Schedule of Classes and Readings

Week of

Monday

Wednesday

Jan. 10

Introduction:

Concepts of Person, Family, & State

Confucianism

Coursepack, 27-35

Jan. 17

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Daoism

Coursepack, 36-52

Jan. 24

Buddhism

Coursepack, 53-65

The Chinese Imperial State

Coursepack, 66-81

Jan. 31

Tang China: Society and Opportunity

Coursepack, 83-105

Gender and Poetry in the Tang Dynasty

Coursepack, 106-130

Feb. 7

Traditional Chinese Art

Webpage Reading

China Encounters the West

Coursepack, 131-142

 

Friday [Feb. 11]  Quiz 1 on Traditional China

Feb. 14

Revolutionary China

Coursepack, 143-160

Communism & the Maoist Revolution

Coursepack, 161-171

Feb. 21

World War II and Civil War

Coursepack, 172-186

China Under Mao Zedong

Coursepack, 187-203

Feb. 28

China Today & Tomorrow

Coursepack, 204-225

Exam 1

China

Mar. 7

The Background of Japanese Culture

Reischauer, 3-51

The Court Society of Early Japan

Pillow Book, see Coursepack, 226-229

Mar. 14

Spring Vacation

Mar. 21

The Aesthetic Vision of Early Japan

Pillow Book, see Coursepack, 229

Feudalism in Japan

Reischauer, 52-77, Coursepack, 230

Mar. 28

Samurai Culture

Coursepack, 231-242

Urban Culture as Seen Through Japanese Art

Webpage Reading

 

Friday [Apr. 1]  Quiz 2 on Traditional Japan

Apr. 4

Japan's Swift Response to the West

Reischauer, 78-94

War and Postwar Transformations

Reischauer, 95-125

Apr. 11

Contemporary Japanese Society

Reischauer, 125-158, 175-202

Politics, Business, and the Future

Reischauer, 245-255, 266-272, 320-342

Apr. 18

Traditional Korea

Cumings, 7-36

Exam 2

Japan

Apr. 25

Colonial Korea & the Korean War

Cumings, 37-75

Contemporary Korea, North & South

Webpage Reading

 

Friday [Apr. 29 ] Quiz 3 on Korea

 

Final Projects Due, Tuesday, May 3 (Mailbox in Goodbody 230; office closes at 5:00 p.m.)

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