39 classes matched your search criteria.
Spring 2018 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Patterns in Chinese Cultural History (69458)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankBlegen Hall 220
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 30 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- A survey course of Chinese cultural history across its long evolution. It connects historical and cultural knowledge to the Chinese literary and intellectual traditions, and unveils larger trends in the developments of Chinese culture and society during the pre-20th-century period and across the tradition-modern divide. Taught in English and no prerequisites.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69458/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 November 2017
Fall 2017 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Martial Arts in Chinese Literature and Film (34466)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 120
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- This class investigates the martial arts motif in Chinese literature and cinema, from ancient stories about sage kings, assassin-retainers, and lady knights-errant to recent popular films. The purpose is to situate the evolution of martial arts literature and cinema within Chinese and global history, and within Confucian-Daoist-Buddhist philosophies, toward discovering in this genre a "poetics of emptiness" and a new mode of cultural globalization.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Chinese Flagship Program students.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34466/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 November 2017
Fall 2017 | ALL 3920 Section 002: Topics in Asian Culture -- Yemeni Culture and History (35535)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankSmith Hall 111
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35535/1179
Fall 2017 | ALL 3920 Section 003: Topics in Asian Culture -- Culture and Society of the Arabian Peninsula (36182)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- ALL 5920 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall 151
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/36182/1179
Spring 2017 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Orientalism and the Arab World (67473)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 12
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic: Orientalism and the Arab World
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67473/1173
Fall 2016 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Introduction to Korean Civilization (33922)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 01:30PM - 03:00PMUMTC, West BankVirtual Rooms NORMREQD
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic: Introduction to Korean Civilization
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33922/1169
Fall 2016 | ALL 3920 Section 003: Topics in Asian Culture -- Arab American Experiences (34222)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankWulling Hall 220
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic: Arab American Experiences
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34222/1169
Fall 2016 | ALL 3920 Section 004: Topics in Asian Culture -- Palestinian Literature and Film (34633)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 105
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic: Palestinian Literature and Film
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34633/1169
Fall 2016 | ALL 3920 Section 005: Topics in Asian Culture -- Structure of Chinese (34871)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 103
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Prerequisite: CHN1012 or equivalent one year study of Chinese language or instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34871/1169
Spring 2016 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Ghosts of India (60122)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall 110
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- Come get scared! Are ghosts real? Why do we find some figures horrifying? In this class we will talk about ideas like horror, fear, and haunting through a reading of ghostly tales from India. Students will be encouraged to think about the uncanny philosophically and historically. Starting with accounts of "real" ghost-sightings in early 20th century India, we will read a number of ghost stories and watch few horror films from Bollywood (India's very own "Paranormal Activity") to think why these scary characters haunt us at certain moments. Instead of seeing ghosts as mere sources of fear, we will try to talk to them in the context of colonialism, racism, patriarchy and capitalism.
- Grading:
- A-F
- Exam Format:
- No Exam
- Class Format:
- Lecture and Discussion
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/60122/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 November 2015
Spring 2016 | ALL 3920 Section 002: Topics in Asian Culture -- Japanese Animation (60123)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankRapson Hall 3101/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Wed 05:45PM - 08:00PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 35
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Japanese Animation film screenings on Wednesday evenings 5:45-8:00pm. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bposadas+ALL3920+Spring2016
- Class Description:
This course takes as its object of analysis the technologies, genres, and themes of Japanese animation. Needless to say, the course cannot make any claims to being comprehensive or up-to-date with the latest anime given the sheer volume of available anime titles through the past decades. Nonetheless, while it is selective in its coverage, through the examination of select works of important directors (Miyazaki, Oshii, Kon, etc.) alongside media theories and other scholarly analyses of anime, the course will cover not only the major genres and recurrent themes of anime, but also, the important cultural and critical contexts for apprehending anime. Initially we will focus our attention on the technology of animation and its impact on the development of the aesthetics of anime. With this as our starting point, we will then proceed to examine the ways in which animetic aesthetics have shaped different facets of the practices of spectatorship vis-à-vis Japanese animation. Our discussions will cover such issues as anime fan culture, anime engagements with issues of war and history, the representation of women and sexuality in anime, and the development of anime into a transnational and transmedia cultural commodity. At the heart of the course will be the question of not only what Japanese animation is, but more importantly, the question of how to critically approach Japanese animation as a cultural object.
