|
|
|
Jun 01, 2025
|
|
ASIA083 PO - The Great Books of ChinaWhen Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2024
Instructor(s): M. Poli
Credit: 1
Several other cultures are distinguished for the richness of their textual traditions. China is one of the few places were writing emerged independently, and where this innovative technology went on to produce a large body of texts, its own “great books” that continue to shape Chinese culture. This course introduces students to the emergence of writing in ancient China, the stages of formation of a textual tradition, and the role the Chinese classics have been playing in the last two thousand years of history. For each category of written sources (oracle bone inscriptions, bronzes, bamboo and silk manuscripts, paper manuscripts) we will also consider the contexts in which these documents were created, their archeological contexts, as well as their material features.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)
|
|
|
