CHIN 112 – Introduction to Chinese Civilisation
| Points: | 20 | Prerequisites: | None |
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| Faculty: | Humanities & Soc Sc | Corequisites: | None |
| School: | Languages and Cultures | Restrictions: | None |
This is a survey course introducing some of the salient features of Chinese civilisation from prehistoric times to the present century. Topics to be addressed include literature, thought and scholarship, religious beliefs, art, and the cultural and social achievements of the main dynasties. 60% internal assessment, 40% examination.
Tuition Fees
2012:
domestic $755.00 
international $3,341.60
Set Text
Valerie Hansen, The Open Empire: A History of China to 1600 (New York & London: W W Norton, 2000).
Recommended Reading
Patricia Buckley Ebrey, The Cambridge Illustrated History of China (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996).
John Minford & Joseph and S M Lau, eds. Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations (New York & Hong Kong: Columbia University Press & The Chinese University Press, 2000).
Caroline Blunden & Mark Elvin, Cultural Atlas of China (Oxford: Phaidon, 1983).
Stephen Owen, An Anthology of Chinese Literature (New York: W.W. Norton, 1996).
W M de Bary & Irene Bloom, eds. Sources of Chinese Tradition, 2 vols. (2nd Edition, New York: Columbia University Press, 1999).
Trimester 2 2012
* indicates instructor is the course coordinator.
| CRN | From/To | Days | Time | Building [Campus] | Room | Instructor | 3049 | 16 Jul – 21 Oct 2012 | Tue, Thu | 1410 - 1500 | New Kirk [Kelburn] | 202 |
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