Chinese Courses

AP/CH 1000 6.00
Elementary Modern Standard Chinese

Introductory course for English speakers who have no knowledge of Chinese. Students are expected to learn to carry on simple everyday conversations in the national language and to read and write approximately 500 Chinese characters. ...

AP/CH 1010 6.00
Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners

This course presents three aspects of Modern Standard Chinese: pronunciation, grammar, and writing system. Lectures, classroom practice, audio tapes, and interactive computer programs. Pinyin (Chinese Romanization) is used in teaching approximately 500 characters by the ...

AP/CH 2000 6.00
Intermediate Modern Standard Chinese

This course continues the work of AP/CH 1000 6.00 so that students can hold discussions on contemporary China and can read and write approximately 1100 characters. Prerequisite: AP/CH 1000 6.00. Course credit exclusion: AP/CH 2030 ...

AP/CH 2030 6.00
Intermediate Chinese Language and Culture

This is an intensive intermediate Chinese language and culture course, taught on the York campus and followed by a stay at Fudan University in Shanghai. The course covers language structures and functions, vocabulary and topics ...

AP/CH 2200 6.00
Introduction to Chinese Literature

This course surveys the many genres of Chinese literature from its origins to the present to show the evolution of the literary tradition and its interplay with history, philosophy and politics. The focus is on ...

AP/CH 3000 6.00
Advanced Modern Standard Chinese

This course entails reading, writing, discussion, use of dictionaries and translation practice. The student should, with the aid of dictionaries, be able to read and translate newspaper articles from the People's Republic, modern fiction and ...

AP/CH 3010 6.00
Modern Standard Chinese for Speakers of Cantonese or Other Dialects

This course provides training in the standard pronunciation, phonetic system and simplified script, and discussions of the debate on language reform and style as embodied in the classics of modern vernacular literature.Prerequisite: Permission of the ...

AP/CH 3050 6.00
Advanced Modern Chinese and Culture

Set at York and Nanjing Universities, this summer course aims at improving students’ Chinese language ability and introduces them to basic aspects of classical and modern Chinese civilization. The course begins with three weeks of ...

AP/CH 3400 3.00
Women in Contemporary Chinese Culture

The major developments and changes in the lives of women in contemporary China will be analyzed and discussed, themes such as gender, class, nationalism, and Confucianism as they relate to the lives of Chinese women ...

AP/CH 3600 6.00
Lu Xun: Representative Works

This course deals with the creative works of Lu Xun, China's leading 20th-century writer. It focuses on textual analysis of his short stories, prose poems and selected satirical essays. Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) is used ...

AP/CH 3660 6.00
Modern Chinese Drama

Through an analysis of some of the representative works by Cao Yu and by other major playwrights this course offers a picture of the main thematic and formal patterns of modern Chinese drama (Huaju) as ...

AP/CH 3711 3.00
Women Writers in Modern and Contemporary China

This course studies fiction by major women writers from the literary revolution of the 1920s to the present; themes, forms and styles are explored in the context of modern China. Discussions are guided by feminist ...

AP/CH 3790 6.00
Contemporary Chinese Culture

Explores the relationship between ideology and art. Focusing on such aspects as narrative technique and allegory and by investigating the film versions of some of the literary texts under discussion, this course offers insights into ...

AP/CH 3791 6.00
Contemporary Chinese Culture (in translation)

Explores the relationship between ideology and art. Focusing on such aspects as narrative technique and allegory and by investigating the film versions of some of the literary texts under discussion, this course offers insights into ...

AP/CH 3800 6.00
Chinese-Canadian Diasporic Literature

This blended course combines both online teaching and face-to-face instruction to study Chinese-Canadian literature from as early as the 1890 to contemporary times written by descendants of early Chinese immigrants as well as new Chinese ...

AP/CH 3810 3.00
Chinese-American Diasporic Literature

The course studies Chinese-American literature from its origins in the mid-nineteenth century to recent times, focusing on fiction and biography. It examines its literary developments, as well as its representative writers and works. Both literary ...

AP/CH 3820 6.00
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature

An introduction to modern Chinese literature from 1900 to the present, concentrating on fiction but including also poetry, prose essays and drama, both in Chinese and English translation. The course explores the development and variety ...

AP/CH 3850 3.00
Christianity and Chinese Culture

This course examines the impact of Christianity and Christian culture on modern Chinese culture and society since the early twentieth century. Through the analysis of selected works written by novelists, scholars, theologians and church leaders, ...

AP/CH 3860 6.00
Eileen Chang

This course examines the major works of Eileen Chang, one of the greatest modern Chinese writers of the twentieth century. Using different literary theories, students analyze her short stories, essays and novels, as well as ...

AP/CH 4000 6.00
Classical Chinese Language

This course serves as an introduction to Chinese classical language-- a bearer of Chinese traditional thoughts, philosophy, literature, arts, and culture in general. Selected readings are works by masters of ancient Chinese philosophy, and by ...

AP/CH 4050 6.00
Advanced Chinese for Business

The course deals with the specialized language of business-related subjects, including business etiquette. Materials include a text of formal conversations on typical business transactions, newspaper and journal articles, as well as TV news broadcasts on ...

AP/CH 4300 6.00
Classical Chinese Fiction

Examines major developments in traditional Chinese fiction. Selected works written in classical and vernacular language that represent a variety of narrative forms. The literary approach focuses on plot construction, characterization, narrative stance, techniques of conveying ...

AP/CH 4800 6.00
Humor and Satire in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature

Introduces the world's oldest tradition of humor and satire, and focuses on their characteristics in both written and oral works in modern and contemporary Chinese. Students learn the theory and the relationship between humor and ...

AP/CH 4810 6.00
Introduction to English-Chinese Translation

This course is designed for students with advanced proficiency in English and Chinese. It introduces theories and skills in English-Chinese translation and applies them to different types of texts in various fields. Students may work ...

AP/CH 4870 6.00
Chinese Martial Arts Culture

This course explores how Chinese martial arts are defined as a distinct cultural form through literature and film.Students are presented with the historical background of martial arts as a cultural practice and a genre and ...

AP/CH 4880 6.00
Cultural Translation and Chinese Modernities

Analyzes what meanings of modern and contemporary Chinese literature from the 1900s to the present have both been produced and lost through cultural and media translation. Applies postmodern theories to examine fiction with their recreations ...