“Teaching East Asian Literature in the High School”

East Asian Studies Center Summer Workshop

Indiana University—Bloomington

July 23-29, 2000

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

 

 

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all workshop events take place in State Room East in the Indiana Memorial Union.

 

Sunday, July 23

 

                4:00pm                    Check-in at Indiana Memorial Union (hereafter IMU) hotel

 

                4:15-5:30                 Registration (State Room East, IMU)

 

5:30-6:30                 Welcome and Information Session—ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE PRESENT

ŸDiscuss requirements

ŸSign up for teaching units

ŸApply for book grants

 

6:30-8:15                 Dinner Reception (State Room West, IMU)

                                                ŸIntroductions

                                                ŸIce Breaker

 

8:30-10:30               Film (optional):  Shall We Dance?  (Fine Arts 102)

Monday, July 24                  PRE-MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE

                                                (From Beginnings to 1911)

 

                7:00-8:00am            Breakfast (IMU “Market” Cafeteria)

 

                8:00-9:15                 Lecture and Discussion:  Chinese History

                                                Early Chinese Religion

                                                                Prof. Robert Campany

 

                9:15-9:30                 Break

 

                9:30-10:45               Lecture and Discussion:  Traditional Chinese Literature

                                                Session 1:  Philosophy and Poetry

                                                                Prof. Yingjin Zhang

                                               

                10:45-11:00             Break

 

                11:00-12:00             Teaching Strategies for Traditional Chinese Literature

                                                                Judith DeWoskin

 

                12:00-1:00pm         Lunch (Tudor Room, IMU) – Estate Buffet

 

                1:00-2:15                 Lecture and Discussion: Chinese History

                                                Song Dynasty through Qing Dynasty

                                                                Prof. Lynn Struve

 

                2:15-2:30                 Break

 

                2:30-3:45                 Lecture and Discussion: Traditional Chinese Literature

                                                Session 2: Prose Narrative

                                                                Prof. Yingjin Zhang

                                               

                3:45-4:00                 Break (with refreshments)

 

                4:00-4:30                 Teaching Strategies for Traditional Chinese Literature

                                                                Group Discussion and Brainstorming

                                                                Moderated by Judith DeWoskin

               

4:30-6:00                 Exploratory Time (optional): Participants can look at teaching resources

on display and begin research for teaching units

 

6:00                         Meet in IMU hotel lobby to arrange transportation to dinner

 

6:15-8:15                 Dinner at Mikado Restaurant (895 S. College Mall Rd.)

 

8:15-10:30               Film (optional): King of Masks (Fine Arts 102)

Tuesday, July 25                  TRADITIONAL JAPANESE LITERATURE

                                                (From Beginnings to 1868)

 

                6:40am                    Meet in hotel lobby to walk to grassy area outside

 

                6:45-7:15                 Chinese Cultural Activity:  Taiji quan

                                                                Guo Lei

 

                7:15-8:00                 Breakfast (IMU “Market” Cafeteria)

               

8:00-9:15                 Lecture and Discussion: Japanese History

                                Ancient and Heian Periods

                                                Prof. Sumie Jones

 

9:15-9:30                 Break

 

9:30-10:45               Lecture and Discussion:  Traditional Japanese Literature

                                Session 1:  Tradition of Courtly Love

                                                Prof. Andra Alvis

 

                10:45-11:00             Break

 

                11:00-12:00             Teaching Strategies for Traditional Japanese Literature

                                                                Judith DeWoskin

 

                12:00-1:00pm         Lunch  (Tudor Room, IMU) – Grande Buffet

 

1:00-2:15                 Lecture and Discussion:  Japanese History

                                Medieval and Tokugawa Periods (Kamakura-Tokugawa)

                                                Prof. Sumie Jones

 

2:15-2:30                 Break (with refreshments)

 

2:30-3:45                 Lecture and Discussion:  Traditional Japanese Literature

                                Session 2:  Buddhist Themes in Medieval and Edo Literature

                                                Prof. Andra Alvis

 

3:45-4:00                 Break

 

4:00-4:30                 Teaching Strategies for Traditional Japanese Literature

                                Group Discussion and Brainstorming

                                                Moderated by Judith DeWoskin

 

4:30-6:00                 Exploratory Time (optional): Participants can look at teaching resources on display and begin research for teaching units

 

6:00-8:00                 Dinner (on your own)

 

8:00-10:30               Film (optional): Yojimbo  (Fine Arts 102)

 

Wednesday, July 26            MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE

                                (1912-Present)

 

7:00-8:00am            Breakfast (IMU “Market” Cafeteria)

 

8:00-8:30                 Japanese Cultural Activity:  Tea Ceremony

                                                Katsura Kuwahara

 

8:30-9:45                 Lecture and Discussion: Chinese History

                                Modern China (1912-Present)

