In recent years, the experience of Asian Americans has become an important area of scholarship in ethnic and cultural studies. Drawing on a wide variety of sources and genres – oral history, literature, memoir, poetry, drama, film, etc. – this course examines the historical and contemporary Asian Canadian experience, both as lived reality and as […]
Provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the art and architecture of East Asia explores a wide range of representations from artifacts and artworks to popular media and the built-environment. Discussions focus on issues of identity formation, political ethics, religious authorities, the nation-state, modernity, colonialism, and race/gender relations. Open to non-majors. Course Credit Exclusion: FA/VISA 2340 6.0
This course is a survey of the major genres of Chinese literature from its ancient origins to the present. It examines selected works representative of the development of the literary tradition in its historical and cultural contexts. Philosophic classics and early historical writing are introduced, but more emphasis is put on poetry, drama, and fiction, […]
The course is designed for students with previous knowledge in communicative Korean from family background and/or prior studies, and students with appreciation for fast-paced language learning. Students are expected to learn important grammatical structures from the first- and second-year Korean and to reach the intermediate level in Korean by the end of the semester.
Offers practical and repertoire studies in traditional instrumental techniques (shakuhachi, koto etc.) Students concentrate on issues of performance such as tone colour, rhythmic accuracy and nuance and ensemble performance.Prerequisite: Permission of the course director. No prior experience is necessary. Open to non-majors.
This course analyzes and critiques the social and cultural foundations of historical and contemporary forms of global capitalism. The curriculum focuses on a critical examination of the social, political, and economic consequences of the production and circulation of global commodities, the rise of consumer capitalism, and the idea of the society of perpetual growth, as […]
Offers practical instruction in the folk repertoires of Korean ensemble drumming. Students study the technique and rhythmic patterns for various instruments: the jango (hour-glass drum), buk (bass drum), sogo (fan drum) and small gongs. Traditional singing and dancing are included.Prerequisite: FA/MUSI 1096 3.0. Open to all majors/non-majors/minors.
Offers practical and repertoire studies in traditional Chinese orchestral techniques (chin, erhu etc.) Students learn and perform pieces from the repertoire while concentrating on appropriate instrumental techniques.Prerequisite: Permission of the course director. No prior experience is necessary. Open to non-majors.
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 on Chinese culture and civilization. This course is taught in Chinese.Prerequisite: AP/CH 1000 6.0, AP/CH 1010 6.0 or permission of the DepartmentCourse […]
The objectives of the course is to develop Korean language proficiency at the intermediate level which includes 1) expressing various stances of the speaker's stance--e.g. judgment, inference, and evaluation or subjective assessment of ideas--and 2) expressing more complex relations between events such as cause, reason, purpose, condition, concession, intention, and background. Skills for simple narration […]