KSCB911 Reading Modern Chinese Sources

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020

The course is not taught in Spring 2020

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA ( N )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will be able to apply knowledge acquired during previous language courses on different texts in modern Chinese; the emphasis will be put on enlarging students' vocabulary and understanding of sentence structure.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to apply knowledge acquired during previous language courses on different texts in modern Chinese; the emphasis will be put on enlarging students' vocabulary and understanding of sentence structure.
Syllabus
  • texts of different type according to students' interest and in relation to their master paper topics
Literature
  • A companion to modern Chinese literature. Edited by Yingjin Zhang. First published. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. xiv, 573. ISBN 9781118451625. 2016. info
  • Ancient and early medieval Chinese literature : a reference guide. Edited by David R. Knechtges - Taiping Chang. Leiden: Brill. x, 791. ISBN 9789004191273. 2010. info
  • Classical Chinese literature : an anthology of translations. Edited by John Minford - Joseph S. M. Lau. New York: Columbia University Press. lix, 1176. ISBN 0231096763. 2000. info
  • Anthology of Chinese literature. Edited by Cyril Birch. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1967. info
Teaching methods
students prepare texts and its vocabulary at home
Assessment methods
Course completion is conditioned with regular attendance (max. 2 skipped classes), active participation, and home preparation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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