COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
ASIAN LANGUAGES & LITERATURE

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ASIAN 201 Literature and Culture of China: Ancient and Classical (5) I&S/VLPA
Introduction to ancient and classical Chinese literature in its cultural context. Texts in English translation. Offered: alternate years; A.
Instructor Course Description: Mark Pitner

ASIAN 202 Literature and Culture of Japan: Traditional Japan (5) I&S/VLPA
Introduction to traditional Japanese literature in its cultural context. Texts in English translation. Offered: alternate years; W.

ASIAN 203 Literature and Culture of Ancient and Classical India (5) I&S/VLPA
Introduction to ancient and classical Indian literature in its cultural context. Texts in English translation. Offered: alternate years; Sp.
Instructor Course Description: Michael Shapiro Heidi R. Pauwels

ASIAN 204 Literature and Culture of China from Tradition to Modernity (5) I&S/VLPA
Introduction to modern Chinese literature in its cultural context. Texts in English translation. Offered: alternate years; A.
Instructor Course Description: John C. Hamm

ASIAN 205 Literature and Culture of Japan from Tradition to Modernity (5) I&S/VLPA
Introduction to Japanese literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in its cultural context. May also include some Korean literature. Texts in English translation.

ASIAN 206 Literature and Culture of South Asia from Tradition to Modernity (5) I&S/VLPA Pauwels, Shapiro
Introduction to medieval and modern South Asian literature in its cultural context. Texts in English translation. Offered: alternate years; Sp.
Instructor Course Description: Carol G Salomon Heidi R. Pauwels Jennifer E. Dubrow

ASIAN 207 Special Topics in Literature and Culture of Asia (5) I&S/VLPA
Introduction to the literature of one or more Asian traditions considered in its cultural context. Content varies depending on the specialization and interest of instructor. Texts in English translation. Offered: AWSp.
Instructor Course Description: John C. Hamm

ASIAN 211 Languages and Cultures of China (5) I&S/VLPA
Provides a general survey of the languages and language-families in China, emphasizing the rich linguistic diversity found there today. Languages compared with English, from linguistic and cultural perspectives, to demonstrate not only characteristics but also mutual dependence throughout their development.
Instructor Course Description: Zev Handel

ASIAN 263 Great Works of Asian Literature (5) VLPA
Selected major works of Asian literature. Taught on a rotational basis with the literary traditions of China, Japan, India covered in successive years. Content varies depending on specialization and interest of instructor. Primary emphasis on literary values of works and their tradition; attention also given to historical and social contexts and the thought and value systems of the culture involved.

ASIAN 401 Introduction to Asian Linguistics (5) VLPA Handel, K. Ohta, Shapiro
Linguistic analysis, with emphasis on languages of east, southeast, south, and central Asia. Includes phonetics, phonemics, morphology, syntax, historical reconstruction, linguistic typology, comparative grammar. Survey of major languages and language families of Asia. Diverse Asian languages as subjects of linguistic analysis. Prior knowledge of linguistics not required. Recommended: two years of any Asian language.
Instructor Course Description: Zev Handel

ASIAN 404 Writing Systems (3) VLPA Boltz, Salomon
Origin, nature, and development of writing systems. Alphabets, syllabaries, and logographic systems; relation of writing systems to spoken languages; decipherment of previously undeciphered scripts. Prerequisite: ASIAN 401. Offered: alternate years.

ASIAN 405 Advanced Problems in Asian Linguistics (3) VLPA Handel, K. Ohta, Shapiro
Advanced problems in the analysis of the languages of east, southeast, south, and central Asia. Includes phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicography, historical reconstruction, linguistic typology, and comparative grammar. Prerequisite: ASIAN 401. Offered: alternate years.

ASIAN 411 Buddhist Literature (5) VLPA/I&S
Overview of major Buddhist literary traditions of India, China, and Tibet from antiquity to the end of the first millennium CE. Special focus on Indian Mahayana literature and the historical factors that accompanied its introduction and preservation in China and Tibet. Prerequisite: either RELIG 202, or RELIG 354. Offered: W.

ASIAN 494 Ramayana in Comparative Perspective (5) VLPA Pauwels
Examines and compares different versions (mainly South Asian) of the Ramayana, including the widely popular television version. Focuses on some famous and controversial passages, with special attention to gender issues. Incorporates background readings from the most recent research. Offered: jointly with SISSA 494.

ASIAN 498 Special Topics (1-5, max. 15) VLPA
Offered occasionally by permanent or visiting faculty members. Topics vary. Offered: AWSp.
Instructor Course Description: Heidi R. Pauwels Kaoru Ohta Michio Tsutsui

ASIAN 503 Seminar in Asian Linguistics (1-5, max. 15) Handel, A. Ohta, K. Ohta
Topics vary. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered: AWSp.

ASIAN 510 Teaching Assistant Training Workshop (3) A. Ohta
Introduction to issues and methods of teaching Asian languages in American college classrooms. Recommended for all new teaching assistants. Prerequisite: concurrent registration in ASIAN 518 and permission of instructor. Offered: A.
Instructor Course Description: Amy Ohta

ASIAN 518 Foreign Language Teaching Methodology (2) Brandl
Current foreign language teaching methods and approaches. Learning and teaching strategies and techniques for the four skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening) including cultural notions. Current and future trends in pedagogy and technology. Offered: jointly with GERMAN 518/NEAR E 518/SCAND 518/SLAV 518.
Instructor Course Description: Amy Ohta

ASIAN 580 Seminar in Hinduism Studies (5) Pauwels
Introduction to the academic study of Hinduism for graduate students. Examines major problems currently addressed in the academic study of Hinduism and the methods used. Provides a historical perspective on past scholarship. Offered: jointly with RELIG 580.
Instructor Course Description: Heidi R. Pauwels

ASIAN 585 Seminar in Buddhism (5) Cox
Systems and history of Buddhist thought. Original and secondary sources are used. Combines the methods of specialists in south, central, and east Asian Buddhism with those of historians of religion and philosophy. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered: AWSp.
Instructor Course Description: Kyoko Tokuno

ASIAN 600 Independent Study or Research (*)
Offered: AWSpS.

ASIAN 700 Master's Thesis (*)
Offered: AWSpS.

ASIAN 800 Doctoral Dissertation (*)
Offered: AWSpS.

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ASIAN LANGUAGES & LITERATURE