East Asian Languages and Cultures

Contacts

Office: Knight Building, 521 Memorial Way, Room 206
Mail Code: 94305
Phone: (650) 725-2742
Email: asianlanguages@stanford.edu
Web Site: http://asianlanguages.stanford.edu

Courses offered by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures are listed on the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses web site under the subject codes:

CHINGEN (Chinese General)
CHINLIT (Chinese Literature)
JAPANGEN (Japanese General)
JAPANLIT (Japanese Literature)
KORGEN (Korean General).
- Courses with the suffix -GEN do not require reading knowledge of an Asian language.

Language courses are listed on the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses web site under:

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures offers programs for students who wish to engage with the cultures of China, Japan, and Korea as articulated in language, linguistics, literature, film, cultural studies, and visual arts. Students emerge with a sophisticated understanding of culture as a dynamic process embodied in language and other representational media, especially the verbal and visual forms that are central to humanistic study. Department faculty represent a broad range of research interests and specialties, and visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows from the Stanford Humanities Center, the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities, the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the Center for East Asian Studies add to the intellectual vitality of the department.

East Asian Languages and Cultures offers a full range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Undergraduate courses concentrate on language, literature, and other cultural forms from the earliest times to the present, covering traditional and contemporary topics from Confucian conceptions of self and society to inflections of gender in the twentieth century. Emphasis in classes is on developing powers of critical thinking and expression that will serve students well no matter what their ultimate career goals. Graduate programs offer courses of study involving advanced language training, engagement with primary texts and other materials, literary history, and training in research methodologies and critical approaches.

East Asian language skills provide a foundation for advanced academic training and professional careers in fields such as business, diplomacy, education, and law. The department also offers opportunities for students who choose to double-major or minor in other academic disciplines, including anthropology, art history, economics, education, history, linguistics, philosophy, political science, religious studies, and sociology.

The department accepts candidates for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy in Chinese and Japanese, and Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies. It also offers undergraduate minors and the Ph.D. minor in Chinese or Japanese language and literature.

For information concerning other opportunities for study about Asian history, societies, and cultures, see the following departments and programs: Anthropology, Art and Art History, Business, Comparative Literature, East Asian Studies, Economics, History, Law, Linguistics, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, and Sociology.

Undergraduate Mission Statements for East Asian Languages and Cultures

Chinese Major

The mission of the undergraduate program in Chinese is to expose students to a variety of perspectives in Chinese language, culture, and history by providing them with training in writing and communication, literature, and civilization. Emphasis in courses is on developing powers of critical thinking and expression that serve students well no matter what their ultimate career goals are. The program prepares students for diverse professions and enterprises, including business, government service, and academia.

Learning Outcomes (Undergraduate)

The department expects undergraduate majors in the program to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are used in evaluating students and the department's undergraduate program. Students are expected to demonstrate:

effective and nuanced skills interpreting primary and secondary source materials.
in their own work a good grasp of the course material and methodologies in the studies of Chinese.
analytical writing skills and close reading skills.
effective oral communication skills.

Japanese Major

The mission of the undergraduate program in Japanese is to expose students to a variety of perspectives in Japanese language, culture, and history by providing students with training in writing and communication, literature, and civilization. Emphasis in classes is on developing powers of critical thinking and expression that will serve students well no matter what their ultimate career goals are. The program prepares students for diverse professions and enterprises, including business, government service, and academia.

Learning Outcomes (Undergraduate)

effective and nuanced skills interpreting primary and secondary source materials.
in their own work a good grasp of the course material and methodologies in the studies of Japanese.
analytical writing skills and close reading skills.
effective oral communication skills.

East Asian Studies Major

The mission of the program in East Asian Studies is to enable students to obtain a comprehensive understanding of East Asia broadly conceived, which is the area stretching from Japan through Korea and China to the contiguous areas of the Central Asian land mass. Majors are expected to have a good mastery of an East Asian language, and focus on a particular sub-region or a substantive issue involving the region as a whole. Emphasis in classes is on developing powers of critical thinking and expression to serve students well no matter what their ultimate career goals in business, government service, academia, or the professions.

Learning Outcomes (Undergraduate)

effective and nuanced skills interpreting primary and secondary source materials.
in their own work a good grasp of the course material and methodologies in East Asian studies.
analytical writing skills and close reading skills.
effective oral communication skills.

Study Abroad

Students interested in Japanese language, history, culture, and social organization are encouraged to apply to the Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies (KCJS), a two-semester academic program primarily for undergraduates wishing to do advanced work in the Japanese language and in Japanese studies.

In Spring Quarter, the Stanford Center for Technology and Innovation (SCTI), also in Kyoto, focuses on Japanese organizations and the political economy of research, development, and production of high technology and advanced industries, followed by an optional two-to-three month internship in an agency, firm, or laboratory in Japan. For information about either program in Kyoto, students should contact the Bing Overseas Studies Program office in Sweet Hall.

Undergraduates interested in studying Chinese language, history, culture, and society are encouraged to apply to the Stanford Program in Beijing, also offered through the Bing Overseas Studies Program. This program is located at Peking University and is open Autumn and Spring Quarters.

Students should take note of the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP) at Tsinghua University (iub@socrates.berkeley.edu; 510-642-3873) and the Inter-University Center (IUC) for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama (stacey.campbell@stanford.edu; 650-725-1490). Stanford is a member of these consortia.

Students interested in the graduate exchange program with the Department of Chinese at Peking University in Beijing should consult the chair of the department early in the academic year.

Graduate Programs in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Learning Outcomes (Graduate)

The purpose of the master's program is to further develop knowledge and skills in East Asian Languages and Cultures and to prepare students for a professional career or doctoral studies. This is achieved through completion of courses, in the primary field as well as related areas, and experience with independent work and specialization.

The Ph.D. is conferred upon candidates who have demonstrated substantial scholarship and the ability to conduct independent research and analysis in East Asian Languages and Cultures. Through completion of advanced course work and rigorous skills training, the doctoral program prepares students to make original contributions to the knowledge of East Asian Languages and Cultures and to interpret and present the results of such research.

Admission

All students contemplating application for admission to graduate study must have a creditable undergraduate record. The applicant need not have majored in Chinese or Japanese as an undergraduate, but must have had the equivalent of at least three years of training in the language in which he or she intends to specialize, and must also demonstrate a command of English adequate for the pursuit of graduate study. Applicants should not wish merely to acquire or improve language skills, but to pursue study in one of the following fields: Chinese history (pre-modern), Chinese linguistics, Chinese literature, Chinese philosophy, Japanese cultural history, Japanese literature, Japanese linguistics, and Japanese visual culture.

Bachelor of Arts

The department offers the following degrees:

Bachelor of Arts in Chinese
Bachelor Arts in Japanese
Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies

Bachelor of Arts in Chinese

These requirements are in addition to the University's basic requirements for the bachelor's degree. Letter grades are mandatory for required courses. The following courses as well as their prerequisites must be completed with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or better:

Course List

		Units
I. Required Courses (10)
Three CHINGEN or CHINLIT courses at the 100 level with one in each of the following areas: pre-modern China, modern China, and Chinese linguistics. The following courses are offered this year
CHINGEN 91	Traditional East Asian Culture: China	5
JAPANGEN 92	Traditional East Asian Culture: Japan	5
II. First-year Modern Chinese (8-15)
Select one the following series		8-15
Series A
CHINLANG 1	First-Year Modern Chinese, First Quarter
CHINLANG 2	First-Year Modern Chinese, Second Quarter
CHINLANG 3	First-Year Modern Chinese, Third Quarter
Series B
CHINLANG 1B	First-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, First Quarter
CHINLANG 2B	First-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, Second Quarter
CHINLANG 3B	First-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, Third Quarter
Series C
CHINLANG 5	Intensive First-Year Modern Chinese
III. Second-year Modern Chinese (8-15)
Select one of the following series:		8-15
Series A
CHINLANG 21	Second-Year Modern Chinese, First Quarter
CHINLANG 22	Second-Year Modern Chinese, Second Quarter
CHINLANG 23	Second-Year Modern Chinese, Third Quarter
Series B
CHINLANG 21B	Second-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, First Quarter
CHINLANG 22B	Second-Year Chinese for Bilingual Students, Second Quarter
CHINLANG 23B	Second-Year Chinese for Bilingual Students, Third Quarter
Series C
CHINLANG 25	Intensive Second-Year Modern Chinese
IV. Third-year Modern Chinese (11-20)
Select one of the following series:		9-15
Series A
CHINLANG 101	Third-Year Modern Chinese, First Quarter
CHINLANG 102	Third-Year Modern Chinese, Second Quarter
CHINLANG 103	Third-Year Modern Chinese, Third Quarter
Series B
CHINLANG 101B	Third-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, First Quarter
CHINLANG 102B	Third-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, Second Quarter
CHINLANG 103B	Third-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, Third Quarter
CHINLIT 125	Beginning Classical Chinese, First Quarter	2-5
V. Additional Courses (13-21)
CHINGEN 118	Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology
CHINGEN 119	Popular Culture and Casino Capitalism in China
CHINGEN 121	Classical Chinese Rituals
CHINGEN 131	Chinese Poetry in Translation
CHINGEN 133	Literature in 20th-Century China (satisfies WIM requirement)
CHINGEN 135	Chinese Bodies, Chinese Selves
CHINGEN 140	Chinese Justice: Law, Morality, and Literature
CHINGEN 141	Emergence of Chinese Civilization from Caves to Palaces
CHINGEN 143	Images of Women in Ancient China and Greece
CHINGEN 160	New Directions in the Study of Poetry and Literati Culture
CHINGEN 169	A History of Chinese Drama
CHINGEN 173	Chinese Language, Culture, and Society
CHINGEN 194	The History and Culture of Peking Opera
Four other content courses dealing with China, primarily at the 100 level, as approved by the undergraduate adviser		12-20
CHINGEN 198	Senior Colloquium in Chinese Studies	1
Total Units		50-81

Students must also complete of a capstone essay of approximately 7,500 words, written either in a directed reading course or for one of the courses above.

Honors Program

a thesis outline
a list of all relevant courses the student has taken or plans to take
a preliminary reading list including a work or works in Chinese,
the name of a faculty member who has agreed to act as honors supervisor.

If the proposal is approved:

Research begins in Spring Quarter of the junior year, or by Autumn Quarter of the senior year at the latest, when the student enrolls in CHINLIT 189A Honors Research.
In Winter Quarter of the senior year, students enroll for 5 units in independent study, CHINLIT 199 Individual Reading in Chinese, with the thesis supervisor while writing the thesis, and the finished essay (normally about 15,000 words) is submitted to the committee no later than April 15 of the senior year.
Students enroll in CHINGEN 198 Senior Colloquium in Chinese Studies in the senior year to polish and present their theses (instead of writing a capstone essay).
8-11 units of credit are granted for honors course work and the finished thesis.