By the end of the term, students are expected to:
- Gain a familiarity with the technological and cultural practices that underpin the development of Japanese animation
- Develop the ability to perform formal and stylistic analyses of anime texts.
- Achieve familiarity with important directors of animation in Japan
- Achieve familiarity with recurrent themes within Japanese animation and how they reflect postwar concerns in Japan
- Develop an understanding of practices of production and consumption of Japanese animation.
- Refine critical thinking skills
- Reflect upon the significance of Japanese animation as a transnational and transmedia cultural commodity
- Class Format:
- In an effort to facilitate the active engagement of all in our discussions in class, from Week 3 onwards, we will make use of a quasi-seminar discussion format. However, in light of the size of our class, a seminar involving everyone at once would be rather unwieldy. For this reason, what we will do is divide the class into ten groups of 6-8 members each. Beginning in Week 3, on the Wednesday session of each week, we will have a different group of students sit in a semi-circle in the front of the classroom and conduct a discussion, with the rest of the class occupying their usual seats. For the first part of session, the class is conducted as if it were small seminar, with the students engaging in a discussion of the assigned material. The second half of the class can then be devoted to addressing questions coming from the floor, which can be addressed to both the instructor and the students participating in the seminar. Every week, a different set of students sit in front, with every student doing so once during the course of the semester.During the first two weeks of class, students are asked to sign up as a seminar participant for one of the sessions (between Week 3 and 12). Students may sign up for any session of their choosing.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/60123/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2015
Spring 2016 | ALL 3920 Section 004: Topics in Asian Culture -- Palestinian Literature and Film (61032)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 116
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic: Palestinian Literature and Film http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ALL3920+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/61032/1163
Spring 2016 | ALL 3920 Section 007: Topics in Asian Culture -- Language and Society of the Two Koreas (68735)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 02:00PM - 03:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 20
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Language and Society of the Two Koreas
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68735/1163
Fall 2015 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Language and Society of two Koreas (25059)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 02:00PM - 03:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 20
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic Title: Language & Society of Two Koreas
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25059/1159
Fall 2015 | ALL 3920 Section 002: Topics in Asian Culture -- Arab American Experiences (31602)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 120
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic Title: Arab American Experience
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31602/1159
Fall 2015 | ALL 3920 Section 003: Topics in Asian Culture -- Social Change in Modern China (25750)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- EAS 3468 Section 001HIST 3468 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic Title: Social Change in Modern China
- Class Description:
- This course explores major issues in modern Chinese society. It begins with the Opium War in 1840 and traces the relationship between anti-drug effort and state building to the 1990s. It examines the New Culture Movement in the 1920s and links it to the emergence of cosmopolitan culture, new women, and popular nationalism. It retells the story of the Great Leap Forward in the 1950s and uses it to analyze the increasing urban/rural gaps under the PRC. It also devotes considerable time to the importance of gender and ethnicity since the early 20th century. Students will achieve a good understanding of modern China through reading and discussing up-to-date scholarship on these above themes and issues. This course is for undergraduate students.
- Grading:
- 80% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25750/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 April 2014
Fall 2015 | ALL 3920 Section 004: Topics in Asian Culture -- Samurai, Geisha, and How They Became Japanese (34908)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- HIST 3477 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Fri 11:15AM - 01:45PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-109
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic Title: Samurai, Geisha and How They Became Japanese.
