition, 1999)
Zhang Guixing, My South Seas Sleeping Beauty (Columbia University Press,
2007)
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Examinations and Assignments:
There will be two in-class tests, two short papers, and one long research paper. |
| Instructor(s): Schwarcz,Vera Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FEAS SEM; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 45 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 10 | GRAD: 6 | SR non-major: 7 | JR non-major: 6 | SO: 10 | FR: 10 |
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