Bachelor of Arts in Japanese

		Units
I. Required Courses (10)
CHINGEN 91	Traditional East Asian Culture: China	5
JAPANGEN 92	Traditional East Asian Culture: Japan	5
II. First-year Modern Japanese (0)
JAPANLNG 1	First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter
JAPANLNG 2	First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter
JAPANLNG 3	First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter
JAPANLNG 5	Intensive First-Year Japanese Language
III. Second-year Modern Japanese (0)
JAPANLNG 21	Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter
JAPANLNG 22	Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter
JAPANLNG 23	Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter
JAPANLNG 20	Intensive Second-Year Japanese
IV. Third-year Modern Japanese (15)
JAPANLNG 101	Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter	5
JAPANLNG 102	Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter	5
JAPANLNG 103	Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter	5
V. Additional Courses (43-61)
Three JAPANGEN or JAPANLIT courses at the 100 level with one in each of the following areas: pre-modern Japan, modern Japan, and Japanese linguistics. The following courses are offered this year:		9-15
JAPANGEN 121	Translating Japan, Translating the West
JAPANGEN 125	Emotions of Japanese Cinema (Postindustrial Version)	4
JAPANGEN 137	Classical Japanese Literature in Translation
JAPANGEN 138	Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture (required course; satisfies WIM requirement)	3-4
JAPANGEN 141	Japanese Performance Traditions	3-4
JAPANLIT 157	Points in Japanese Grammar	2-4
JAPANLIT 170	The Tale of Genji and Its Historical Reception
JAPANGEN 184	Aristocrats, Warriors, Sex Workers, and Barbarians: Lived Life in Early Modern Japanese Painting	4
JAPANGEN 187	Romance, Desire, and Sexuality in Modern Japanese Literature
JAPANLIT 287	Pictures of the Floating World: Images from Japanese Popular Culture	5
Four other content courses dealing with Japan primarily at the 100 level, as approved by the undergraduate adviser		12-20
JAPANGEN 198	Senior Colloquium in Japanese Studies	1
Total Units		68-86

Students must also complete of a capstone essay of approximately 7,500 words, written either in a directed reading course or for one of the courses above.
JAPANGEN 198 Senior Colloquium in Japanese Studies may be used to satisfy the Japanese linguistics requirement.
JAPANGEN 51 Japanese Business Systems/ JAPANGEN 251 Japanese Business Systems can not counted toward the major.
Students who complete third-year Japanese at KCJS satisfy the language requirement but are required to take a placement test if they wish to enroll in:
- JAPANLNG 211 Fourth-Year Japanese, First Quarter
- JAPANLNG 212 Fourth-Year Japanese, Second Quarter
- JAPANLNG 213 Fourth-Year Japanese, Third Quarter

Students who want to concentrate in Chinese or Japanese linguistics can substitute the four other content courses primarily at the 100 level with LINGUIST 1 Introduction to Linguistics and three other linguistics courses at the 100 level, as approved by the undergraduate adviser in consultation with the student's academic adviser.

These requirements are in addition to the University's basic requirements for the bachelor's degree. Letter grades are mandatory for required courses.

Honors Program

Majors with an overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 may apply for the honors program by submitting a senior thesis proposal to the honors committee during Winter or Spring Quarter of the junior year. The proposal must include a thesis outline, a list of all relevant courses the student has taken or plans to take, a preliminary reading list including a work or works in Chinese or Japanese, and the name of a faculty member who has agreed to act as honors supervisor.

If the proposal is approved:

research begins in spring quarter of the junior year, or by autumn quarter of the senior year at the latest, when the student enrolls in JAPANLIT 189A Honors Research

In winter quarter of the senior year, students enroll for five units in independent study with the thesis supervisor while writing the thesis, and the finished essay (normally about 15,000 words) is submitted to the committee no later than April 15 of the senior year.JAPANLIT 189B Honors Research
Students enroll in the Senior Colloquium in the senior year to polish and present their theses (instead of writing a capstone essay).JAPANGEN 198 Senior Colloquium in Japanese Studies
Eight to eleven units of credit are granted for honors course work and the finished thesis.

Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies

Majors in East Asian Studies begin or continue the mastery of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. Within the humanities or social sciences, they may focus on a particular sub-region, for example, Japan; South China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan; or western China and Central Asia; or a substantive issue involving the region as a whole, such as environmental protection, public health, rural development, historiography, cultural expression, or religious beliefs. The major seeks to reduce the complexity of a region to intellectually manageable proportions and illuminate the interrelationships among the various facets of a society.

Potential majors must submit a Student Proposal for a Major in East Asian Studies form not later than the end of the first quarter of the junior year. Majors must complete at least 75 units of course work on China, Japan, and/or Korea in addition to a one unit Senior Colloquium. Courses to be credited toward major requirements must be completed with a grade of 'C' or better. Requirements are:

Language: proficiency in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean language at the second-year level or above, to be met either by course work or examination. Students who meet the requirement through examination are still expected to take an additional 15 units of language at a higher level, or literature courses taught in the language, or the first year in an additional Asian language. No more than 30 units of language courses are counted toward the major.

Area Courses: a minimum of three area courses, one in each category below (courses listed are examples and by no means exhaustive; if uncertain whether a particular course fits into one of these categories, contact the department to check.

		Units
Art, Literature, and Religion
ARTHIST 2	Asian Arts and Cultures	5
ARTHIST 187	Arts of War and Peace: Late Medieval and Early Modern Japan, 1500-1868	4
ARTHIST 287A	The Japanese Tea Ceremony: The History, Aesthetics, and Politics Behind a National Pastime	5
CHINGEN 91	Traditional East Asian Culture: China	5
JAPANGEN 92	Traditional East Asian Culture: Japan	5
KORGEN 101	Korean Culture in the New Millennium	4
KORGEN 120	Narratives of Modern and Contemporary Korea	4
KORGEN 140	Childhood and Children: Culture in East Asia	3-5
RELIGST 18	Zen Buddhism	4
RELIGST 104	The Daoist Body	4
RELIGST 114B	Religions of Korea	1-4
RELIGST 150	The Lotus Sutra: Story of a Buddhist Book	4

		Units
History
HISTORY 93	Late Imperial China	3
HISTORY 94B	Japan in the Age of the Samurai	5
HISTORY 98	The History of Modern China	3
HISTORY 106A	Global Human Geography: Asia and Africa	5
HISTORY 191C	Early Imperial China	5
HISTORY 191D	China: The Northern and Southern Dynasties	5
HISTORY 192	China: The Early Empires	3-5
HISTORY 193	Late Imperial China	5
HISTORY 194B	Japan in the Age of the Samurai	5
HISTORY 195	Modern Korean History	5
HISTORY 195C	Modern Japanese History: From Samurai to Pokemon	5
HISTORY 198	The History of Modern China	5
HISTORY 198G	Beijing, Shanghai, and the Structure of China	3-5

		Units
Contemporary Social Sciences
ANTHRO 25N	Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture	1-3
ANTHRO 77	Japanese Society and Culture	5
ANTHRO 152A	Urban Poverty and Inequality in Contemporary China	5
POLISCI 140L	China in World Politics	5
POLISCI 148	Chinese Politics: The Transformation and the Era of Reform	5
OSPKYOTO 215X	The Political Economy of Japan	4-5
SOC 107	China After Mao	5
SOC 167A	Asia-Pacific Transformation	5

Substantive Concentration: additional courses on East Asia, one of which must be a seminar above the 100 level. Majors are encouraged to distribute their course work among at least three disciplines and two subregions in Asia. The subregions need not be traditionally defined. Examples include China, Japan, or Korea; or, in recognition of the new subregions which are emerging, South China and Taiwan, or Central Asia. At least four courses must have a thematic coherence built around a topic. Examples include:
- East Asian religions and philosophies
- Culture and society of modern Japan
- Ethnic identities in East Asia
- Arts and literature in late imperial China
- Foreign policy in East Asia
- Social transformation of modern Korea
- China's political economy
See ExploreCourses under CHINGEN, CHINLIT, JAPANGEN, JAPANLIT, and KORGEN.
Capstone Essay: completion of a paper of approximately 7,500 words, written either in a directed reading course or for one of the courses in item 3 above, which should be built upon the student's thematic interest. CHINGEN 198 Senior Colloquium in Chinese Studies or JAPANGEN 198 Senior Colloquium in Japanese Studies, Senior Colloquium (1 unit), is required of majors during their senior year to develop and present the capstone essay or honors paper.
At least one quarter overseas in the country of focus.
An East Asian Studies course that satisfies the University Writing in the Major requirement (WIM) should be completed before beginning the senior essay. This year, CHINGEN 133 Literature in 20th-Century China and JAPANGEN 138 Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture satisfy the WIM requirement.
The courses for the major must add up to at least 76 units, comprised of the one-unit Senior Colloquium and at least 75 additional units, all taken for a letter grade. Courses must be at least three units to be counted towards the degree.

These requirements are in addition to the University's basic requirements for the bachelor's degree. Letter grades are mandatory for required courses.

Honors Program

If the proposal is approved, research begins in Spring Quarter of the junior year, or by Autumn Quarter at the latest, when the student enrolls in 2-5 units of credit for independent study. In Winter Quarter, students enroll for five units in independent study with the thesis supervisor while writing the thesis, and the finished essay (normally about 15,000 words) is submitted to the committee no later than April 15 of the senior year. Students enroll in the Senior Colloquium, CHINGEN 198 Senior Colloquium in Chinese Studies or JAPANGEN 198 Senior Colloquium in Japanese Studies, in the senior year to polish and present their theses (instead of writing a capstone essay). Eight to eleven units of credit are granted for honors course work and the finished thesis. One advanced level colloquium or seminar dealing with China, Japan, or Korea is required as well.

Overseas Studies

Courses approved for the East Asian Languages and Cultures majors which are taught overseas can be found in the "Overseas Studies" section of this Bulletin, or in the Overseas Studies office, Sweet Hall. To find course offerings in ExploreCourses, click on OSPKYOTO or OSPBEIJ.

For course descriptions and additional offerings, see the listings in the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses web site or the Bing Overseas Studies web site. Students should consult their department or program's student services office for applicability of Overseas Studies courses to a major or minor program.

Minor in Chinese or Japanese

The undergraduate minors in Chinese and Japanese have been designed to give students majoring in other departments an opportunity to gain a substantial introduction to Chinese or Japanese language, as well as an introduction to the culture and civilization of East Asia. The minors consist of a minimum of 20 units from the following requirements:

Completion of language study through the second-year level for students with no previous training in Chinese or Japanese.

		Units
Select one of the following Series:		9-15
Series A
CHINLANG 21	Second-Year Modern Chinese, First Quarter
CHINLANG 22	Second-Year Modern Chinese, Second Quarter
CHINLANG 23	Second-Year Modern Chinese, Third Quarter
Series B
CHINLANG 21B	Second-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, First Quarter
CHINLANG 22B	Second-Year Chinese for Bilingual Students, Second Quarter
CHINLANG 23B	Second-Year Chinese for Bilingual Students, Third Quarter
CHINLANG 25	Intensive Second-Year Modern Chinese
Series C
JAPANLNG 21	Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter
JAPANLNG 22	Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter
JAPANLNG 23	Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter
JAPANLNG 20	Intensive Second-Year Japanese

Students who already have first-year competence in Chinese or Japanese must complete the third-year course.