- Class Description:
- This course traces how Samurai and Geisha came to be considered the quintessential Japanese tradition through Western Orientalism, Japanese nationalism, international politics, and cultural globalization. You will be learning not only about Samurai and Geisha, but also about Japan's modernization and its political, intellectual, and cultural transformation. We'll examine films (both Japanese and American), autobiographies of samurai and geisha, novels, and scholarly works.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
20% Written Homework
20% Journal Other Grading Information: Attendance and class participation is mandatory. - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
30% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 80 Pages Reading Per Week
14 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34908/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2013
Fall 2015 | ALL 3920 Section 005: Topics in Asian Culture -- Introduction to Korean History (35109)
- Instructor(s)
- Bryce Johnson (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Online & Distance Lrng (ODL)
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 11:50AMUMTC, East BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic Title: Introduction to Korean History
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35109/1159
Spring 2015 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Islamic Mysticism in South Asia (67878)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic Title, Islamic Mysticism in South Asia
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67878/1153
Spring 2015 | ALL 3920 Section 002: Topics in Asian Culture -- Language and Society of Two Koreas (67879)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 02:00PM - 03:15PMUMTC, East BankPeik Hall 165
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic Title: Language and Society of Two Koreas
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to offer an introduction and contrastive analysis of the language and society of the two Koreas; the Republic of Korea (better known as South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (better known as North Korea) with a heavier emphasis on North Korea. This course will introduce the growing divide of the past 70 years between North and South Korea in the areas of language, society and culture. The complexity of the East Asian region is partly due to the issues involving the two Koreas; however, knowledge regarding North Korea remains very limited compared to its neighbors. Mass media portrays the controversial political and human right issues of North Korea but generally lacks in coverage of linguistic issues and everyday life there. The course content will be based on various scholarly articles and book chapters, current web-based resources, news reports, North Korean propaganda and documentaries. While this course will include linguistic elements of interest to intermediate and advanced students of the Korean language, all course content will be accessible to students regardless of Korean language proficiency. This course has no pre-requisites and does not expect students to have a background in political science, Korean history, or sociology, nor a background on North Korea. It does however expect that students have some interest in these areas.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67879/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2014
Spring 2015 | ALL 3920 Section 003: Topics in Asian Culture -- Exploring India (67880)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 03/10/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 2803/11/2015 - 03/13/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 11603/14/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 28
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic: Exploring India
- Class Description:
- Cross-listed with: FREN3650, FREN3750, GLOS3960, ALL3920 This is a survey course of Indian languages and literatures. This course will explore the languages of India from genealogical, linguistic, typological, historical and sociological perspectives. This course will also provide an overview of literatures of several main South Asian languages with a focus on Hindi - Urdu literatures. We will address the origin of Hindi-Urdu literatures, periodization, and naming of each period. We will also examine the important writers and their representative work, along with the literary trends and influences of each period, including political, social, and cultural situations which helped to shape the writers and their work.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67880/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 December 2014
Spring 2015 | ALL 3920 Section 004: Topics in Asian Culture -- The Politics of Arabic Poetry (68953)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall 127
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic: The Politics of Arabic Poetry
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68953/1153
Spring 2015 | ALL 3920 Section 005: Topics in Asian Culture -- Korean History 1945- Present (68954)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed, Fri 11:00AM - 11:50AMUMTC, East BankPeik Hall 16501/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Fri 09:55AM - 10:45AMUMTC, East BankJones Hall 35
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic Title, Korean History 1945-Present
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68954/1153
Spring 2015 | ALL 3920 Section 006: Topics in Asian Culture -- N. African Films & Mass Media: Issues of Migration (69609)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- FREN 3650 Section 001FREN 3750 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankWulling Hall 240
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69609/1153
Fall 2014 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Cold War Cultures in Korea (31588)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31588/1149
Fall 2014 | ALL 3920 Section 002: Topics in Asian Culture -- Social Change in Modern China (34609)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- EAS 3468 Section 001HIST 3468 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 145
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- This course explores major issues in modern Chinese society. It begins with the Opium War in 1840 and traces the relationship between anti-drug effort and state building to the 1990s. It examines the New Culture Movement in the 1920s and links it to the emergence of cosmopolitan culture, new women, and popular nationalism. It retells the story of the Great Leap Forward in the 1950s and uses it to analyze the increasing urban/rural gaps under the PRC. It also devotes considerable time to the importance of gender and ethnicity since the early 20th century. Students will achieve a good understanding of modern China through reading and discussing up-to-date scholarship on these above themes and issues. This course is for undergraduate students.
