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China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture at Harvard University Overview
China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture
at Harvard University
Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.
Duration | 8 weeks |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
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Course Level | UG Certificate |
China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture
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China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture at Harvard University Course details
China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture
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What are the course deliverables?
- Cultural traditions that are revered in China today.
- How to interpret Chinese philosophical texts.
- How to analyze and appreciate masterpieces of Chinese literature.
- How to see the “individual voice” in visual works.
More about this course
- In China's history, there has been a longstanding belief that being cultured and being moral are necessary for a person to participate in public life. We often think of China in political terms and focus on the history of government or in social terms and study the role of the family in society. But this course looks at the individual and the striving for culture and morality.
- In China Humanities, you will explore the idea of China as a country of individuals who create the thing we call Chinese culture through their own art, literature, and philosophy. The course will focus on how individuals pursue unique forms of expression, act upon their distinct experiences, and follow their own desires, creating enduring works that we continue to look to for inspiration and wisdom.
- You will discuss the theories of early Chinese thinkers like Confucius and Zhuangzi, explore the poetry of writers like Tao Yuanming and Du Fu, read from novels such as the Dream of the Red Chamber, and learn how to see painting and calligraphy all with a particular focus on how these works have shaped Chinese culture as we know it today.
China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture at Harvard University Curriculum
China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture
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Unit 1: Early Chinese Thinkers and Writers and their Notion of Self
Unit 2: Revealing the Individual in Chinese Poetry
Unit 3: Love and Literature: Yingying’s Story
Unit 4: Neo-Confucianism
Unit 5: Chinese Art: How to Paint the Inner Voice?
Unit 6: Love and Illusion in the Story of the Stone
Unit 7: Humanities Past and Present
Unit 8: Roundtable Discussion, on the Individual and Society
China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture at Harvard University Faculty details
China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture
at Harvard University
Peter K. Bol
Designation : Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Wai-yee Li
Designation : Professor of Chinese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Stephen Owen
Designation : James Bryant Conant University Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Michael Puett
Designation : Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University
Eugene Wang
Designation : Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Harvard University
Xiaofei Tian
Designation : Professor of Chinese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
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