		Units
Select one of the following Series:		9-15
Series A
CHINLANG 101	Third-Year Modern Chinese, First Quarter
CHINLANG 102	Third-Year Modern Chinese, Second Quarter
CHINLANG 103	Third-Year Modern Chinese, Third Quarter
Series B
CHINLANG 101B	Third-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, First Quarter
CHINLANG 102B	Third-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, Second Quarter
CHINLANG 103B	Third-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, Third Quarter
Series C
JAPANLNG 101	Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter
JAPANLNG 102	Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter
JAPANLNG 103	Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter

Students who already have a competence at the second-year level may fulfill the language component of the minor by taking three courses in the department using materials in either Chinese or Japanese. These courses may be language courses such as the third-year sequence mentioned above, the fourth-year language sequence, or they may be advanced literature and linguistics courses, depending on the capabilities and interests of the student.

The core courses:

		Units
CHINGEN 91	Traditional East Asian Culture: China	5
JAPANGEN 92	Traditional East Asian Culture: Japan	5

Two courses selected from among the department's other offerings in the literature, linguistics, and civilization of a given minor area (CHINGEN, CHINLIT, JAPANGEN, JAPANLIT). All courses for the minor must be taken for a letter grade and completed with a GPA of 2.0 or better.

		Units
CHINGEN 118	Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology	3-5
CHINGEN 119	Popular Culture and Casino Capitalism in China	3-4
CHINGEN 121	Classical Chinese Rituals	3-5
CHINGEN 131	Chinese Poetry in Translation	4
CHINGEN 132	Chinese Fiction and Drama in Translation	4
CHINGEN 133	Literature in 20th-Century China	4-5
CHINGEN 140	Chinese Justice: Law, Morality, and Literature	3-5
CHINGEN 141	Emergence of Chinese Civilization from Caves to Palaces	3-4
CHINGEN 150	Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China	3-5
CHINGEN 173	Chinese Language, Culture, and Society	4
JAPANGEN 121	Translating Japan, Translating the West	3-4
JAPANGEN 125	Emotions of Japanese Cinema (Postindustrial Version)	4
JAPANGEN 137	Classical Japanese Literature in Translation	4
JAPANGEN 138	Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture	3-4
JAPANGEN 141	Japanese Performance Traditions	4
JAPANGEN 160	Early Modern Japan: The Floating World of Chikamatsu	4
JAPANGEN 184	Aristocrats, Warriors, Sex Workers, and Barbarians: Lived Life in Early Modern Japanese Painting	4
JAPANGEN 187	Romance, Desire, and Sexuality in Modern Japanese Literature	3-4

Minor in East Asian Studies

The goal of the minor in East Asian Studies is to provide the student with a broad background in East Asian culture as a whole, while allowing the student to focus on a geographical or temporal aspect of East Asia. The minor may be designed from the following, for a total of six courses and a minimum of 20 units. All courses should be taken for a letter grade.

Three area courses, one in each category (see East Asian Studies major for listing of area courses).
One undergraduate seminar above the 100 level and two other courses from among those listed as approved for East Asian Studies majors, including literature courses but excluding language courses. These courses are listed under East Asian Studies (EASTASN) in this bulletin, and under CHINGEN, CHINLIT, JAPANGEN, JAPANLIT, and KORGEN.

Applications for the minor should be submitted online through Axess and are due no later than the second quarter of the junior year.

Master of Arts Programs in East Asian Languages and Cultures

The M.A. is granted in Chinese and in Japanese. The normal length of study for the degree is two years.
No financial aid is available for those applicants who wish to obtain the M.A. only.
Students who wish to spend the first year of graduate study at the Beijing or Yokohama centers must obtain department approval first.
Candidates for the degree must be in residence at Stanford in California during the final quarter of registration.
A thesis or an annotated translation of a text of suitable literary or historical worth is required for the M.A. degree. Under special circumstances, a paper approved by the graduate adviser may be substituted.
The University's basic requirements for the master's degree, including a 45-unit minimum requirement, are given in the "Graduate Degrees" section of this Bulletin. Department requirements are set forth below.

Master of Arts in Chinese

The M.A. program in Chinese is designed for students with strong academic records and an interest in pursuing postgraduate research in Chinese literature, philosophy, or linguistics, but who have not yet acquired the language skills or disciplinary foundation necessary to enter a Ph.D. program. (Note: Students who wish to pursue advanced language training in preparation for post-graduate research in other fields of Chinese studies are referred to the interdisciplinary M.A. program in the Center for East Asian Studies.)

The candidate must:

Demonstrate proficiency in both modern and classical Chinese through completion of one of the tracks of third-year Chinese with a letter grade of 'B' or higher :

		Units
CHINLANG 103	Third-Year Modern Chinese, Third Quarter	5
CHINLANG 103B	Third-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Students, Third Quarter	3

One of three advanced classical Chinese courses:

		Units
CHINLIT 221	Advanced Classical Chinese: Philosophical Texts	3-5
CHINLIT 222	Advanced Classical Chinese: Historical Narration	2-5
CHINLIT 223	Advanced Classical Chinese: Literary Essays	3-5

Qualified students may, upon consultation with the graduate adviser, be permitted to certify that they have attained the equivalent level of proficiency by passing examinations.completion with a letter grade of 'B' or higher of third-year Chinese through one of these and Classical Chinese.

Units

Complete the following for a letter grade of 'B' or higher:

CHINGEN 201 Teaching Chinese Humanities 1
Four courses in Chinese literature or linguistics numbered between CHINLIT 230 and 292:

	Units
Complete the following for a letter grade of 'B' or higher:
CHINGEN 201	Teaching Chinese Humanities	1

		Units
CHINLIT 261	Sources of Chinese Poetry	4
CHINLIT 263	Lyric (Shih) I	2-4
CHINLIT 265	Major Figures in Classical Chinese Poetry	2-4
CHINLIT 266	Chinese Ci Poetry (Song Lyrics)	4
CHINLIT 272	Traditional Chinese Fiction: Novels	2-4
CHINLIT 273	Chinese Drama	2-4
CHINLIT 274	Modern Chinese Novel: Theory, Aesthetics, History	4
CHINLIT 279	For Love of Country: National Narratives in Chinese Literature and Film	3-5
CHINLIT 289	The Poetics and Politics of Affect in Modern China	3-5
CHINLIT 290	Chinese Cultural Revolution: Performance, Politics, and Aesthetics	4
CHINLIT 291	The Structure of Modern Chinese	2-4
CHINLIT 292	The History of Chinese	4

Two upper-division or graduate-level courses in fields such as Chinese anthropology, art history, history, philosophy, politics, and religion, as approved by the graduate adviser in consultation with the student's individual adviser
A master's thesis, enroll in:

		Units
CHINLIT 299	Master's Thesis or Translation	1-5

Master of Arts in Chinese, Archaeology Track

The M.A. in Chinese, Archeology track, is designed for students an interest in pursuing postgraduate research in Chinese archaeology who have not yet acquired the language skills or disciplinary foundation necessary to enter a Ph.D. program. The track is declared on Axess; it appears on the transcript but not on the diploma.

Degree Requirements

A candidate must

Demonstrate proficiency in both modern and classical Chinese by completing:
1. third-year Chinese through CHINLANG 103 Third-Year Modern Chinese, Third Quarter with a minimum grade of ‘B+’.
2. one of three advanced classical Chinese courses:
  Units
  
  CHINLIT 221 Advanced Classical Chinese: Philosophical Texts 3-5
  
  CHINLIT 222 Advanced Classical Chinese: Historical Narration 2-5
  
  CHINLIT 223 Advanced Classical Chinese: Literary Essays 3-5
3. Qualified students may, upon consultation with the graduate adviser, be permitted to certify that they have attained the equivalent level of proficiency by passing examinations or presenting documentary evidence of attendance at a bachelor’s institution in which Chinese is the language of instruction. Exemptions may also be granted to students who study prehistoric archaeology. Instead, these students should take required course work relating to archaeology which is offered in the Stanford Archaeology Center. For details students should consult with the supervisor or the graduate adviser.
Complete 45 units, including the following four graduate level CHINGEN or ANTHRO subject code courses appropriate to the Chinese Archaeology track. All courses must be passed with a minimum grade of ‘B+’.

		Units
CHINGEN 241	Emergence of Chinese Civilization from Caves to Palaces	3-4
CHINGEN 218	Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology	3-5
ANTHRO 303	Introduction to Archaeological Theory	5
ANTHRO 307	Archaeological Methods and Research Design	5

Two upper-division or graduate-level courses in fields such as Chinese anthropology, archaeology, art history, history, philosophy, political science and religious studies, as approved by the graduate adviser in consultation with the student’s individual adviser.
Master's Thesis: CHINLIT 299 Master's Thesis or Translation

Master of Arts in Japanese

The M.A. program in Japanese is designed for students with strong academic records and an interest in pursuing postgraduate research in Japanese literature, cultural history, or linguistics, but who have not yet acquired the language skills or disciplinary foundation necessary to enter a Ph.D. program. Note: Students who wish to pursue advanced language training in preparation for postgraduate research in other fields of Japanese studies are referred to the interdisciplinary M.A. program in the Center for East Asian Studies.

The candidate must:

Complete third-year Japanese:

		Units
JAPANLNG 101	Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter	5
JAPANLNG 102	Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter	5
JAPANLNG 103	Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter	5

Complete one of the following for a letter grade of 'B' or higher:

		Units
Fourth-year Japanese		9-15
JAPANLNG 211	Fourth-Year Japanese, First Quarter
JAPANLNG 212	Fourth-Year Japanese, Second Quarter
JAPANLNG 213	Fourth-Year Japanese, Third Quarter
Classical Japanese		5-10
JAPANLIT 246	Introduction to Premodern Japanese
JAPANLIT 247	Readings in Premodern Japanese

Note:

Complete the following with a letter grade of 'B' or higher:

four adviser-approved courses in Japanese literature, culture, or linguistics from among the offerings of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, not including courses taken to fulfill the language requirement

		Units
JAPANLIT 235	Academic Readings in Japanese I	2-4
JAPANLIT 236	Academic Readings in Japanese II	2-4
JAPANLIT 246	Introduction to Premodern Japanese	3-5
JAPANLIT 257	Points in Japanese Grammar	2-4
JAPANLIT 270	The Tale of Genji and Its Historical Reception	4
JAPANLIT 276	Modern Japanese Short Stories	2-4
JAPANLIT 279	Research in Japanese Linguistics	2-4
JAPANLIT 281	Japanese Pragmatics	2-4
JAPANLIT 287	Pictures of the Floating World: Images from Japanese Popular Culture	5
JAPANLIT 296	Modern Japanese Literature	2-5
JAPANLIT 298	The Theory and Practice of Japanese Literary Translation	2-5
JAPANLIT 396	Seminar: Modern Japanese Literature	2-5

Units

JAPANLIT 201 Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Study in Japanese 2-5
two upper-division or graduate-level courses in fields such as Japanese anthropology, art history, history, philosophy, politics, and religion, as approved by the graduate adviser in consultation with the student's individual adviser
a master's thesis; enroll in:
Units

JAPANLIT 299 Master's Thesis or Translation 1-5

	Units
JAPANLIT 201	Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Study in Japanese	2-5

	Units
JAPANLIT 299	Master's Thesis or Translation	1-5

Coterminal B.A. and M.A. Programs in East Asian Languages and Cultures

With department approval, students may be able to combine programs for the B.A. and M.A. degrees in Chinese or Japanese. Prospective applicants must consult with the graduate adviser. For details, see the "Graduate Degrees" section of this bulletin or at the Registrar's web site.

