Professor Lanlan Kuang Philosophy Department University of Central Florida Syllabus (Tentative) HUM 3401 (11148) Asian Humanities 3 credit hours Spring 2013 Class Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:00pm-1:15pm Place: ENGR 0427 E-mail: lanlan.kuang@ucf.edu Phone: (407) 823-2195 Office: PHI 242 (It s on the second floor of the Psychology Building.) Office Hours: Thursdays 3:30pm to 4:30pm. Other times by appointment. Email is a good way to communicate with me. Course Objective and Description: This course introduces some of the critical thoughts, ideas, and interpretations on the development and interaction of the arts and humanities from the geographical conceptual area generally known as Asia. Course materials offer an interdisciplinary overview covering both general and specific topics in the arts and humanities, such as history, philosophy, religion, literature, art, and music. This course guides students to examine critically the changing representations of Asian cultures in different historical, socio-economical contexts. This is a Gordon Rule class. Note: Florida's Gordon Rule (as applied at UCF) requires a passing score (60% or >) on a minimum of four papers per class. Additionally, students must earn at least a C- in the class as a whole for Gordon Rule credit. Required Texts (please obtain all required text by the end of the first week): Asian Reader, 3 rd edition, edited by Ed Frame and Jennifer Taylor, Thomson/South-Western, 2006. ISBN- 10: 0324373678; ISBN-13: 978-0324373677 The Silk Road in World History (New Oxford World History), by Xinru Liu, Oxford University Press, USA (July 9, 2010). ISBN-10: 0195338103; ISBN-13: 978-0195338102 The Four Little Dragons: The Spread of Industrialization in East Asia, by Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University Press, 1993. ISBN-10: 067431526X; ISBN-13: 978-0674315266 The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed, by Michael Meyer, Walker & Company, 2008. ISBN: 0-8027-1750-0 will be distributed by the instructor via the UCF Webcourse throughout the semester. Please make sure you check your Webcourse regularly for updated materials and announcements. MLA Format and Citation Guidelines may be obtained from the Webcourse s Content Section. Note: Please send an e-mail to me using your Knightsmail account as soon as possible. Please check your e-mail frequently for notifications and additional reading materials. As of 2009, Knightsmail is the only official student email at UCF. Class rosters list Knightsmail addresses rather than external email addresses, and all official class communications will be sent only to the Knightsmail addresses. Students are responsible for checking their Knightsmail accounts regularly. See www.knightsemail.ucf.edu for further information. Important dates to remember: Thursday, January 10, 2013 Friday, January 11, 2013 Drop/Swap Deadline/Last Day for Full Refund Add Deadline 1
Monday, January 21, 2013 March 4-9, 2013 Tuesday, March 20, 2013 Tuesday March 26 Thursday March 28 Monday, April 22, 2013 April 25, 2013 May 3, 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Spring Break Grade Forgiveness Deadline/Withdrawal Deadline No class *I will be in China for research and conferences during these dates; you will have assignments or be lectured by a guest speaker. Classes End Final Examination 10:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Grades due Grading Criteria: 20 points Attendance, Participation, and Reading Questions (10+5+5; see details below) 45 points 3 Take-home Exams, 15 points each, consisted of 3 essay questions 15 points Preliminary or Research Paper (see details below) 20 points Course Project (see details below) +5 points Extra credits (see details below) 100 points + 5 points extra credit Assignments and Details: (All written assignments must follow the MLA Format and Citation Guidelines on Webcourse) 1. Attendance and Participation (20 points = 10+5+5; see details below) Attendance: 10 points Class Participation: 5 points Reading Questions/Discussion Topics: 5 points Attendance: You lose 1 point on your overall grade every time you miss a class unless you have a medical excuse supported with a doctor s note, signed and dated. Please email me if you are ill and will not be attending class. You are asked not to come to class if you are feeling sick. Class Participation: You may earn 5 points with active participation in class discussions. Reading Questions: You are asked to prepare 2 questions/topics for discussion during each lecture. Please print these questions/topics out and bring them to class. You may earn 5 points by engaging the class with one of the 2 questions/topics. You will then be placed in a group during each lecture to work together than then share their findings with the class and get the 5 points. 