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Instructor
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Office
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Telephone
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Office Hours
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Email
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Course
Outline and Schedule
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Yuhua Tsui
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Roosevelt
Hall, Room 218B
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341-5400
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MWF
11:00-11:50 , or by appointment
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ytsui@emporia.edu
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This
course will be an introduction to the traditional cultures of China,
Japan, and Korea. In this course, students will
gain a basic knowledge of history, geography, social structure,
politics, religions, languages and literature of these three countries.
Students are encouraged to explore their thoughts and feelings about
these cultures through papers, a presentation, and class discussions.
Class attendance and participation can influence your final grade. In
addition to the regular lectures and reading assignments, we will also
invite guest speakers to meet with us and offer several educational
films. Students will also be responsible for the material presented by
such guest speakers and films.
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Dating
back 5000 years, East Asian civilizations are the oldest continuous
cultures in the world. Despite the modern, Western trappings of
McDonald's and Mercedes-Benz, the fundamental principles of East Asian
cultures, such as Confucianism, that were formed before the first
century A.D. are still influential today. The goal of this class is to
consider the roots of East Asian cultures.
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Upon
completion of this course, a student will
- demonstrate a fundamental understanding of
East Asian history and cultures;
- recognize and appreciate the rich cultural
heritage of East Asia, including
belief systems and religions, and their impact on the development of
the Asian societies under discussion;
- become more aware of
the similarities and differences among the major Asian cultural
traditions and between those of the West;
- be able to use
primary and secondary sources as evidence to reach conclusions about
the way of life of East Asian people – their political, social,
economic, cultural systems.
- use the skills and knowledge developed in
this course to continue exploring the civilizations of East Asia.
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de Bary, Wm T., &
Bloom, I.
(Eds.). (1999). Sources
of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600.
(2nd Ed., Vol. 1). New
York:
Columbia
University
Press.
de Bary, Wm. T., Keene, D.,
Tanabe, G., & Varley, P. (Eds.). (2002). Sources of Japanese Tradition:
From Earliest Times to 1600. (2nd
Ed., Vol. 1). New
York:
Columbia
University
Press.
Tsao, Hsueh Chin. (1996).
The Dream of the Red Chamber (Chih-Chen Wang, Trans.).
New York: Bantam Doubleday.
Chūshingura: The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
(Keene, Donald, Trans.). New York: Columbia University Press. 1971.
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Smith,
R. J. (1994). China’s
Cultural Heritage. The Ching Dynasty. 1644-1912. Oxford, England:
Westview Press.
The
Analects of Confucius (Leys, Simon, Trans.). Norton, 1997.
Chuang
Tzu: Basic Writings. (Watson, Burton,
Trans.). Columbia
University
Press, 1964.
The Buddhist
Tradition. (de
Bary, Theodore, ed. and trans.) Vintage Books,
1972.
Okakura
Kakuzo. (1964). The Book of Tea. Dover.
(1979).
Tales
of Times Now Past (Ury, Marian,
trans.). Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan.
Varley,
P. (1973). Japanese Culture, (3rd Ed.). University of Hawaii
Press.
“The Poetry of Li Po and Tu Fu,” in Nelson and
Peebles, Classic of Eastern Thought
(HBJ,
1991)
“Shinto:
Readings”:
(this includes excerpt from the Kojiki)
“Manyoshu”, in Nelson and Peebles, Classics of Eastern
Thought
“The
Japanese Idea of Beauty”, by Donald Keene (article)
“Hagakure,”
in Nelson and Peebles, Classics of Eastern Thought
“Yugao,”
from The Tale of Genji, trans. Arthur Waley, in Anthology
of Japanese
Literature, D. Keene,
ed. Grove, 1956; also available in Murasaki, the Tale of Genji,
trans. Arthur Waley,
Anchor, 195?.
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Attendance and Class Participation: Attendance
is required. You are expected to
attend every class, arrive on time, stay to the end, and to participate
in class discussions. Your participation is an integral part of your
grade.
To
encourage student involvement in classroom activities, approximately
20%of the final grade will depend upon participation. Student
participation will be evaluated on the basis of contribution to class
discussions, presentations, and general level of preparation.
Assignments: All assignments are
due at the start of class on the specified date. Late papers will be
penalized five percent if received by 4:30 pm on the due date. Papers
received after that will be penalized fifteen percent.
Papers: There will be two 2-3
page essays for each session. Topics will be assigned. The
paper must include a clear thesis, a logical argument, and well chosen
supporting evidence. The paper should be typed, double-spaced, and
include proper citations in any standard bibliographic style.
Quizzes and Exams: All exams and
quizzes must be taken as scheduled. Quizzes will be given on every
Monday and can not be made up under any circumstances. A make up exam
will be given only in cases of
extreme circumstances with appropriate documentation. Students must
write quizzes on a clean sheet of notebook paper and exams in blue
examination booklets. There will be a five percent grade penalty on the
assignment for failure to prepare appropriate class materials.
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Attendance
(100 points for each session)
200 points
Classroom
Participation (150 points for each session)
300 points
Summary
Essays (two for each session)
400 points
Quizzes
(150 fore each session)
300 points
Midterm
and Final Exams (200 points each)
400 points
Total
possible points (800 points for each session)
1600 points
Grading Scale
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A
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93-100%
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C+
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77-79%
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A
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90-92%
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C
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73-76%
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B+
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87-89%
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C-
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70-72%
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B
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83-86
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D+
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67-69%
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B-
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80-82%
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D
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60-66%
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F
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<60%
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At Emporia State University
, academic dishonesty is a basis for disciplinary action. Academic
dishonesty
includes but is not limited to activities such as cheating and
Plagiarism
(presenting as one's own the intellectual or creative accomplishments
of
another without giving credit to the source or sources).
The faculty
member in whose course or under whose tutelage an act of
academic dishonesty occurs has the option of failing the student for
the
academic hours in question and may refer the case to other academic
personnel
for further action. Emporia State University may impose penalties for
academic dishonesty
up to and including expulsion from the university
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Emporia
State University will make reasonable accommodations for persons with
documented disabilities. Students need to contact the Director of
Disability Services and the professor as early in the semester as
possible to ensure that classroom and academic accommodations are
implemented in a timely fashion. All communication between students,
the Office of Disability Services, and the professor will be strictly
confidential.
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