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Klassiek Chinees 3b

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2025-2026

Admission requirements

BA2 Klassiek Chinees 2.

Description

This course is for students who have completed Klassiek Chinees I and II. We will read short stories from Tang and Song dynasties. These came from the emerging genre of literati gossip, covering a wide range of topics: romance, gods, ghosts and more. We will try to understand their plots, as well as the intellectual-political agenda underlying them, gaining thereby a glimpse of the historical process that is usually called the Tang-Song transition. Students are expected to develop skills in independent reading and textual analysis for their own research.

Course objectives

By the end of this course, students should be able to

  1. Acquire an expanded vocabulary;
  2. Effectively use relevant dictionaries;
  3. Refine translation skills;
  4. Gain familiarity with varying registers, styles and fields of Classical Chinese
  5. Have exposure to critical analytical methods to interpret, translate, and contextualize Classical Chinese texts

Timetable

The timetables are available through My Timetable.

Mode of instruction

  • Seminar

Assessment method

Written exams (quiz and exams): 100%

Inspection and feedback

How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.

Reading list

See Brightspace

Registration

Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website

Contact

  • For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.

  • For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office Herta Mohr

Remarks

Students must self-enrol on Brightspace, which is used for posting syllabus, class communications, and essay submission.