2. Three Take-home Exams (45 points = 15 x 3 points each, with Essay Questions) You will have one week to complete each one of the three take-home exams e.g. questions will be handed to you on a Thursday, you MUST submit A HARD COPY of your answer to me in class by the following Thursday. There will be NO MAKE UP EXAMS. Each exam is worth 15 points, and each is consisted of three short essay questions. These short essay questions require you to reflect on the readings and class discussions while comparing and contrasting varying viewpoints, including your own. You should be able to define, describe, and discuss some of the new terms and ideas we learn in class. You MUST reflect carefully, and specifically, on the readings to get a good grade. Your answer must be well written, follows the MLA Format and Citation Guidelines, which may be obtained from your Webcourse s Content Section. (Meets the standards for Gordon Rule) 3. Preliminary Research Paper or Research Paper (15 points, see details below) Further details will be distributed in a separate handout. This paper is worth 15 points. This assignment replaces classes that are cancelled due to my being out of country. (Meets the standards for Gordon Rule) 2
4. Course Project (20 points, see details below) Further details will be distributed in a separate handout. Each of you must prepare a one page research paper proposal for peer review in class (bring 5 copies). You will receive feedbacks from your peers. Each of you will give a presentation on of your research paper. We will meet DURING EXAM TIME 10:00 a.m. 12:50 p.m. on April 25, 2013 for presentation of course projects. NO MAKE UP PROJECT, NO LATE PRESENTATION ACCEPTED. 5. Extra credits (+5 points, see details below) Students have the option of creating, or writing a 1-2 page paper on a small course related topic a review of a poem, a folktale, an art work, a song, a dance, a proverb or idiom, and etc. You may earn up to 5 points as extra credits. NOTES: 1. Incomplete in this course is not an option unless it is absolutely unavoidable. You must have a legitimate reason. 2. Please keep a copy of all papers you turn in to me. 3. I only accept hard copies of your paper that are present to me no later than its due day, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. Electronic copies of your issue paper will not be graded. 4. I would like to see students in this class on an individual basis from time to time so that I can help you with problem areas. Since this class deals with many difficult issues, one can easily feel conflicted and uncomfortable. You should feel free to express these feelings. 5. No assignments will be accepted after April 26 th, 2013. NO EXCEPTIONS! 6. We will meet on our regularly scheduled exam day, please come to class during the final exam time, NOT REGULAR CLASS TIME. 7. Late papers are not advisable. Each assignment will be graded on a point system, depending on the percentage of your grade. (For example, if a paper is worth 20% of your grade, you will get somewhere between 0 and 20 points.) Five points will be taken off your grade each day a paper is turned in late. Please do not put late papers under my office door. Instead, take them to the office staff in Philosophy and ask someone who works in the office to date and initial the paper. If this is not done, I will count the paper late based on the day that I receive it. 8. Attendance is important. Please try not to miss classes, especially the guest lectures. 9. Plagiarism is a very serious matter and will be dealt with accordingly. For your information: A+=98-100 points (while the University of Central Florida does not have A+ on its grading scale, you ll be invited to compete for a full scholarship to study Chinese language and cultures in the metropolis harbor city Guangzhou for one semester or/to one year (two of my students won full scholarships in Spring 2013); A= 93-97 points; A- =90-92 points; B+ =87-89; B= 83-86; B-=80-82; C+=77-79; C=73-76; C-=70-72; D+=67-69; D=63-66; D-=60-62, and anything lower than 60 is an F. Grades will reflect the plus and minus system. Class Schedule: You should be prepared to discuss your reading assignments in class. You are expected to know the contents and think critically. You are expected to come to class with two questions/topics prepared to share and discuss with the class. This will earn you 5 points, which will be added to your attendance and class participation (see Assignments Section). You will be called upon randomly at least once during the semester. Please go to the Content Section on your Webcourse for a sample of the types of questions/topics you should prepare for each lecture. A rough draft or outline of your project/presentation may be turned in advance for critical feedback from your peers (see schedule). I want you to have plenty of time to make any changes. Note: You must check your Webcourse on a regular basis for updated materials and announcements. Jan 8, 2013 Tuesday Introduction 3
