Course Syllabus
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL
INSTITUTE OF LETTERS
- Identification data
- : Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture
Character of the discipline: elective
Credit hour: 02 class-hours weekly (30 class-hours total)
no prerequisites
Professors: Tiejun Gu, Mengzhu Lu, Yunjian He, Rui Zhang
Teaching languages: English and Chinese
Target audience: graduating students in degree and bachelor degree in all majors.
- Docket: History of Chinese language features of Chinese language, history of Chinese literature, introduction to important Chinese literary works, history of Chinese civilization, school of Chinese traditional thoughts, and introduction to Chinese arts.
- Objectives:
a) Forming a general view of Chinese language, literature, culture and art;
- Understanding some features of Chinese language and culture in comparison with western culture;
c) Developing interest in studying Chinese language and culture.
- Syllabus:
Section one: Chinese language
History of Chinese language
Features of Chinese language in comparison with western languages
Section two: Chinese Literature
History of Chinese literature
Introduction to some important Chinese literary works
Section three: Chinese Culture
History of Chinese civilization
Main schools of Chinese traditional thoughts
Section four: Chinese Art
Main kinds of Chinese Art
Introduction to some important Chinese art works
- Teaching methods:
- Lectures and discussions in class;
- Performances with multimedia;
- Essay writing on the designated topics.
- Rating:
- Participation in class (presence), 10%
- Homework (essay writing, etc.), 10%
- individual contributions for discussions, 20%
- End of term written exam, 60%
- Basic bibliography
Guo Shangxing, Sheng Xingqing, A History of Chinese Culture, Hernan University Press, 1993
Long Maozhong, Jia Aibing, A Bird’s Viwe of Chinese Culture, Huadong Science and Technology Unviersity Press, 2009
Leia mais: https://www.icufrgs.com.br/curso-de-cultura-chinesa/