For those interested in a coterminal program with an M.A. in East Asian Studies, please contact the Center for East Asian Studies for application procedures and deadlines, or visit the CEAS web site and the "East Asian Studies" section of this bulletin.

Doctor of Philosophy Programs in East Asian Languages and Cultures

The Ph.D. degree is granted in Chinese and Japanese. Candidates for the degree are expected to acquire a thorough familiarity with Chinese or Japanese literature and linguistics, an adequate command of relevant languages, and a comprehensive knowledge of East Asian history, social institutions, and thought. The University's basic requirements for the Ph.D. are given in the "Graduate Degrees" section of this bulletin. Department requirements are set forth below.

Admission to Candidacy

Students admitted with a B.A. only are evaluated by the graduate faculty during the Autumn Quarter of their second year at Stanford. The evaluation is based on written work and at least a portion of the M.A. thesis or translation. If the faculty have serious doubts about a student's ability to work for the Ph.D., they convey this to the student. During the subsequent Spring Quarter, the faculty formally decide whether a student should be admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. or be terminated. In the case of a student who already has an M.A. in Chinese or Japanese when admitted to the department, the evaluation takes place in the Spring Quarter of the student's first year. If a student goes to the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP) at Tsinghua University or the Inter-University Center (IUC) for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama during the first two years of study, the department may consider an extension for admission to candidacy. The timing of the evaluation of a student admitted with an M.A. in East Asian Studies is decided on an individual basis.

Admission to candidacy does not mean that the student has fulfilled all requirements for the degree except the dissertation, but that the department faculty consider the student qualified to pursue a program of study leading to the Ph.D. and that, subject to continued satisfactory progress, the student's status in this department is secure.

Doctor of Philosophy in Chinese

The Ph.D. program in Chinese is designed to prepare students for a doctoral degree in Chinese literature, philosophy, or linguistics. Applicants must have a minimum of three years of Chinese language study at Stanford or the equivalent to be considered for admission. Ph.D. students will complete the M.A. as described above on the way to advancing to Ph.D. candidacy (see department guidelines for admission to candidacy above). The majority of required course work for Ph.D. students demands the ability to read primary and secondary materials in Chinese. Advanced standing may be considered for students entering the Ph.D. program who have already completed an M.A. in Chinese literature or linguistics elsewhere only in cases when the level of prior course work and research is deemed equivalent to departmental requirements for the Ph.D. All courses must be taken for a letter grade.

A candidate must fulfill the following requirements:

Complete advanced classical Chinese through CHINLIT 223 Advanced Classical Chinese: Literary Essays and the department's requirements for the M.A. in Chinese.
Demonstrate proficiency in at least one supporting language, to be chosen in consultation with the primary adviser according to the candidate's specific research goals. Reading proficiency must be certified through a written examination or an appropriate amount of course work, to be determined on a case-by-case basis. When deemed necessary by the student's adviser(s), working knowledge of a third language may also be required.
Units

CHINGEN 201 Teaching Chinese Humanities 1
Complete two relevant seminars at the 300 level. These seminars must be in different subjects.

	Units
CHINGEN 201	Teaching Chinese Humanities	1

CHINLIT 371

Aesthetics, Politics, and Literary Criticism: East and West

2-5

Pass a set of three comprehensive written examinations, one of which tests the candidate's methodological competence in the relevant discipline. The remaining two fields are chosen, with the approval of the graduate adviser in consultation with the student's individual adviser, from the following: archaeology, anthropology, art, Chinese literature, history, Japanese literature, linguistics, philosophy, and religion. With the adviser's approval, a Ph.D. minor in a supporting field may be deemed equivalent to the completion of one of these three examinations.
Demonstrate pedagogical proficiency by serving as a teaching assistant for a minimum of one quarter, and taking DLCL 301 The Learning and Teaching of Second Languages.
Pass the University Oral Examination—General regulations governing the oral examination are found in the "Graduate Degrees" section of this Bulletin. The candidate is examined on questions related to the dissertation after acceptable parts of it have been completed in draft form.
Submit a dissertation demonstrating ability to undertake original research based on primary and secondary materials in Chinese.

Doctor of Philosophy in Chinese, Archaeology track

1. Complete one of three advanced classical Chinese courses and the requirements for the M.A. Qualified students may, upon consultation with the graduate adviser, be permitted to certify that they have attained the equivalent level of proficiency by passing examinations or presenting documentary evidence. Exemptions may be granted to students who study prehistoric archaeology. Instead, these students should take coursework offered in the Stanford Archaeology Center. Consult with graduate adviser.

		Units
CHINLIT 221	Advanced Classical Chinese: Philosophical Texts	3-5
CHINLIT 222	Advanced Classical Chinese: Historical Narration	2-5
CHINLIT 223	Advanced Classical Chinese: Literary Essays	2-5

2. Demonstrate proficiency in at least one supporting foreign language (in addition to Chinese and English), to be chosen in consultation with the primary adviser according to the candidate's specific research goals. Reading proficiency must be certified through a written examination or an appropriate amount of coursework, to be determined on a case-by-case basis.

3. Six graduate level CHINGEN or ANTHRO courses appropriate to the Chinese Archaeology track, as approved by the adviser:

		Units
CHINGEN 118	Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology	3-5
CHINGEN 141	Emergence of Chinese Civilization from Caves to Palaces	3-4
ANTHRO 303	Introduction to Archaeological Theory	5
ANTHRO 308	Proposal Writing Seminar	5
ANTHRO 307	Archaeological Methods and Research Design	5
ANTHRO 310G	Introduction to Graduate Studies	2
ANTHRO 444	Anthropology Colloquium: Graduate Seminar	1

4. Serve as a teaching assistant for two quarters and research assistant in an archaeology laboratory for two quarters.

5. Pass qualifying examinations in Chinese archaeology.

6. Carry out fieldwork related to dissertation research.

7. Pass University oral examination. The candidate is examined on questions related to the dissertation after acceptable parts of it have been completed in draft form.

8. Submit a dissertation demonstrating ability to undertake original research based on primary materials in Chinese or data related to China.

Doctor of Philosophy in Japanese

The Ph.D. program in Japanese is designed to prepare students for a doctoral degree in Japanese literature, cultural history, or linguistics. Applicants must have a minimum of three years of Japanese language study at Stanford or the equivalent to be considered for admission. Ph.D. students will complete an M.A. on the way to advancing to Ph.D. candidacy (see department guidelines for admission to candidacy above). The majority of required course work for Ph.D. students demands the ability to read primary and secondary materials in Japanese. Advanced standing may be considered for students entering the Ph.D. program who have already completed an M.A. in Japanese literature or linguistics elsewhere only in cases when the level of prior course work and research is deemed equivalent to departmental requirements for the Ph.D. All courses must be taken for a letter grade.

A candidate must fulfill the following requirements:

Demonstrate proficiency in both modern and classical Japanese language by completing the following courses, or by demonstrating an equivalent level of linguistic attainment by passing the appropriate certifying examinations.fourth-year Japanese through:
1. Units
  
  JAPANLNG 213 Fourth-Year Japanese, Third Quarter 3-5
  
  classical Japanese through:
2. Units
  
  JAPANLIT 246 Introduction to Premodern Japanese 3-5
  
  JAPANLIT 247 Readings in Premodern Japanese 2-5
Demonstrate proficiency in at least one supporting language, to be chosen in consultation with the primary adviser according to the candidate's specific research goals. Reading proficiency must be certified through a written examination or an appropriate amount of course work, to be determined on a case-by-case basis. When deemed necessary by the student's adviser(s), working knowledge of a third language may also be required.
Students concentrating in classical Japanese literature are normally expected to fulfill this requirement by completing kanbun:
1. Units
  
  first-year classical Chinese:
2. Units
  
  CHINLIT 205 Beginning Classical Chinese, First Quarter 2-5
  
  CHINLIT 206 Beginning Classical Chinese, Second Quarter 2-5
  
  CHINLIT 207 Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter 2-5
Complete eight adviser-approved courses numbered above 200 from among the offerings of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. At least four of these eight courses must be advanced seminars numbered above 300. At least one of these eight courses must deal with Japanese linguistics. For students focusing on modern literature, at least two of these eight courses must deal with premodern material, and for students focusing on premodern literature, at least two of the eight courses must deal with modern material.

	Units
JAPANLIT 246	Introduction to Premodern Japanese	3-5
JAPANLIT 247	Readings in Premodern Japanese	2-5

	Units
CHINLIT 205	Beginning Classical Chinese, First Quarter	2-5
CHINLIT 206	Beginning Classical Chinese, Second Quarter	2-5
CHINLIT 207	Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter	2-5

		Units
JAPANLIT 257	Points in Japanese Grammar	2-4
JAPANLIT 270	The Tale of Genji and Its Historical Reception	4
JAPANLIT 276	Modern Japanese Short Stories	2-4
JAPANLIT 279	Research in Japanese Linguistics	2-4
JAPANLIT 281	Japanese Pragmatics	2-4
JAPANLIT 287	Pictures of the Floating World: Images from Japanese Popular Culture	5
JAPANLIT 296	Modern Japanese Literature	2-5
JAPANLIT 298	The Theory and Practice of Japanese Literary Translation	2-5
JAPANLIT 350	Japanese Historical Fiction	3-5
JAPANLIT 377	Seminar: Structure of Japanese	2-4
JAPANLIT 381	Topics in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis	2-4

Complete two upper-division or graduate-level courses in two supporting fields, for a total of four courses outside of Japanese literature or linguistics. Supporting fields, to be determined in consultation with the student's primary adviser, may include Japanese anthropology, art, history, philosophy, politics, and religion, Chinese literature, comparative literature, etc.
Units

JAPANLIT 201 Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Study in Japanese 2-5
Pass a comprehensive qualifying examination that tests the candidate's breadth and depth in the primary field of research and methodological competence in the relevant discipline.
Demonstrate pedagogical proficiency by serving as a teaching assistant for a minimum of one quarter and taking:
Units

DLCL 301 The Learning and Teaching of Second Languages 3
Pass the University Oral Examination. General regulations governing the oral examination are found in the "Graduate Degrees" section of this Bulletin. The candidate is examined on questions related to the dissertation after acceptable parts of it have been completed in draft form.
Submit a dissertation demonstrating ability to undertake original research based on primary and secondary materials in Japanese.

