Course Calendar

 ASIA/ENGL 325 Course Calendar Spring 2015 REVISED 18 FEB. ALL THE REVISIONS ARE IN RED. REVISED 5 MAR. ALL THE REVISIONS ARE IN RED AND IN THIS FONT; Revised again 16 March–see the italics

FIRST WEEK Jan. 14-16

15 Jan. Introduction and orientation; cultural studies approach to literature; paper requirement (I want you to teach me something.)

WEEK TWO

20 Jan. (All reading assignments for China are from the Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature) Introduction to China; “Introduction” xxi-xxviii

22 Jan. Lu Xun 3-7, 17-21; Mao Dun 56-73; Lao She 74-81

WEEK THREE

27 Jan. “Yan’an Seeds” 251-261; Wu Zhouliu 184-194; Wang Ruowang 197-203

29 Jan. Wang Zhenhe 232-250; “The Tunnel” 289; “Escape 445-454”; “The Leader’s Demise” 337-348

WEEK FOUR

3 Feb. “A Father and Son’s Boat for the Black Current” 715-725; “Living Hell” 697-703; “Hut on the Mountain” 325-328; “Fish” 470-479

5 Feb. To Live (film)

WEEK FIVE Convocation

10 Feb. To Live (film)

12 Feb. China Test

WEEK SIX (All readings for Korea are from Modern Korean Fiction)

17 Feb. ALL UNIVERSITY CLASSES CANCELED

19 Feb. “The Old Hatter” 269; “Footprints in the Snow” 251; “A Lucky Day” 1; “Potatoes” 13

WEEK SEVEN

24 Feb. “Crows” 21; “The White Rabbit” 59; “Seoul: 1964, Winter” 163; “Knifeblade” 217

26 Feb. Out of class–see A Schoolgirl’s Diary (North Korean Movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mTPGob6v-o&list=PL4D1A9E71A707338B&index=54 ; write brief (about 250-350 words) response to bring to class on 3 Mar.

WEEK EIGHT

3 Mar. “The Son” 195;

5 Mar. South Korean film

WEEK NINE—SPRING BREAK

WEEK TEN (All readings for Japan are from The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature, vol. 2)

17 Mar.  “The Gray Snowman” 345; “Another Man’s Room” 181; “My Innocent Uncle” 95

19 Mar. Introduction to Japan; Japan “Date’s Black Ship” 300; “Natsume Soseki” 502 “Patriotism” 255 

WEEK ELEVEN

24 Mar. Korea Test  

26 Mar.  Japanese film

WEEK TWELVE

31 Mar. Japanese theater; noh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ModfyW8wDvo ; kabuki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKqkXZp3uOk ; bunraku https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV938f46Wpg ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3SxcrD-4-s&feature=related

2 Apr. Post-modernism and Murakami Haruki—read these: “Frog” http://sharepoint.svsd410.org/mshs/meserveb/Language%20Arts/World%20Literature%20full%20texts/Super-Frog.pdf ; “Tony Takitani” http://www.macobo.com/essays/epdf/MURAKAMI,%20Haruki%20-%20Tony%20Takitani.pdf Murakami article http://www.iemed.org/observatori/arees-danalisi/arxius-adjunts/qm-16-originals/MurakamiHaruki_unrealistic%20dreamers_qm16.pdf

WEEK THIRTEEN

7 Apr. “From Age to Age” 17; “Old Ushitora” 112; “The Go-Between” 326 “The Village of Eguchi” 33

9 Apr. “Evenings at the Pool” 355; “Revenant” 553; Yuya 491; “The Jesus of the Ruins” 149

WEEK FOURTEEN

14 Apr. “The Red Cocoon” 11; “The Flood” 13; “Mothers” 62; “That One Glimmering Point of Light” 712

16 Apr. Work on kabuki (meet at 8:00 a.m.)

WEEK FIFTEEN

21 Apr. “Firefly” 607; “Hey-y, Come on Ou-t!” 550; “Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness” 632; “Newlywed” 724

23 Apr. Japan Test

WEEK SIXTEEN

28 Apr. Present kabuki

FINAL EXAMINATION: 5 May, 10:15-12:15