- Grading:
- 80% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34609/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 April 2014
Summer 2014 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Media Arabic, Language Expressions and Idioms (89000)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- May Session05/27/2014 - 06/13/2014Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 10:10AM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 121
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic prereq - Arab 1102 or 1+ years of Arabic language instruction or instr consent
- Class Description:
- Media Arabic trains students to discern specific Arabic language paradigms used in the news media. Activities include reviewing articles from different Arabic newspapers, listening to recorded and live segments from satellite Arabic stations, translation of news article written on popular Arab culture, politics, and social life. Required text is Media Arabic by Alaa Algibali.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
10% Written Homework
10% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
30% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 16 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/89000/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2014
Spring 2014 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Language and Society of the Two Koreas (66925)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankWulling Hall 240
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to offer an introduction and contrastive analysis of the language and society of the two Koreas; the Republic of Korea (better known as South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (better known as North Korea) with a heavier emphasis on North Korea. This course will introduce the growing divide of the past 60+ years between North and South Korea in the areas of language, society and culture. The complexity of the East Asian region is partly due to the issues involving the two Koreas; however, knowledge regarding North Korea remains very limited compared to its neighbors. Mass media portrays the controversial political and human right issues of North Korea but generally lacks in coverage of everyday life there. The course content will be based on various scholarly articles and book chapters, current web-based resources and documentaries. While this course will include linguistic elements of interest to intermediate and advanced students of the Korean language, all course content will be accessible to students regardless of Korean language proficiency. This course has no pre-requisites and does not expect students to have a background in political science, Korean history, or sociology, nor a background on North Korea. It does however expect that students have some interest in these areas.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Attendance
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- a mix of multiple choice, fill in the blank and short answers
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66925/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 November 2013
Spring 2014 | ALL 3920 Section 002: Topics in Asian Culture -- Exploring India: Languages, Literature, and Film (66926)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3960 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 122
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- This is a survey course of the culture of Indian languages, including as seen through literature and film. This course will explore the languages of India from genealogical, linguistic, typological, historical and sociological perspectives. We will explore the literatures of several main South Asian languages with a focus on Hindi - Urdu literatures and film, considering their origins, periodization, and names during each period. We will also examine the important writers and their representative work along with the literary trends and influences, including political, social, and cultural situations which helped to shape the writers and their work. Indian films, including those based on literature, have attained a very special place in the lives of Indian people as an important means of entertainment, reaching a larger audience that will not or cannot read the original work. The second half of this course will be spent on screening selected Hindi/Urdu films and discussing themes and messages that the writers try to convey to readers/audiences, and any cultural or social issues that need to be addressed. Students will have a chance to read English translations of some of the selected Hindi/Urdu works.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66926/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 October 2012
Spring 2014 | ALL 3920 Section 003: Topics in Asian Culture -- Samurai, Geisha, and How They Became Japanese (68290)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3910 Section 001HIST 3477 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Fri 11:15AM - 01:45PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-109
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- This course traces how Samurai and Geisha came to be considered the quintessential Japanese tradition through Western Orientalism, Japanese nationalism, international politics, and cultural globalization. You will be learning not only about Samurai and Geisha, but also about Japan's modernization and its political, intellectual, and cultural transformation. We'll examine films (both Japanese and American), autobiographies of samurai and geisha, novels, and scholarly works.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
20% Written Homework