                                                Prof. Jeff Wasserstrom

                                               

9:45-10:00               Break

 

10:00-11:15             Lecture and Discussion: Modern Chinese Literature

                                Session 1:  May-Fourth Tradition

                                                Prof. Yingjin Zhang

 

11:15-12:15             Teaching Strategies for Modern Chinese Literature

                                                Judith DeWoskin

 

12:15-1:15pm         Lunch (Tudor Room, IMU) –  Grande Buffet

 

1:15                         Participants meet in IMU lobby and walk to Kinsey Institute (Morrison Hall)

 

1:30-2:15                 Kinsey Institute Tour (optional)

                                                Lianna Zhou

                                               

2:30-3:45                 Lecture and Discussion:  Modern Chinese Literature

                                Session 2:  Alternative Visions

                                                Prof. Yingjin Zhang

 

                3:45-4:00                 Break (with refreshments)

 

                4:00-4:30                 Teaching Strategies for Modern Chinese Literature

                                                Film Discussion

                                                                Moderated by Prof. Yingjin Zhang

 

4:30-6:00                 Exploratory Time(optional): Participants can look at teaching resources on display and begin research for teaching units

                                               

6:00-8:00                 Dinner (on your own)

 

8:00-10:30               Movie (optional):  Ermo (Fine Arts 102)

Thursday, July 27                MODERN JAPANESE LITERATURE

                                (1868 – Present)

 

7:00-8:00am            Breakfast (IMU “Market” Cafeteria)

 

8:00-8:30                 Japanese Cultural Activity:  NÇ Drama

                                                Taishi Takezawa

 

8:30-9:45                 Lecture and Discussion:  Japanese History

                                Modern Japan (Meiji period-present)

                                                Prof. George Wilson

 

9:45-10:00               Break

 

10:00-11:15             Lecture and Discussion:  Modern Japanese Literature

                                Session 1:  Individual vs. Society

                                                Prof. Andra Alvis

 

11:15-12:15             Teaching Strategies for Modern Japanese Literature

                                                Judith DeWoskin

 

12:15-1:15pm         Lunch (Tudor Room, IMU) –Estate Buffet

 

1:15-2:30pm           Lecture and Discussion:  Modern Japanese Literature

                                Session 2:  Japanese Fantasy Literature

                                                Prof. Andra Alvis

               

2:45                         Meet in IMU hotel lobby for Field Trip to Indianapolis Art Museum for Lecture and Exhibit

 

4:30                         Arrive at Indianapolis Art Museum

 

4:30-5:30                 Boxed dinners available in the Art Museum Cafeteria

 

5:30-7:00                 Free time to tour museum’s permanent galleries of Chinese and Japanese art and the special exhibition: “300 Years of Japanese Painting:  New Treasures for Indianapolis”

 

7:00-8:00                 Lecture “Much Edo:  300 Years of Japanese Painting comes to Indianapolis”

                                                Prof. Melinda Takeuchi, Stanford University

 

8:15                         Meet bus for return trip to IMU

 

9:45                         Arrive at IMU      

 

Friday, July 28                      EAST ASIA AND AMERICA

 

7:00-8:00am            Breakfast (IMU “Market” Cafeteria)

 

8:00-8:30                 Chinese Cultural Activity: Erhu Music 

                                                Dr. James Yang

 

8:30-9:45                 Lecture and Discussion: East Asians in America

                                                Prof. Michael Robinson

                                                                                                               

9:45-10:00               Break

 

10:00-11:15am        Lecture and Discussion:  Asian American Literature

                                                Prof. Angela Pao

 

11:15-11:30             Break

 

11:30-12:00             Teaching Strategies for Asian American Literature

                                Group Discussion and Brainstorming

                                                Moderated by Judith DeWoskin

 

12:00-1:00               Lunch (Tudor Room, IMU) – Estate Buffet

 

1:00-2:15                 Panel Discussion:  Life in Contemporary China, Taiwan and Japan

Selected IU Students: DEGUCHI Masanori, DOSAKA Junko, FUJII Namiko, KONG Maiying, SUNG Li-Chu, ZHOU Xiang

 

2:15-2:30                 Break

 

2:30-3:45                 Lecture and Discussion: East Asian Popular Culture and America

                                                Joanne Quimby

                                                               

3:45-4:00                 Break  (with refreshments)

 

4:00-4:30                 Concluding Remarks, Evaluations and Post-workshop Survey

 

4:30-6:00                 Exploratory Time (optional):  Participants can look at teaching resources on display and begin research for teaching units

 

6:00                         Meet in IMU hotel lobby to arrange transportation to dinner

 

6:15-8:15                 Farewell Banquet  (Mark Pi’s “China Gate,” 3020 E. 3rd St.)