150103 VO Chinese Cultural Spaces (2023W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 15 - Ostasienwissenschaften

ON-SITE

Montag 02.10.2023 ab 18:00 Orientierungsveranstaltung (Organisation) ONLINE:
https://moodle.univie.ac.at/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/guest.php?uid=283d33fed990e00a9a2d5ff6ccd44a63386f81c5
Kennwort für Meeting: fKOk1gRV
(Montag 02.10.2023 ab 08:00 Orientierungsveranstaltung (SPRACHLEHRE + Einführung) im HS C2)

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 150 participants

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Rossella Ferrari

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

No lecture on Tuesday 31.10.2023

Exams:
1. Tuesday 30.01.2024 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1 TP.62
2. Tuesday 27.02.2024 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03 2G-K1-03

Please do not forget to register for the exams! For problems with the registration or late (de)registrations please contact Ms Stefanie Yu: stefanie.yu@univie.ac.at

Tuesday 03.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 10.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 17.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 24.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 07.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 14.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 21.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 28.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 05.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 12.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 09.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 16.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Tuesday 23.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this lecture, students are introduced to the histories and cultures of the Chinese-speaking region as well as aspects of global Sinophone cultural production. Selected theoretical issues on questions of what constitutes “China” and “Chinese culture(s)” and on the relationship between the cultures of mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other local or diasporic Chinese cultures and identities will be illustrated by examples across various cultural domains such as literature, film, the performing and visual arts, media, and popular culture. The focus will be on cultural developments since the twentieth-century. At the end of the course, students will have acquired a basic understanding of the main socio-historical phenomena that have shaped Chinese cultural communities in Asia and globally, also in relation to parallel developments in mainland China. They will have gained a critical perspective on questions of identity, ethnicity, migration, transnationalism, multiculturalism, multilingualism, and on the formation of cultural memory across the Chinese-speaking world. They will, moreover, be familiar with academic debates on relevant concepts such as diaspora, Chineseness, and the Sinophone.

Assessment and permitted materials

Please register on the e-learning platform Moodle. There you will receive all the necessary materials and information about the lecture. In addition to the lecture slides, which will also be made available via the e-learning platform, reading the assigned materials is the most important preparation for the exam.

The lecture will be assessed by a written exam. The exam consists of answering a total of 20 questions including single-choice, multiple-choice, “true or false” (correction of statements), and open/miscellaneous questions (e.g., match dates and events, authors and works; complete sentences; fill in gaps, recognize short texts).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

With the help of the lectures and the accompanying slides, participants should be able to understand the most important concepts, historical events, as well as literary, artistic, and cultural developments in the Chinese-speaking world since the 20th century.

The exam is considered passed if at least 60 out of 100 points are achieved.

Grading scale:
100-90 points: Grade 1
89-80 points: Grade 2
79-70 points: Grade 3
69-60 points: Grade 4
Less than 60 points: Grade 5

Examination topics

- All lecture slides (PPTs)

- Selected chapters (TBA on Moodle) from:

Denton, Kirk A. ed. The Columbia Companion to Modern Chinese Literature. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016.

Shih, Shu-mei, Chien-hsin Tsai, and Brian Bernards, eds. Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013.

Lim, Song Hwee and Julian Ward, eds. The Chinese Cinema Book. Second edition. London: BFI, 2020.

Louie, Kam, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

The exam covers all topics addressed in the lecture. All exam-relevant texts will be made available via Moodle. Nevertheless, it is strongly recommended to attend the lectures regularly.

Reading list

Denton, Kirk A. ed. The Columbia Companion to Modern Chinese Literature. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016. (Ausgewählte Kapitel, TBA auf Moodle)

Shih, Shu-mei, Chien-hsin Tsai, and Brian Bernards, eds. Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. (Ausgewählte Kapitel, TBA auf Moodle)

Lim, Song Hwee and Julian Ward, eds. The Chinese Cinema Book. Second edition. London: BFI, 2020. (Ausgewählte Kapitel, TBA auf Moodle)

Louie, Kam, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. (Ausgewählte Kapitel, TBA auf Moodle)

Eine vollständige Leseliste wird zu Beginn des Semesters über Moodle bereitgestellt.

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