	Units
JAPANLIT 201	Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Study in Japanese	2-5

	Units
DLCL 301	The Learning and Teaching of Second Languages	3

Doctor of Philosophy in Japanese, Linguistics Track

1. Demonstrate proficiency in both modern and classical Japanese language by completing the following courses, or by demonstrating an equivalent level of linguistic attainment by passing the appropriate certifying examinations:

		Units
JAPANLNG 213	Fourth-Year Japanese, Third Quarter	3-5
JAPANLIT 246	Introduction to Premodern Japanese	3-5
JAPANLIT 247	Readings in Premodern Japanese	2-5

2. Demonstrate proficiency in at least one supporting language, to be chosen in consultation with the primary adviser according to the candidate's specific research goals. Reading proficiency must be certified through a written examination or an appropriate amount of course work, to be determined on a case-by-case basis. When deemed necessary by the student's adviser(s), working knowledge of a third language may also be required.

3. Complete six adviser-approved courses numbered above 200 from among the offerings of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. At least one of these six courses must be an advanced seminar numbered above 300. At least one of these six courses must deal with Japanese literature.

4. Complete five upper-division or graduate-level courses in linguistics and other supporting fields. To be determined in consultation with the student's primary adviser, these may include applied linguistics, Chinese linguistics, psychology, education, anthropology, sociology, etc.

5. Complete JAPANLIT 279 Research in Japanese Linguistics

6. Submit two qualifying papers presenting substantial research in two different subfields of Japanese linguistics.

7. Submit an annotated bibliography pertaining to the topic of dissertation.

8. Demonstrate pedagogical proficiency by serving as a teaching assistant for a minimum of one quarter and taking DLCL 301 The Learning and Teaching of Second Languages

9. Pass the University Oral Examination. The candidate is examined on questions related to the dissertation after acceptable parts of it have been completed in draft form.

10. Submit a dissertation demonstrating ability to undertake original research based on primary and secondary materials in Japanese.

Ph.D. Minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures

A student taking a Ph.D. minor in Chinese or Japanese must complete at least 30 units of work within the department at the 200 and 300 level, chosen in consultation with a department adviser. The student must take either CHINGEN 201 Teaching Chinese Humanities or JAPANLIT 201 Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Study in Japanese unless the department is satisfied that work done elsewhere has provided similar training. The student must also pass a written examination in the Chinese or Japanese language.

Emeriti: (Professors) Albert E. Dien, David S. Nivison, Makoto Ueda, John Wang¹; (Associate Professor) Susan Matisoff; (Senior Lecturer) Yin Chuang

Chair: Ban Wang

Directors of Graduate Studies: James Reichert (Japanese), Li Liu (Chinese)

Directors of Undergraduate Studies: Yoshiko Matsumoto (Japanese), Haiyan Lee (Chinese)

Professors: Steven D. Carter (on leave autumn), Ronald Egan, Li Liu, Yoshiko Matsumoto, Chao Fen Sun, Melinda Takeuchi (East Asian Languages and Cultures, Art and Art History), Ban Wang (East Asian Languages and Cultures, Comparative Literature)

Associate Professors: Haiyan Lee, Indra Levy, James Reichert

Assistant Professors: Yiqun Zhou, Dafna Zur

Consulting Professor: Richard Dasher

Lecturers: Paul Festa, Regina Llamas

Postdoctoral Fellows: Paul Roquet, Armin Selbitschka

Chinese-Japanese Area Studies Faculty:

Professors: Carl W. Bielefeldt (Religious Studies), Gordon Chang (History), Richard Dasher (Center for Integrated Systems), John Kieschnick (Religious Studies), Mark E. Lewis (History), Paul Harrison (Religious Studies), Jean Oi (Political Science), David Palumbo-Liu (Comparative Literature), Gi-Wook Shin (Sociology), Richard Vinograd (Art and Art History), Andrew Walder (Sociology), Kären Wigen (History), Arthur P. Wolf (Anthropology), Lee H. Yearley (Religious Studies), Xueguang Zhou (Sociology)

Associate Professors: Jindong Cai (Music), Matthew Sommer (History), Miyako Inoue (Anthropology), Matthew Kohrman (Anthropology), Thomas Mullaney (History)

Assistant Professors: Jennifer Adams (Education), Phillip Lipscy (Political Science), Jean Ma (Art and Art History), Yumi Moon (History), Jun Uchida (History)

¹	Recalled to active duty.

Chinese General Courses

CHINGEN 70N. Marvelous Creatures: Animals and Humans in Chinese Literature. 3-4 Units.

Preference to freshmen. Read novels and short stories as well as view films that feature an array of marvelous creatures from late imperial times to the contemporary era. What animal imageries and metaphors can reveal about the Chinese and how they relate to the natural, supernatural, and human worlds across the centuries.

CHINGEN 73. Chinese Language, Culture, and Society. 4 Units.

Topics include the origin of Chinese, development of dialects, emergence of the standard, preferred formulaic expressions, the evolution of writing, and language policies in greater China. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 1 or 1B, or equivalent.
Same as: CHINGEN 173.

CHINGEN 91. Traditional East Asian Culture: China. 5 Units.

Required for Chinese and Japanese majors. Introduction to Chinese culture in a historical context. Topics include political and socioeconomic institutions, religion, ethics, education, and art and literature.

CHINGEN 101. How to Be Modern in China: A Gateway to the World Course. 3 Units.

A gateway course on China, with a focus on the politics of everyday life, in the capital city of Beijing. Introduction to the history and politics of modern China. The pleasures, frictions, and challenges of daily living in the penumbra of power in Beijing as reported, represented, and reflected upon in fiction, film, reportage, social commentary, and scholarly writings. Priority to those preparing to participate in BOSP-Beijing Program or returning from the program.

CHINGEN 118. Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology. 3-5 Units.

Archaeological studies in contemporary East Asia share a common concern, to contribute to building a national narrative and cultural identity. This course focuses on case studies from China, Korea, and Japan, examining the influence of particular social-political contexts, such as nationalism, on the practice of archaeology in modern times.
Same as: ARCHLGY 135, ARCHLGY 235, CHINGEN 218.

CHINGEN 119. Popular Culture and Casino Capitalism in China. 3-4 Units.

Examination of different forms of Chinese popular culture used to gauge or control fate and uncertainty, from geomancy and qigong to ghost culture and mahjong. Ways in which Chinese are incorporating these cultural forms into the informal economy to get rich quick: rotating credit associations, stock market speculation, pyramid schemes, underground lotteries, counterfeiting. Impact of casino capitalism on Chinese culture and social life today.
Same as: CHINGEN 219.

CHINGEN 120. Soldiers and Bandits in Chinese Culture. 3-5 Units.

Social roles and literary images of two groups on the margins of traditional Chinese society; historical and comparative perspectives.
Same as: CHINGEN 220.

CHINGEN 121. Classical Chinese Rituals. 3-5 Units.

Meanings of rituals regarding death, wedding, war, and other activities; historical transformations of classical rituals throughout the premodern period; legacy of the Chinese ritual tradition. Sources include canonical texts.
Same as: CHINGEN 221.

CHINGEN 131. Chinese Poetry in Translation. 4 Units.

From the first millennium B.C. through the 12th century. Traditional verse forms representative of the classical tradition; highlights of the most distinguished poets. History, language, and culture. Chinese language not required.
Same as: CHINGEN 231.

CHINGEN 132. Chinese Fiction and Drama in Translation. 4 Units.

From early times to the 18th century, emphasizing literary and thematic discussions of major works in English translation.
Same as: CHINGEN 232.

CHINGEN 133. Literature in 20th-Century China. 4-5 Units.

(Graduate students register for 233.) How modern Chinese culture evolved from tradition to modernity; the century-long drive to build a modern nation state and to carry out social movements and political reforms. How the individual developed modern notions of love, affection, beauty, and moral relations with community and family. Sources include fiction and film clips. WIM course.
Same as: CHINGEN 233.

CHINGEN 134. Early Chinese Mythology. 3-5 Units.

The definition of a myth. Major myths of China prior to the rise of Buddhism and Daoism including: tales of the early sage kings such as Yu and the flood; depictions of deities in the underworld; historical myths; tales of immortals in relation to local cults; and tales of the patron deities of crafts.
Same as: CHINGEN 234.

CHINGEN 135. Chinese Bodies, Chinese Selves. 3-5 Units.

Interdisciplinary. The body as a contested site of representational practices, identity politics, cultural values, and social norms. Body images, inscriptions, and practices in relation to health, morality, gender, sexuality, nationalism, consumerism, and global capitalism in China and Taiwan. Sources include anthropological, literary, and historical studies, and fiction and film. No knowledge of Chinese required.
Same as: CHINGEN 235.

CHINGEN 136. The Chinese Family. 3-5 Units.

History and literature. Institutional, ritual, affective, and symbolic aspects. Perspectives of gender, class, and social change.
Same as: CHINGEN 236.

CHINGEN 138. Love and Politics in Chinese Cinema. 4-5 Units.

How films work as expressions of desire, impulse, emotional connection, and communal attachment during times of social upheaval and reconstruction. Film theory and aesthetics, and alternative paradigms about world and social relations. Chinese language not required.
Same as: CHINGEN 238.

CHINGEN 139. Cultural Revolution as Literature. 4 Units.

Literary form, aesthetic sensibility, and themes of trauma, identity, and the limits of representation in major literary works concerning the Cultural Revolution in China. Recommended: background in Chinese history or literature.
Same as: CHINGEN 239.

CHINGEN 140. Chinese Justice: Law, Morality, and Literature. 3-5 Units.

Explores the relationship between law and morality in Chinese literature, culture, and society. Readings include court case romances, crime plays, detective novels, and legal dramas from traditional era and modern and contemporary periods. Prior coursework in Chinese history, civilization, or literature is recommended. All readings are in English.
Same as: CHINGEN 240.

CHINGEN 141. Emergence of Chinese Civilization from Caves to Palaces. 3-4 Units.

Introduces processes of cultural evolution from the Paleolithic to the Three Dynasties in China. By examining archaeological remains, ancient inscriptions, and traditional texts, four major topics will be discussed: origins of modern humans, beginnings of agriculture, development of social stratification, and emergence of states and urbanism.
Same as: ARCHLGY 111, CHINGEN 241.

CHINGEN 143. Images of Women in Ancient China and Greece. 4 Units.

Representation of women in ancient Chinese and Greek texts. How men viewed women and what women had to say about themselves and their societies. Primary readings in poetry, drama, and didactic writings. Relevance for understanding modern concerns; use of comparison for discovering historical and cultural patterns.
Same as: CHINGEN 243, CLASSGEN 153, CLASSGEN 253.

CHINGEN 145. The Silk Road(s)-Myth and Reality. 3-5 Units.

Consulting archaeological as well as written sources, this course evaluates all aspects of Silk Road history--trade, travel, war, religion, ideologies, and cultural exchange--from its earliest age through the Mongolian Era (13th century).
Same as: CHINGEN 245.

CHINGEN 150. Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China. 3-5 Units.

