ASIAN 6670

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ASIAN 6670
Nature and Ecology in Ancient Chinese Travel Writing

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

This course traces the development of travel writing from the Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 221) to the Song dynasty (960–1279).  Special attention is paid to the ways in which Chinese writers have ceaselessly negotiated humankind's relationship with the natural world in their accounts of travel—both imagined and actual.  An additional weekly seminar session introduces students to contemporary scholarship on critical questions and issues pertaining to the thematic foci of this course.  A final research paper on an approved topic pertaining to the central theme of this course is required. 

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: reading knowledge of classical and modern Chinese.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3370, CAPS 3370

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17449 ASIAN 6670   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Reading knowledge of classical and modern Chinese. Permission of instructor required.

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  • 18802 ASIAN 6670   DIS 201

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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