(for Thursday s discussion) Asian Reader: China in Antiquity, pages 125-136 Jan 10, 2013 Thursday (for next Tuesday s discussion) Asian Reader by Frame: The Rise of the Chinese Empire, pages 137-145 The Silk Road by Liu: Editor s Preface, ix; Chapter 1 China Looks West, pages 1-19 Jan 15, 2013 Tuesday Asian Reader by Frame: Daily Life in Ancient China, pages 145-147 Chinese Culture, pages 148-152 A Theory of Oriental Aesthetics: A Prolegomenon Kenneth K. Inada Philosophy East and West, Vol. 47, No. 2 (Apr., 1997), pp. 117-131 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399872 16 Pages Language and World View in Ancient China Bao Zhiming Philosophy East and West, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Apr., 1990), pp. 195-219 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399228 26 pages Jan 17, 2013 Thursday The Silk Road by Liu: Chapter 2 Rome Looks East and Chapter 3 The Kushan Empire and Buddhism, pages 20-61 The Silk Road Volume 6, Number 2 (Winter/Spring 2009) Philosophy, Philosophia, and Zhe-xue Wu Xiao-ming Philosophy East and West, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Jul., 1998), pp. 406-452 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1400334 48 pages Jan 22, 2013 Tuesday Asian Reader by Frame: Buddhism, pages 148-152 Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism in China Its History and Method Author(s): Hu Shih Philosophy East and West, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Apr., 1953), pp. 3-24 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1397361 23 pages Jan 24, 2013 Thursday Asian Reader by Frame: Taoism, pages 174-188 4
The Silk Road by Liu: Chapter 4 A Golden Age Emerges and Chapter 5 Transforming the Eurasian Silk Market, pages 62-108 REFLECTIONS ON TIME AND RELATED IDEAS IN THE YIJING Wonsuk Chang Philosophy East & West Volume 59, Number 2 April 2009 216 229 2009 University of Hawai i Press Aesthetic Suggestiveness in Chinese Thought: A Symphony of Metaphysics and Aesthetics Ming Dong Gu Philosophy East and West, Vol. 53, No. 4 (Oct., 2003), pp. 490-513 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399980 25 pages Jan 29, 2013 Tuesday The Silk Road by Liu: Chapter 6 The Mongls and the Twilight of the Silk Road, pages 109-end Ideas of Nature in an Asian Context Author(s): Michael G. Barnhart Philosophy East and West, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Jul., 1997), pp. 417-432 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399913 17 pages Chinese and Symbolist Poetic Theories Pauline R. Yu Comparative Literature, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Autumn, 1978), pp. 291-312 Published by: Duke University Press on behalf of the University of Oregon Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1771054 23 pages Jan 31, 2013 Thursday Asian Reader by Frame: The Confucian Tradition, pages 156-169 Li as Cultural Grammar: On the Relation between Li and Ren in Confucius' "Analects" Chenyang Li Philosophy East and West, Vol. 57, No. 3, Ninth East-West Philosophers' Conference (Jul., 2007), pp. 311-329 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20109408 26 pages Virtue: Confucius and Aristotle Jiyuan Yu Philosophy East and West, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Apr., 1998), pp. 323-347 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399830 26 pages Feb 5, 2013 Tuesday The Last Days of Old Beijing by Meyer: Chapter 1-2, pages 1-19 Governance in 21st Century China: What would Confucius Say? 5
Rosita Dellios Paper prepared for the Fifth IIDS International Conference on Governance and Development The University of the South Pacific Suva, Fiji Islands 1-4 December 2005 25 pages Feb 7, 2013 Thursday The Last Days of Old Beijing by Meyer: Chapter 3-5, pages 20-75 Guoxue/National Learning in the Age of Global Modernity Arif Dirlik C h i n a P e r s p e c t i v e s N o 2 0 1 1 / 1 Pages 4-13 Feb 12, 2013 Tuesday The Last Days of Old Beijing by Meyer: Chapter 6-7, pages 76-87 Feb 14, 2013 Thursday The Last Days of Old Beijing by Meyer: Chapter 8-10, pages 88-142 Chapter 11-12, pages 143-173 Rewalking Thoreau and Asia: 'Light from the East' for 'A Very Yankee Sort of Oriental' David Scott Philosophy East and West, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Jan., 2007), pp. 14-39 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4488074 27 pages Feb 19, 2013 Tuesday The Four Little Dragons by Vogel: Preface and Chapter 1, pages ix 12 The Last Days of Old Beijing by Meyer: Chapter 13-15, pages 174-213 "Southeast Asia": What's in a Name? Donald K. Emmerson Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Mar., 1984), pp. 1-21 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of Department of History, National University of Singapore Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20070562 21 pages Feb 21, 2013 Thursday The Four Little Dragons by Vogel: Chapter 2, pages 13-41 The Last Days of Old Beijing by Meyer: Chapter 16-17, pages 214-246 Hong Kong's Contribution to Mainland China's Property Amy Liu Mei Heung and David Zweig Asian Survey, Vol. 51, No. 4 (July/August 2011), pp. 739-768 Published by: University of California Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/as.2011.51.4.739 6