20% Journal Other Grading Information: Attendance and class participation is mandatory. - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
30% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 80 Pages Reading Per Week
14 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68290/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2013
Fall 2013 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- ian Feminisms in Global Context (32613)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3960 Section 001GWSS 3490 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 103
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- A series of rape cases in India in 2012-13 drew widespread public and media attention. In the protests and debates that followed, it became clear that though everyone wanted "justice," there were several disagreements about what "justice" might entail. At stake were not only questions of sexuality, marriage, and foundational ideas about gendered identity, but also questions concerning caste and class, the death penalty, the privilege of the armed forces, the language of the law, and the powers of the police. In this course, we will study some of the arguments that have unfolded in recent months in the context of the history of the feminist movement in India. Readings and films will focus on several issues including the state's response to violence against women, debates about abortion, the political emergence of a gay rights discourse, and the varied anxieties provoked by the sale of sexual pleasure. We will study these issues in relation to comparable debates in the US and in Europe. Through the course of the semester, we will aim to build a more nuanced and critical approach to gender itself, as it is articulated and acted in everyday life as well as in activist and theoretical discourse.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32613/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 July 2013
Fall 2013 | ALL 3920 Section 002: Topics in Asian Culture -- North Korea (DPRK): History, Literature, Film (32955)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 20
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- In this course we learn how to interpret critically the literature, film, and media produced within and about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, from its establishment in 1948 to the present day. We focus on the ways that literature and visual culture create and recreate "North Korea" as a fantasy space. Within the country, literature, popular films, and propaganda have created fantasies of revolutionary consciousness, real-existing socialism, state subjectivity, national autonomy, Party loyalty, caring leadership, ethnic purity, and the moral righteousness of everyday citizens in the face of imperialist and class enemies. Outside, the country has often served as an unknown territory that inspires fear, hope, resentment, military posturing, and laughter: the Red Scare images of the Cold War and Korean War, postwar memories and contemporary hopes for reunification in South Korea, Black Panther political interest in the 1960s, fictional portrayals of North Korean spies, the consumption of refugee and defector narratives, fascination with communist kitsch, Juche thought reading groups and web-based networks, apocalyptic fantasies of nuclear destruction, South Park and CNN renditions of dictatorship, political science think tank culture, and the attempts of concerned documentarians to capture the "truth" of the country. In order to develop a practice of interpreting critically these many representations of "North Korea," this course will cover the fundamentals of DPRK history, literature, film, and propaganda while also reading outside perspectives. Its primary texts will include: fiction by writers like Han Sorya, Yi Ki-yong, Hong Myong-hui, Kang Ch'ol-hwan, and Kim Young-ha, films like Tale of 15 Children, Girls in My Hometown, Traces of Life, Hong Kil-dong, The Hand of Destiny, The Game of Their Lives, and The Flower Girl, political essays by Kim Il-sung and Eldridge Cleaver, Kim Jong-il's writings on cinema, theoretical discussions of the work of fantasy, and contemporary media from South Korea, the United States, and Japan.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
10% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 20% bi-weekly responses, 40% final paper - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
25% Film/Video
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 25-75 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: bi-weekly responses - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32955/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 May 2013
Fall 2013 | ALL 3920 Section 003: Topics in Asian Culture -- The History of Modern Korea (34862)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 06:00PM - 07:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Broadcast from Indiana University. Taught by Prof. Michael Robinson.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34862/1139
Fall 2013 | ALL 3920 Section 004: Topics in Asian Culture -- Japanese Language and Food (35279)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- ALL 5920 Section 001LING 5900 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 12:45PM - 02:00PMUMTC, East BankElliott Hall S225
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic prereq - Jpn 3022 or instr consent
- Class Description:
- According to the BBC World News (Nov. 17, 2009), Tokyo is "the best place to eat", having 160,000 restaurants, and the most Michelin 3-star restaurants in the world. Japan is presently experiencing a food boom as shown by the great number of restaurants featuring cuisine from all over the world in Tokyo and the numerous cooking and eating shows on Japanese television. The Japanese language has developed many ways to talk about food, including many cooking terms and special expressions for the tastes, textures, smells, visual features, and sounds associated with food. In this course, we will address the following questions: 1) How do Japanese people organize their language and bodies around food, i.e., how do they use them to get to and from the table, and to proceed in a meal (e.g., at a sushi restaurant)? 2) How is the Japanese language used to taste, identify and assess food, and how do these fine distinctions and discriminations relate to the Japanese identity? 3) How do Japanese people talk about their experience of food and tell stories about food? 4) What linguistic forms and metaphors does the Japanese language have for food and how does the use of the Japanese language in the context of food relate to gender? 5) How is the Japanese language used to socialize children around food? We will explore the relation between the Japanese language and food by analyzing actual Japanese conversations about and while eating a variety of foods. The class will be most rewarding for students who like to cook/eat, talk about food, and educate their palate.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
30% Written Homework
30% In-class Presentations - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
30% Discussion
30% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Pages Writing per Term: paper (10-15) + homework (10-15 pages) = 20-30 - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35279/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 May 2013
Summer 2013 | ALL 3920 Section 001: Topics in Asian Culture -- Media Arabic, Language Expressions and Idioms (88662)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- May Session05/28/2013 - 06/14/2013Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 10:10AM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 121
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic prereq - ARAB 1102 or 1+ years of Arabic language instruction or instr consent
- Class Description:
- Media Arabic trains students to discern specific Arabic language paradigms used in the news media. Activities include reviewing articles from major online Arabic newspapers, listening to recorded and live segments from satellite Arabic stations, translation of news article written on popular Arab culture, politics, and social life. No text is required. Instructor will provide material.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
10% Written Homework
10% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
30% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 16 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88662/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 January 2013
Spring 2013 | ALL 3920 Section 002: Topics in Asian Culture -- North Korea (DPRK): History, Literature, Film (66988)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankCooke Hall 215
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- In this course we learn how to interpret critically the literature, film, and media produced within and about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, from its establishment in 1948 to the present day. We focus on the ways that literature and visual culture create and recreate "North Korea" as a fantasy space. Within the country, literature, popular films, and propaganda have created fantasies of revolutionary consciousness, real-existing socialism, state subjectivity, national autonomy, Party loyalty, caring leadership, ethnic purity, and the moral righteousness of everyday citizens in the face of imperialist and class enemies. Outside, the country has often served as an unknown territory that inspires fear, hope, resentment, military posturing, and laughter: the Red Scare images of the Cold War and Korean War, postwar memories and contemporary hopes for reunification in South Korea, Black Panther political interest in the 1960s, fictional portrayals of North Korean spies, the consumption of refugee and defector narratives, fascination with communist kitsch, Juche thought reading groups and web-based networks, apocalyptic fantasies of nuclear destruction, South Park and CNN renditions of dictatorship, political science think tank culture, and the attempts of concerned documentarians to capture the "truth" of the country. In order to develop a practice of interpreting critically these many representations of "North Korea," this course will cover the fundamentals of DPRK history, literature, film, and propaganda while also reading outside perspectives. Its primary texts will include: fiction by writers like Han Sorya, Yi Ki-yong, Hong Myong-hui, Kang Ch'ol-hwan, and Kim Young-ha, films like Tale of 15 Children, Girls in My Hometown, Traces of Life, Hong Kil-dong, The Hand of Destiny, The Game of Their Lives, and The Flower Girl, political essays by Kim Il-sung and Eldridge Cleaver, Kim Jong-il's writings on cinema, theoretical discussions of the work of fantasy, and contemporary media from South Korea, the United States, and Japan.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
10% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 20% bi-weekly responses, 40% final paper - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
25% Film/Video
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 25-75 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: bi-weekly responses - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66988/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2010
Spring 2013 | ALL 3920 Section 004: Topics in Asian Culture -- Exploring India: Languages, Literature, and Film (66991)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 3