Investigates how sex, gender, and power are entwined in the Chinese experience of modernity. Topics include anti-footbinding campaigns, free love/free sex, women's mobilization in revolution and war, the new Marriage Law of 1950, Mao's iron girls, postsocialist celebrations of sensuality, and emergent queer politics. Readings range from feminist theory to China-focused historiography, ethnography, memoir, biography, fiction, essay, and film. All course materials are in English.
Same as: CHINGEN 250.

CHINGEN 160. New Directions in the Study of Poetry and Literati Culture. 3-4 Units.

Inquiry into new approaches and interpretations of the poetic tradition in China in the context of cultural history. Readings in recent scholarship and criticism that situate poetry in print history, manuscript culture, gender studies, social history, etc. Readings in English. Reading knowledge of Chinese desirable but not required.
Same as: CHINGEN 260.

CHINGEN 169. A History of Chinese Drama. 3-4 Units.

A survey of Chinese drama from its origins to late imperial China. In addition to tracing the historical development of Chinese drama, we will also examine both plays and traditional criticism of drama in an attempt to understand the aesthetic norms and moral values that went into its process of development, in other words, how Chinese performed, read, watched and evaluated plays.
Same as: CHINGEN 269.

CHINGEN 173. Chinese Language, Culture, and Society. 4 Units.

CHINGEN 193E. Female Divinities in China. 3-5 Units.

The role of powerful goddesses, such as the Queen Mother of the West, Guanyin, and Chen Jinggu, in Chinese religion. Imperial history to the present day. What roles goddesses played in the spirit world, how this related to the roles of human women, and why a civilization that excluded women from the public sphere granted them such a major, even dominant place, in the religious sphere. Readings in English-language secondary literature.
Same as: CHINGEN 393E.

CHINGEN 194. The History and Culture of Peking Opera. 3-4 Units.

Explores the history and culture of Peking opera from its regional origins to a major national form. It will focus on genre formation, the professional and social position of actors and the political role of Peking opera. In addition to academic texts, we will read memoirs, biographies and watch videos and movies.
Same as: CHINGEN 294.

CHINGEN 198. Senior Colloquium in Chinese Studies. 1 Unitss.

Students research, write, and present a capstone essay or honors thesis.

CHINGEN 200. Directed Readings in Asian Languages. 1-12 Units.

For Chinese literature. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (Staff).

CHINGEN 201. Teaching Chinese Humanities. 1 Unitss.

Prepares graduate students to teach humanities at the undergraduate level. Topics include syllabus development and course design, techniques for generating discussion, effective grading practices, and issues particular to the subject matter.

CHINGEN 217. Worship of Buddhist Images in Medieval China. 3-5 Units.

Explores Buddhist image-making practices from Han to Tang China from a trans-Asian perspective. Topics include characteristics of earliest Chinese images (vis-a-vis those of Indian subcontinent), their growth as a dominant artistic genre, inroads of foreign images and Chinese interactions, constructions of Buddhist ritual spaces such as monumental pagodas and cave temples, cross-cultural contexts of image worship.
Same as: CHINGEN 117.

CHINGEN 218. Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology. 3-5 Units.

CHINGEN 219. Popular Culture and Casino Capitalism in China. 3-4 Units.

CHINGEN 220. Soldiers and Bandits in Chinese Culture. 3-5 Units.

Social roles and literary images of two groups on the margins of traditional Chinese society; historical and comparative perspectives.
Same as: CHINGEN 120.

CHINGEN 221. Classical Chinese Rituals. 3-5 Units.

CHINGEN 231. Chinese Poetry in Translation. 4 Units.

CHINGEN 232. Chinese Fiction and Drama in Translation. 4 Units.

From early times to the 18th century, emphasizing literary and thematic discussions of major works in English translation.
Same as: CHINGEN 132.

CHINGEN 233. Literature in 20th-Century China. 4-5 Units.

CHINGEN 234. Early Chinese Mythology. 3-5 Units.

CHINGEN 235. Chinese Bodies, Chinese Selves. 3-5 Units.

CHINGEN 236. The Chinese Family. 3-5 Units.

History and literature. Institutional, ritual, affective, and symbolic aspects. Perspectives of gender, class, and social change.
Same as: CHINGEN 136.

CHINGEN 238. Love and Politics in Chinese Cinema. 4-5 Units.

CHINGEN 239. Cultural Revolution as Literature. 4 Units.

CHINGEN 240. Chinese Justice: Law, Morality, and Literature. 3-5 Units.

CHINGEN 241. Emergence of Chinese Civilization from Caves to Palaces. 3-4 Units.

CHINGEN 243. Images of Women in Ancient China and Greece. 4 Units.

CHINGEN 245. The Silk Road(s)-Myth and Reality. 3-5 Units.

CHINGEN 250. Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China. 3-5 Units.

CHINGEN 260. New Directions in the Study of Poetry and Literati Culture. 3-4 Units.

CHINGEN 269. A History of Chinese Drama. 3-4 Units.

CHINGEN 294. The History and Culture of Peking Opera. 3-4 Units.

CHINGEN 393E. Female Divinities in China. 3-5 Units.

Chinese Literature Courses

CHINLIT 125. Beginning Classical Chinese, First Quarter. 2-5 Units.

Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 23 or equivalent.
Same as: CHINLIT 205.

CHINLIT 126. Beginning Classical Chinese, Second Quarter. 2-5 Units.

Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127/207 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125/205. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 125/205 or equivalent.
Same as: CHINLIT 206.

CHINLIT 127. Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter. 2-5 Units.

CHINLIT 155. Classical Poetry: Reading, Theory, Interpretation. 4 Units.

Introduction to the reading and interpretation of classical Chinese poetry, with attention to the language of poetry, aesthetics, expressive purposes, and social roles. Readings in Chinese. Prerequisite: three years of modern Chinese or equivalent.
Same as: CHINLIT 255.

CHINLIT 165. Major Figures in Classical Chinese Poetry. 4 Units.

Focus is on a major poet and relationships to previous and later poetry. Poetic form, including meter and rhyme schemes. Historical context. This year's poet is Du Fu. Prerequisite: 3 years Modern Chinese or equivalent..
Same as: CHINLIT 265.

CHINLIT 166. Chinese Ci Poetry (Song Lyrics). 3-4 Units.

Introduction to poetry in the ci "song lyrics" form. This year the focus is on song lyrics of Li Qingzhao (1084-1150s), read against song lyrics composed by male writers of her day. Attention to the special challenges she faced as a woman writer, and the ways that the tradition struggled to accommodate this "talented woman." Prerequisite: Classical Chinese or advanced reading knowledge of Chinese.
Same as: CHINLIT 266.

CHINLIT 174. Modern Chinese Novel: Theory, Aesthetics, History. 4 Units.

From the May Fourth movement to the 40s. Themes include enlightenment, democracy, women's liberation, revolution, war, urban culture, and love. Prerequisite: advanced Chinese.
Same as: CHINLIT 274, COMPLIT 254.

CHINLIT 189A. Honors Research. 2-5 Units.

CHINLIT 189B. Honors Research. 5 Units.

Open to senior honors students to write thesis.

CHINLIT 190. Chinese Cultural Revolution: Performance, Politics, and Aesthetics. 4 Units.

Events, arts, films, and operas of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Analysis of political passion, aesthetics, and psychology of mass movements. Places the Cultural Revolution in the long-range context of art, social movements, and politics. Chinese language is not required.
Same as: CHINLIT 290, COMPLIT 135.

CHINLIT 191. The Structure of Modern Chinese. 2-4 Units.

Focus is on on syntax and semantics. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 3 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Same as: CHINLIT 291.

CHINLIT 199. Individual Reading in Chinese. 1-4 Units.

Asian Language majors only. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 103 or consent of instructor. Units by arrangement.

CHINLIT 200. Directed Reading in Chinese. 1-12 Units.

CHINLIT 201. Proseminar: Bibliographic and Research Methods in Chinese Studies. 3-5 Units.

Bibliographic and research methods in Chinese studies. Prerequisite: 127/207 or equivalent.

CHINLIT 205. Beginning Classical Chinese, First Quarter. 2-5 Units.

CHINLIT 206. Beginning Classical Chinese, Second Quarter. 2-5 Units.

CHINLIT 207. Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter. 2-5 Units.

CHINLIT 221. Advanced Classical Chinese: Philosophical Texts. 3-5 Units.

Prerequisite: 207 or equivalent.

CHINLIT 222. Advanced Classical Chinese: Historical Narration. 2-5 Units.

Prerequisite: 127/207 or equivalent.

CHINLIT 223. Advanced Classical Chinese: Literary Essays. 2-5 Units.

Readings and grammatical analyses of literary essays thoughout imperial China. Prerequisite: CHINLIT 127/207 or equivalent.

CHINLIT 255. Classical Poetry: Reading, Theory, Interpretation. 4 Units.

CHINLIT 261. Sources of Chinese Poetry. 4 Units.

The Book of Songs(ca. 1000-500 B.C.E.) and Songs of Chu (ca. 400 B.C.E.), the earliest anthologies of Chinese poetry.

CHINLIT 263. Lyric (Shih) I. 2-4 Units.

Han through Sui dynasties.

CHINLIT 265. Major Figures in Classical Chinese Poetry. 4 Units.

CHINLIT 266. Chinese Ci Poetry (Song Lyrics). 3-4 Units.

CHINLIT 272. Traditional Chinese Fiction: Novels. 2-4 Units.

Major novels of late imperial China. Prerequisite: 127/207 or consent of instructor.

CHINLIT 273. Chinese Drama. 2-4 Units.

Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods emphasizing literary not theatrical qualities. Prerequisite: 127/207 or consent of instructor.

CHINLIT 274. Modern Chinese Novel: Theory, Aesthetics, History. 4 Units.

CHINLIT 279. For Love of Country: National Narratives in Chinese Literature and Film. 3-5 Units.

Explores the nation as it is constructed, deconstructed, and continuously contested in novels, short stories, films, and other media from the second half of the 20th century in mainland China and Taiwan. Asks how the trope of the nation and the ideology of nationalism mediate the relationships between politics and aesthetics. Explores the nation's internal fault lines of gender, ethnicity, geography, language, and citizenship.

CHINLIT 289. The Poetics and Politics of Affect in Modern China. 3-5 Units.

The role of affect in modern Chinese aesthetics and politics. Cultural and social theories of affect (love, hate, fear, grief, ressentiment, rage, sympathy, sincerity, shame, and nostalgia); affective discourses across agenres and media including fiction, poetry, film, journalism, and television; and mass social movements such as protest, uprising, and revolution. Advanced undergraduates requires consent of instructor. Recommended: reading knowledge of Chinese.

CHINLIT 290. Chinese Cultural Revolution: Performance, Politics, and Aesthetics. 4 Units.

CHINLIT 291. The Structure of Modern Chinese. 2-4 Units.

Focus is on on syntax and semantics. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 3 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Same as: CHINLIT 191.

CHINLIT 292. The History of Chinese. 4 Units.

Emphasis is on syntactic and semantic changes in the last 2,000 years and grammaticalization. Students use a computer corpus to do research on the history of Chinese. Prerequisite: 126 or consent of instructor.
Same as: CHINLIT 192.

