| Jonathan Dresner Office: Russ Hall 406F Office Hours: MWF 10-11, 1-2; TuTh 10-12 235-4315 |
Administrative Deadlines and Instructional Holidays are in Italics
Assignments and Tests are in Bold
Readings are by chapter and should be done before class on the assigned day.
A version of this schedule with additional links and updates can be found on the course website.
|
Date |
Topic/Event |
Readings |
Poems |
| 1/15 (Th) | First Day of Class: Syllabus, etc. | Handout | |
| 1/20 (Tu) | Chinese Pre-history and Proto-history | Hansen 1 | |
| 1/22 (Th) | Warring States and Hundred Flowers
Geography Quiz Last day for full fee refund |
Hansen 2 | Watson 1 |
| 1/27 (Tu) | Snow Day | ||
| 1/28 (W) | Final day for dropping course without grade report | ||
| 1/29 (Th) | Qin and Han | Hansen 3 | Watson 3 (to 81) |
| 2/3 (Tu) | Kongzi, aka Confucius | Readings 1 | Watson 3 (from 82) |
| 2/5 (Th) | Mozi | Readings 2 | Watson 4 (to 111) |
| 2/10 (Tu) | Mengzi, aka Mencius | Readings 3 | Watson 4 (Ts’ao Chih) |
| 2/12 (Th) | Xunzi: Who’s the True Disciple? | Readings 6 | Watson 5 |
| 2/17 (Tu) | Han Feizi: Legalism | Readings 7 | Watson 6 (to 159) |
| 2/19 (Th) | The Daodejing of Laozi | Readings 4 | Watson 6 (160-181) |
| 2/24 (Tu) | Instructor Ill | ||
| 2/26 (Th) | Zhuangzi | Readings 5 | Watson 6 (181-end) |
| 3/3 (Tu) | First Essays Due | ||
| 3/5 (Th) | Buddhism and “Disorder” | Hansen 4 | Watson 7 (Wang Wei) |
| 3/10 (Tu) | Sui and early Tang | Hansen 5 | Watson 7 (Li Po) |
| 3/12 (Th) | Later Tang | Hansen 6 | Watson 7 (Tu Fu) |
| 3/16-20 | Spring Break , D/F Grades Due | ||
| 3/24 (Tu) | Song and Southern Song | Hansen 7 | Watson 8 (Han Yü) |
| 3/26 (Th) | Urban Culture I: City Life | Gernet 1, 3 | Watson 8 (Po Chü-i) |
| 3/31 (Tu) | Urban Culture II: City Society | Gernet 2, 4 | Watson 8 (Han-shan) |
| 4/2 (Th) | Urban Culture III: Cultural Practices | Gernet 5, 6, 7 | Watson 9 (to 280) |
| 4/7 (Tu) | Neo- Confucianism | Wang Anshi Controversies | Watson 9 (281-end) |
| 4/9 (Th) | Second Essays Due | ||
| 4/10 (F) | Final day for dropping course unless withdraw from school | ||
| 4/14 (Tu) | Northern Dynasties, aka Barbarians, and Mongols! | Hansen 8Hansen 9 | Watson 10 (Su Tung-P’o, Lu Yu) |
| 4/16 (Th) | Ming | Hansen 10 | Watson 11 |
| 4/21 (Tu) | An Emperor Against his Court | Huang 1, 2 | |
| 4/23 (Th) | An Empire Declines | Huang 3, 4 | |
| 4/28 (Tu) | Notable Subjects of Empire | Huang 5, 6, 7 | |
| 4/30 (Th) | Ming-Qing transition | Hansen Epilogue | |
| 5/5 (Tu) | Catch-up/ Review | ||
| 5/7 (Th) | Third Essays Due Last day to withdraw from university |
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| 5/14 | Final Exam due, 12:30. Yummy Buffet |
Grades
| Attendance, Preparation and Participation |
25% |
| Geography Quiz |
5% |
| Short Essays (8) |
40% |
| Final Exam |
30% |
