NEW COURSE: Spring 2017 - MLL 300 - "Poets, Musicians, and
Revolutionaries: Modern Chinese Poetry and Lyrical Culture"
Modern Languages & Linguistics MLL 300
“Poets, Musicians, and Revolutionaries: Modern
Chinese Poetry and Lyrical Culture”
Course Information
Time: MW
5:30-6:45pm Location: Fine Arts 006
Instructor:
Dr. Christopher Tong 唐老师 Office: Fine Arts 445
Email:
ckt@umbc.edu Office
hours: Th 2-3, 5-6pm or by appointment
Course
Description
From the New Culture Movement of 1917 to World War
II, from literary journals to rock concerts, from self-expression to social
engagement, poetry has played an integral role in remaking modern Chinese life.
In this course, you will study the works of key poets, musicians, and
revolutionaries who shaped the development of modern Chinese culture and
history in the 20th century. Examining a range of materials such as
poems, song lyrics, music (folk, classical, jazz, pop, rock, punk, hip hop),
films, and scholarly essays, you will learn about modern Chinese lyrical
culture as it evolved in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and its relationship with
national and regional identities. While this course is designed for students
with little or no prior knowledge of Chinese or Chinese culture, MLL 190, 191,
230 or 301 is recommended. Since this is an MLL course, all class discussions, assignments,
and materials will be in English. Poems will be available in Chinese for those
interested in reading the original.
Student
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this
course, you will be able to: (1) analyze modern Chinese poems using technical terms;
(2) interpret modern Chinese poetry and music in their historical contexts; (3)
recall major developments in modern Chinese history in the 20th century; and (4)
improve your ability to think critically and write academic papers on literary
topics. You are expected to work toward these goals, participate in all
classroom activities, and complete all assignments in a timely manner.
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Dr. Constantine Vaporis awarded a Dresher Center Fellowship
for Spring 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Constantine Vaporis, Director, Asian Studies
Program, and Professor, History who was awarded a Dresher Center
Fellowship for Spring 2017.
Dr. Vaporis' project is Sword and Brush: Portraits of Samurai Life in Early Modern Japan, 1600-1868.
During the Fellowship, Dr. Vaporis will complete his current book
manuscript. Despite the widespread appeal of the samurai as cultural icon,
there is a dearth of historical scholarship on the subject in English.
Sword and Brush will be the first collection of biographies of samurai,
who were the political – military elite of early modern, or Tokugawa,
society. This volume, which will be aimed at the general reader and is
both a social history of early modern Japan told through the biographies
of ten samurai and a study of biography as a historical genre.
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Freeman-ASIA Scholarship for Study Abroad
The
Institute of International Education (IIE) is now accepting
applications for summer 2016 Freeman Awards for Study in Asia
(Freeman-ASIA).
The student deadline for summer 2016 is March 1, and the adviser deadline is March 8. To access the application, and to learn more about eligibility, timelines, and scholarship requirements, please visit our website: http://www.iie.org/Programs/Freeman-ASIA.
The
Freeman Foundation’s generous support for the relaunch of Freeman-ASIA
builds on prior grants to IIE that funded more than 4,500 American
undergraduates in Asia from 2001 to 2014. The newly available awards
will advance IIE’s Generation Study Abroad, a five-year initiative
aiming to double the number of U.S. students abroad by the end of the
decade by mobilizing resources and commitments across the higher
education, philanthropy and corporate sectors.
The Freeman-ASIA
relaunch is the latest of several steps IIE has taken to increase the
number and diversity of Americans studying abroad and their study
destinations. Studying in Asia before graduating can give students a
competitive advantage in their professional careers, especially when
collaborating with international peers. More than half of Freeman-ASIA
alumni reported being employed in a position related to Asian affairs or
requiring knowledge of an Asian language. As more employers seek new
hires with meaningful and substantive experience in Asia, it is critical
that more Americans learn about and engage with Asian economies,
political systems and cultures.
Read the press release: http://www.iie.org/Who-We-Are/News-and-Events/Press-Center/Press-Releases/2016/2016-01-05-IIE-Relaunches-Freeman-Asia
Visit the website: http://www.iie.org/Freeman-ASIA
Please contact Steven Dale with any questions: freeman-asia@iie.org