CHINLIT 299. Master's Thesis or Translation. 1-5 Units.

A total of 5 units taken in one or more quarters.

CHINLIT 369. Late Imperial Chinese Fiction. 2-5 Units.

Primary works examined include Jin Ping Mei, Xingshi yinyuan zhuan, Hongloumeng, Qilu deng, Rulin waishi, and Ernu yingxiong zhuan. Secondary readings focus on social dimensions of the Chinese novel (ca. 1600-1850), but students may explore other aspects of the texts in their presentations and research papers. Comparisons with the English novel, particularly on the rise of the novel and the advent of modernity.

CHINLIT 371. Aesthetics, Politics, and Literary Criticism: East and West. 2-5 Units.

How aesthetics and politics intertwine and break apart in Western and Eastern traditions. Aesthetics for understanding culture, morality, and power in crosscultural contexts. Readings include Hegel, Kant, Marcuse, Lukacs, and Adorno; and Chinese thinkers Wang Guowei, Lu Xun, Li Zehou, and Mao. Prerequisite: CHINLIT 127/207 or consent of instructor.
Same as: COMPLIT 371.

CHINLIT 399. Dissertation Research. 1-12 Units.

CHINLIT 400. Advanced Language Training. 1-15 Units.

For students in the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies in Beijing or Taipei. For more information, contact the consortium office at UC Berkeley: (510) 642-3873, or see http://ieas.berkeley.edu/iup/contact_iup.html.

Japanese General Courses

JAPANGEN 51. Japanese Business Systems. 3-5 Units.

Japanese sociocultural dynamics in industrial and corporate structures, negotiating styles, decision making, and crisis management. Practicum on Japan market strategies.
Same as: JAPANGEN 251.

JAPANGEN 60. Asian Arts and Cultures. 5 Units.

An introduction to major monuments, themes, styles, and media of East and South Asian visual arts, in their social, literary, religious, and political contexts. Through close study of primary monuments of architectural, pictorial, and sculptural arts and related texts, this course will explore ritual and mortuary arts; Buddhist arts across Asia; narrative and landscape images; and courtly, urban, monastic, and studio environments for art from Bronze Age to modern eras.
Same as: ARTHIST 2.

JAPANGEN 75N. Around the World in Seventeen Syllables: Haiku in Japan, the U.S., and the Digital World. 3-4 Units.

Preference to freshmen. Origins of the haiku form in Japan, its place in the discourse of Orientalism during the 19th and early 20th centuries in the West, its appropriation by U.S.devotees of Zen and the beat poets after WW II, and its current transformation into a global form through the Internet.

JAPANGEN 79. Japanese Ghosts: The Supernatural in Japanese Art and Entertainment. 4 Units.

The complex meanings of ghosts in Japanese culture. Representations of the supernatural in images, drama, oral narratives, prose, film, comics and animation at different moments in Japanese history.
Same as: JAPANGEN 179.

JAPANGEN 82N. Joys and Pains of Growing Up and Older in Japan. 3 Units.

What do old and young people share in common? With a focus on Japan, a country with a large long-living population, this seminar spotlights older people's lives as a reflectiion of culture and society, history, and current social and personal changes. Through discussion of multidisciplinary studies on age, analysis of narratives, and films, we will gain a closer understanding of Japanese society and the multiple meanings of growing up and older. Students will also create a short video/audio profile of an older individual, and we will explore cross-cultural comparisons.

JAPANGEN 92. Traditional East Asian Culture: Japan. 5 Units.

Required for Chinese and Japanese majors. Introduction to Japanese culture in historical context. Previous topics include:shifting paradigms of gender relations and performance, ancient mythology, court poetry and romance, medieval war tales, and the theaters of Noh, Bunraku, and Kabuki.

JAPANGEN 121. Translating Japan, Translating the West. 3-4 Units.

Translation lies at the heart of all intercultural exchange. This course introduces students to the specific ways in which translation has shaped the image of Japan in the West, the image of the West in Japan, and Japan's self-image in the modern period. What texts and concepts were translated by each side, how, and to what effect? No prior knowledge of Japanese language necessary.
Same as: JAPANGEN 221.

JAPANGEN 125. Emotions of Japanese Cinema (Postindustrial Version). 4 Units.

Seminar aims to elucidate the affective terrain of postindustrial Japan and to rethink affect theory from the perspective of Japanese cinema. Films have English subtitles and core readings are in English. Additional readings for those with access to Japanese.
Same as: FILMSTUD 235, JAPANGEN 225.

JAPANGEN 137. Classical Japanese Literature in Translation. 4 Units.

Prose, poetry, and drama from the 10th-19th centuries. Historical, intellectual, and cultural context. Works vary each year. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
Same as: JAPANGEN 237.

JAPANGEN 138. Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture. 3-4 Units.

This class introduces key literary texts from Japan's modern era (1868-present), locating these works in the larger political, social, and cultural trends of the period. Primary texts include: Futabatei Shimei's Floating Clouds, Higuchi Ichiyô's Child's Play, Natsume Sôseki's Kokoro, Kobayashi Takiji's Cannery Boat, Ôe Kenzaburô's The Catch, and Yoshimoto Banana's Kitchen. Examination of these literary works will be contextualized within larger political trends (e.g., the modernization program of the Meiji regime, the policies of Japan's wartime government, and postwar Japanese responses to the cold war), social developments (e.g., changing notions of social class, the women's rights movement, and the social effects of the postwar economic expansion), and cultural movements (e.g., literary reform movement of the 1890s, modernism of the 1920s and 30s, and postmodernism of the 1980s). The goal of the class is to use literary texts as a point of entry to understand the grand narrative of Japan's journey from its tentative re-entry into the international community in the 1850s, through the cataclysm of the Pacific War, to the remarkable prosperity of the bubble years in the 1980s.
Same as: JAPANGEN 238.

JAPANGEN 141. Japanese Performance Traditions. 3-4 Units.

Major paradigms of gender in Japanese performance traditions from ancient to modern times, covering Noh, Kabuki, Bunraku, and Takarazuka.
Same as: JAPANGEN 241.

JAPANGEN 148. Modern Japanese Narratives: Literature and Film. 3-5 Units.

Central issues in modern Japanese visual and written narrative. Focus is on competing views of modernity, war, and crises of individual and collective identity and responsibility. Directors and authors include Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Ozu, Ogai, Akutagawa, Tanizaki, Abe, and Oe.
Same as: JAPANGEN 248.

JAPANGEN 149. Screening Japan: Issues in Crosscultural Interpretation. 3-4 Units.

Is the cinematic language of moving images universal? How have cultural differences, political interests, and genre expectations affected the ways in which Japanese cinema makes meaning across national borders? Sources include the works of major Japanese directors and seminal works of Japanese film criticism, theory, and scholarship in English. No Japanese language skills required.
Same as: JAPANGEN 249.

JAPANGEN 160. Early Modern Japan: The Floating World of Chikamatsu. 4 Units.

Early modern Japan as dramatized in the puppet theater of Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), Japan's leading dramatist, who depicted militarization, commercialization, and urbanization in the Tokugawa period (1603-1868). Emperors, shogun, daimyo, samurai, merchants, monks, geisha, and masterless ronin in his bunraku plays as denizens of a floating world. Themes of loyalty, love, heroism, suicide, and renunciation in the early modern world. In English.
Same as: JAPANGEN 260.

JAPANGEN 179. Japanese Ghosts: The Supernatural in Japanese Art and Entertainment. 4 Units.

JAPANGEN 184. Aristocrats, Warriors, Sex Workers, and Barbarians: Lived Life in Early Modern Japanese Painting. 4 Units.

Changes marking the transition from medieval to early modern Japanese society that generated a revolution in visual culture, as exemplified in subjects deemed fit for representation; how commoners joined elites in pictorializing their world, catalyzed by interactions with the Dutch.
Same as: ARTHIST 184, ARTHIST 384, JAPANGEN 384.

JAPANGEN 185. Arts of War and Peace: Late Medieval and Early Modern Japan, 1500-1868. 4 Units.

Narratives of conflict, pacification, orthodoxy, nostalgia, and novelty through visual culture during the change of episteme from late medieval to early modern, 16th through early 19th centuries. The rhetorical messages of castles, teahouses, gardens, ceramics, paintings, and prints; the influence of Dutch and Chinese visuality; transformation in the roles of art and artist; tensions between the old and the new leading to the modernization of Japan.
Same as: ARTHIST 187, ARTHIST 387.

JAPANGEN 187. Romance, Desire, and Sexuality in Modern Japanese Literature. 3-4 Units.

This class is structured around three motifs: love suicide (as a romantic ideal), female desire, and same-sex sexuality. Over the course of the quarter we will look at how these motifs are treated in the art and entertainment from three different moments of Japanese history: the Edo period (1615-1868), the modern period (1920-65), and the contemporary period (1965-present). We will start by focusing on the most traditional representations of these topics. Subsequently, we will consider how later artists and entertainers revisited the conventional treatments of these motifs, informing them with new meanings and social significance. We will devote particular attention to how this material comments upon issues of gender, sexuality, and human relationships in the context of Japan. Informing our perspective will be feminist and queer theories of reading and interpretation.
Same as: JAPANGEN 287.

JAPANGEN 198. Senior Colloquium in Japanese Studies. 1 Unitss.

Research, write, and present capstone essay or honors thesis.
Same as: KORGEN 198.

JAPANGEN 200. Directed Reading in Asian Languages. 1-12 Units.

For Japanese literature. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (Staff).

JAPANGEN 201. Teaching Japanese Humanities. 1 Unitss.

JAPANGEN 220. The Situation of the Artist in Traditional Japan. 5 Units.

Topics may include: workshop production such as that of the Kano and Tosa families; the meaning of the signature on objects including ceramics and tea wares; the folk arts movement; craft guilds; ghost painters in China; individualism versus product standardization; and the role of lineage. How works of art were commissioned; institutions supporting artists; how makers purveyed their goods; how artists were recognized by society; the relationship between patrons¿ desires and artists¿ modes of production.
Same as: ARTHIST 485.

JAPANGEN 221. Translating Japan, Translating the West. 3-4 Units.

JAPANGEN 225. Emotions of Japanese Cinema (Postindustrial Version). 4 Units.

JAPANGEN 237. Classical Japanese Literature in Translation. 4 Units.

JAPANGEN 238. Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture. 3-4 Units.

JAPANGEN 241. Japanese Performance Traditions. 3-4 Units.

Major paradigms of gender in Japanese performance traditions from ancient to modern times, covering Noh, Kabuki, Bunraku, and Takarazuka.
Same as: JAPANGEN 141.

JAPANGEN 248. Modern Japanese Narratives: Literature and Film. 3-5 Units.

JAPANGEN 249. Screening Japan: Issues in Crosscultural Interpretation. 3-4 Units.

JAPANGEN 251. Japanese Business Systems. 3-5 Units.

Japanese sociocultural dynamics in industrial and corporate structures, negotiating styles, decision making, and crisis management. Practicum on Japan market strategies.
Same as: JAPANGEN 51.