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- This is a survey course of the culture of Indian languages, including as seen through literature and film. This course will explore the languages of India from genealogical, linguistic, typological, historical and sociological perspectives. We will explore the literatures of several main South Asian languages with a focus on Hindi - Urdu literatures and film, considering their origins, periodization, and names during each period. We will also examine the important writers and their representative work along with the literary trends and influences, including political, social, and cultural situations which helped to shape the writers and their work. Indian films, including those based on literature, have attained a very special place in the lives of Indian people as an important means of entertainment, reaching a larger audience that will not or cannot read the original work. The second half of this course will be spent on screening selected Hindi/Urdu films and discussing themes and messages that the writers try to convey to readers/audiences, and any cultural or social issues that need to be addressed. Students will have a chance to read English translations of some of the selected Hindi/Urdu works.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66991/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 October 2012
Spring 2013 | ALL 3920 Section 005: Topics in Asian Culture -- The Cultures of the Silk Road (68415)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- HIST 3504 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed, Fri 02:30PM - 03:20PMUMTC, East BankBlegen Hall 145
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- The cultures of the Silk Road flourished in present-day Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran after the invasion of Alexander the Great. In time, the Road became the hub of activity, especially under the Sassanids and, later, under the Mongols. Even after the discovery of the sea routes made the movement of goods by caravans less profitable, Sufis and merchants continued to enhance the religious, social, political, and literary aspects of the region. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, there has been an attempt at reviving the Silk Road by creating an international network of scholarship about the Silk Road supported by the region's centers of learning and prominent international banks. The potential for the exchange of ideas across cultures for creating a better world is as promising a notion today as it was real in medieval times. The course is devised to acquaint students with the dynamics of the Silk Road, both in medieval and contemporary times. It equips them with the necessary information to understand, interpret, and accept ideas and actions that, on the surface, might appear alien and often unacceptable. The course emphasizes the contributions of the cultures of Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran to world civilization.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68415/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 November 2012
Spring 2013 | ALL 3920 Section 006: Topics in Asian Culture -- Envisioning Muslims: The Middle Ages and Today (69007)
- Instructor(s)
- Geraldine Heng
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- ENGL 3110 Section 001FRIT 3880 Section 001MEST 3610 Section 012
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 317
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- Our course will survey how Muslims are represented in the dominant cultural media of two important periods: the period known in the West as the European Middle Ages -- a time in which Europe first became conscious of Muslims through Islamic invasions, multiple forms of cultural contact and negotiation, and the international wars known as ?the Crusades? -- and in the contemporary world of the 20th and 21st centuries, when Muslims have, once again, become prominent in the Western imagination. In the medieval period, we will read selections from European chronicles and romances, a Byzantine biography, Arab histories and biographies, and other cultural media, including illustrations and maps, to see how Europeans envisioned Muslims, and how Muslims envisioned themselves. In the contemporary period, we will view clips from digital media representing several genres -- silent film, Hollywood action adventure movies, biographies, television comedy, musicals, Disney animation -- to see how, and if, modern representations of Muslims differ from pre-modern representations. We will also view how Muslims represent themselves in digital media, including the Palestinian film, ?Paradise Now,? clips from Youssef Chahine's ?Saladin? and the Axis of Evil comedy tour. Course requirements: a term paper of at least 12 pages (50%), 1 or 2 in-class presentations (30%), attendance and active participation (20%). Texts listed here are suggestive, not final. All pre-modern texts read in modern English translation. TEXTS (tentative) E. Said, Orientalism (selections); J. Shaheen (selections); Autobiography of Usamah Ibn Fadlan; Journey to Russia Ibn Jubayr (selections); Bernard Lewis; Robert Pape (selections); Richard Coer de Lyon Beha ad-Din; Biography of Saladin Marco Polo; Mandeville's Travels (selections); Sultan of Babylon DIGITAL MEDIA (tentative) `Envisioning Muslims? (M. Sanders); `Educating Muslims? (J. Henson); Caramel; The Kingdom; Paradise Now; Lawrence of Arabia; Saladin (Chahine); Kingdom of Heaven; The 13th Warrior; Axis of Evil comedy tour. [Chahine's `Saladin? has English subtitles.]
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69007/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 November 2012
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