JAPANGEN 260. Early Modern Japan: The Floating World of Chikamatsu. 4 Units.

JAPANGEN 287. Romance, Desire, and Sexuality in Modern Japanese Literature. 3-4 Units.

JAPANGEN 287A. The Japanese Tea Ceremony: The History, Aesthetics, and Politics Behind a National Pastime. 5 Units.

The tea ceremony, a premodern multimedia phenomenon, integrates architecture, garden design, ceramics, painting, calligraphy, and treasured objects into a choreographed ritual wherein host, objects, and guests perform roles on a tiny stage. Aesthetic, philosophical, and political dimensions. The evolution of tea taste including its inception in Zen monasteries, use for social control during the 16th century, the development of a class of tea connoisseurs, and 20th-century manipulation by the emerging industrialist class.
Same as: ARTHIST 287A.

JAPANGEN 384. Aristocrats, Warriors, Sex Workers, and Barbarians: Lived Life in Early Modern Japanese Painting. 4 Units.

Japanese Literature Courses

JAPANLIT 146. Introduction to Premodern Japanese. 3-5 Units.

Readings from Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, and early Edo periods with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, or equivalent.
Same as: JAPANLIT 246.

JAPANLIT 157. Points in Japanese Grammar. 2-4 Units.

Meaning and grammatical differences of similar expressions, and distinctions that may not be salient in English. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 18B or 22, or equivalent.
Same as: JAPANLIT 257.

JAPANLIT 170. The Tale of Genji and Its Historical Reception. 4 Units.

Approaches to the tale including 12th-century allegorical and modern feminist readings. Influence upon other works including poetry, Noh plays, short stories, modern novels, and comic book ( manga) retellings. Prerequisite for graduate students: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, or equivalent.
Same as: JAPANLIT 270.

JAPANLIT 181. Japanese Pragmatics. 2-4 Units.

Sociocultural and discourse factors reflected in the choice of linguistic forms, and their theoretical implications. Prerequisites: one year of Japanese and a course in linguistics, or two years of Japanese, or consent of instructor.
Same as: JAPANLIT 281.

JAPANLIT 189A. Honors Research. 2-5 Units.

JAPANLIT 189B. Honors Research. 5 Units.

Open to senior honors students to write thesis.

JAPANLIT 199. Individual Reading in Japanese. 1-4 Units.

Asian Languages majors only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, and consent of instructor.

JAPANLIT 200. Directed Reading in Japanese. 1-12 Units.

JAPANLIT 201. Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Study in Japanese. 2-5 Units.

Bibliographical and research methods; major trends in literary and cultural theory and critical practice. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 103 or 129B, or consent of instructor.

JAPANLIT 202. Bibliographic and Research Methods in Japanese. 1-3 Units.

The use of library and online resources for the study of Japanese literature, language, and culture. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 103 or 129B, or consent of instructor.

JAPANLIT 235. Academic Readings in Japanese I. 2-4 Units.

Strategies for reading academic writings in Japanese. Readings of scholarly papers and advanced materials in Japanese in students' research areas in the humanities and social sciences. Prerequisites: JAPANLNG 103, 129B, or equivalent; and consent of instructor.

JAPANLIT 236. Academic Readings in Japanese II. 2-4 Units.

Strategies for reading academic writings in Japanese. Readings of scholarly papers and advanced materials in Japanese in students' research areas in the humanities and social sciences. May be taken independently of 264. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: JAPANLNG 103, 129B, or equivalent; and consent of instructor.

JAPANLIT 246. Introduction to Premodern Japanese. 3-5 Units.

Readings from Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, and early Edo periods with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, or equivalent.
Same as: JAPANLIT 146.

JAPANLIT 247. Readings in Premodern Japanese. 2-5 Units.

Edo and Meiji periods with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 246 or equivalent.

JAPANLIT 257. Points in Japanese Grammar. 2-4 Units.

Meaning and grammatical differences of similar expressions, and distinctions that may not be salient in English. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 18B or 22, or equivalent.
Same as: JAPANLIT 157.

JAPANLIT 260. Japanese Poetry and Poetics. 2-4 Units.

Heian through Meiji periods with emphasis on relationships between the social and aesthetic. Works vary each year. This year's genre is the diary. Prerequisites: 246, 247, or equivalent.

JAPANLIT 266. Introduction to Sino-Japanese. 3-5 Units.

Readings in Sino-Japanese (kambun) texts of the Heian, Kamakura, and Muromachi periods, with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. Prerequisite: 246 or equivalent.

JAPANLIT 267. Readings in Sino-Japanese. 2-4 Units.

Readings in Sino-Japanese (kambun) texts of the Edo and Meiji periods, with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. Prerequisite: 264 or equivalent.

JAPANLIT 270. The Tale of Genji and Its Historical Reception. 4 Units.

JAPANLIT 276. Modern Japanese Short Stories. 2-4 Units.

This course explores the postwar Japanese short story. We will read representative works by major authors, such as Ishikawa Jun, Hayashi Fumiko, Abe Kobe and Murakami Haruki. Attention will be devoted to both accurate reading of the Japanese prose and more general discussion of the literary features of the texts.

JAPANLIT 279. Research in Japanese Linguistics. 2-4 Units.

Introduction to graduate research in Japanese linguistics. Fields of research, methods and bibliographical background. Conduct a pilot research project in a chosen area. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 119 or consent of instructor.

JAPANLIT 281. Japanese Pragmatics. 2-4 Units.

JAPANLIT 287. Pictures of the Floating World: Images from Japanese Popular Culture. 5 Units.

Printed objects produced during the Edo period (1600-1868), including the Ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) and lesser-studied genres such as printed books (ehon) and popular broadsheets (kawaraban). How a society constructs itself through images. The borders of the acceptable and censorship; theatricality, spectacle, and slippage; the construction of play, set in conflict against the dominant neo-Confucian ideology of fixed social roles.
Same as: ARTHIST 287.

JAPANLIT 296. Modern Japanese Literature. 2-5 Units.

Advanced readings. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 213. Formerly JAPANLIT 396.

JAPANLIT 298. The Theory and Practice of Japanese Literary Translation. 2-5 Units.

Theory and cultural status of translation in modern Japanese and English. Comparative analysis of practical translation strategies. Final project is a literary translation of publishable quality. Prerequisite: fourth-year Japanese or consent of instructor.

JAPANLIT 299. Master's Thesis or Translation. 1-5 Units.

A total of 5 units, taken in one or more quarters. (Staff).

JAPANLIT 350. Japanese Historical Fiction. 3-5 Units.

Authors include Mori Ogai, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Enchi Fumiko, Shiba Ryotaro, Fujisawa Shuhei, and Hiraiwa Yumie. Genre theory, and historical and cultural context. Works vary each year. May be repeated for credit.

JAPANLIT 377. Seminar: Structure of Japanese. 2-4 Units.

Linguistic constructions in Japanese. Topics vary annually. In 2009-10, focus is on noun-modifying constructions in Japanese from multiple perspectives including syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and acquisition. Contrasts with similar constructions in other languages. Typological implications. Prerequisites: courses in Japanese linguistics, consent of instructor.

JAPANLIT 381. Topics in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis. 2-4 Units.

Naturally occurring discourse (conversational, narrative, or written) and theoretical implications. Discourse of different age groups, expressions of identity and persona, and individual styles. May be repeated for credit.

JAPANLIT 396. Seminar: Modern Japanese Literature. 2-5 Units.

Works and topics vary each year. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: fourth-year Japanese or consent of instructor.

JAPANLIT 399. Dissertation Research. 1-12 Units.

For doctoral students in Japanese working on dissertations.

JAPANLIT 400. Advanced Language Training. 1-15 Units.

For students at the Yokohama Center. For more information, see the Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies in Yokohama at http://stanford.edu/dept/IUC/.

JAPANLIT 801. TGR Project. 0 Unit.

JAPANLIT 802. TGR Dissertation. 0 Unit.

Korean General Courses

KORGEN 101. Korean Culture in the New Millennium. 4 Units.

For over a decade now, South Korea has established itself as a tireless generator of soft power, the popularity of its pop-culture spreading from Asia to the rest of the world. This class will look into the economic engine that moves this "cultural contents" industry, and will examine some of its expressions in the form of K-pop, soap operas, tourism, food, sports, and fashion in order to illuminate the ways in which Korean culture is being (self-)narrated and consumed in this era of globalization of the 21st century.
Same as: KORGEN 201.

KORGEN 120. Narratives of Modern and Contemporary Korea. 4 Units.

This introductory survey will examine the development of South and North Korean literature from the turn of the 20th century until the present. The course will be guided by historical and thematic inquiries as we explore literature in the colonial period, in the period of postwar industrialization, and contemporary literature from the last decade. We will supplement our readings with critical writing about Korea from the fields of cultural studies and the social sciences in order to broaden the terms of our engagement with our primary texts.
Same as: KORGEN 220.

KORGEN 140. Childhood and Children: Culture in East Asia. 3-5 Units.

Literature for children often reflects society's deepest-held convictions and anxieties, and is therefore a critical site for the examination of what is deemed to be the most imperative knowledge for the young generation. In this respect, the analysis of both texts and visual culture for children, including prose, poetry, folk tales, film, and picture books illuminates prevalent discourses of national identity, family, education and gender. Through an examination of a diverse range of genres and supported by the application of literary theories, students will obtain an understanding, in broad strokes, of the birth of childhood and the emergence of children's literature of China, Korea and Japan from the turn of the century until the present.
Same as: KORGEN 240.

KORGEN 198. Senior Colloquium in Japanese Studies. 1 Unitss.

Research, write, and present capstone essay or honors thesis.
Same as: JAPANGEN 198.

KORGEN 200. Directed Reading. 1-12 Units.

Directed Reading in Korean Studies.

KORGEN 201. Korean Culture in the New Millennium. 4 Units.

KORGEN 220. Narratives of Modern and Contemporary Korea. 4 Units.

KORGEN 240. Childhood and Children: Culture in East Asia. 3-5 Units.

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Contacts

Undergraduate Mission Statements for East Asian Languages and Cultures

Chinese Major

Learning Outcomes (Undergraduate)

Japanese Major

Learning Outcomes (Undergraduate)

East Asian Studies Major

Learning Outcomes (Undergraduate)

Study Abroad

Graduate Programs in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Learning Outcomes (Graduate)

Admission

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts in Chinese

Course List

Honors Program

Bachelor of Arts in Japanese

Honors Program

Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies

Honors Program

Overseas Studies

Minor in Chinese or Japanese

Minor in East Asian Studies

Master of Arts Programs in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Master of Arts in Chinese

Master of Arts in Chinese, Archaeology Track

Degree Requirements

Master of Arts in Japanese

Coterminal B.A. and M.A. Programs in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Doctor of Philosophy Programs in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Admission to Candidacy

Doctor of Philosophy in Chinese

Doctor of Philosophy in Chinese, Archaeology track

Doctor of Philosophy in Japanese

Doctor of Philosophy in Japanese, Linguistics Track

Ph.D. Minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Chinese General Courses

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