31 pages Feb 26, 2013 Tuesday Asian Readers pages 233-239 The Four Little Dragons by Vogel: Chapter 3, pages 42-65 The Last Days of Old Beijing by Meyer: Chapter 18-19, pages 247-274 Threshold to the Sacred: The Overture in Thai and Javanese Ritual Performance Deborah Wong and René T. A. Lysloff Ethnomusicology, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Autumn, 1991), pp. 315-348 Published by: University of Illinois Press on behalf of Society for Ethnomusicology Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/851966 35 pages Feb 28, 2013 Thursday The Four Little Dragons by Vogel: Chapter 4, pages 66-82 The Last Days of Old Beijing by Meyer: Chapter 20-21, pages 275-299 Between Principle and Situation: Contrasting Styles in the Japanese and Korean Traditions of Moral Culture Chai-Sik Chung Philosophy East and West, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Apr., 2006), pp. 253-280 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4488017 Mar 5, 2013 Tuesday No Class (Spring break starts) The Four Little Dragons by Vogel: Chapter 5, pages 83-end The Last Days of Old Beijing by Meyer: Epilogue, page 310-end Performing Chineseness in multicultural Singapore: a discussion on selected literary and cultural texts Sy Ren Quah Asian Ethnicity Vol. 10, No. 3, October 2009, 225 238 15 pages Mar 7, 2013 Thursday No Class (Spring break) Asian Readers Prehistory Japan pages 217-220 Pages, 249-253 PDF Files The Religious Character of the Confucian Tradition Rodney L. Taylor Philosophy East and West, Vol. 48, No. 1, The Religious Dimension of Confucianism in Japan (Jan., 1998), pp. 80-107 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399926 29 pages Japanese Aesthetics Donald Keene Source: Philosophy East and West, Vol. 19, No. 3, Symposium on Aesthetics East and West(Jul., 1969), pp. 293-306 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1397586 7
15 pages Mar 12, 2013 Tuesday Review of All Previously Assigned Readings, prepare for Exam 2 Mar 14, 2013 Thursday Asian Readers Rise of the Japanese State pages 221-235 : On Donald Keene's "Japanese Aesthetics" Stephen C. Pepper Philosophy East and West, Vol. 19, No. 3, Symposium on Aesthetics East and West (Jul., 1969), pp. 323-326 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1397590 5 pages Mar 19, 2013 Tuesday Exam 2 Due Japanese Aesthetics: The Construction of Meaning Michele Marra Philosophy East and West, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul., 1995), pp. 367-386 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399394 21 pages The Comparative Phenomenology of Japanese Painting and Zen Buddhism Clarence Shute Philosophy East and West, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct., 1968), pp. 285-298 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1398406 Mar 21, 2013 Thursday Asian Readers Japanese Writing pages 242-253 : Sushi, Science, and Spirituality: Modern Japanese Philosophy and Its Views of Western Science Thomas P. Kasulis Philosophy East and West, Vol. 45, No. 2, Comparative and Asian Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand (Apr., 1995), pp. 227-248 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399566 23 pages Studies on Indian Philosophy in Japan, 1963-1987 Sengaku Mayeda and Junzō Tanizawa Philosophy East and West, Vol. 41, No. 4, The Sixth East-West Philosophers' Conference (Oct., 1991), pp. 529-535 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399649 8 pages 8
Mar 26, 2013 Tuesday No Class (I will be in China) Asian Readers India pages 1-30; pages 56-74 Rethinking Orientalism: Colonialism and the Study of Indian Traditions Raf Gelders and S. N. Balagangadhara History of Religions, Vol. 51, No. 2 (November 2011), pp. 101-128 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/660928 Mar 28, 2013 Thursday No Class (I will be in China) Asian Readers Indian Writings on Buddhism, pages 75-81 "Classical Music," "Folk Music," and the Brahmanical Temple in Kerala, India Rolf Groesbeck Asian Music, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Spring - Summer, 1999), pp. 87-112 Published by: University of Texas Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/834314 27 pages Confronting the Social: Mode of Production and the Sublime for (Indian) Art Music Regula Burckhardt Qureshi Ethnomusicology, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Winter, 2000), pp. 15-38 Published by: University of Illinois Press on behalf of Society for Ethnomusicology Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/852653 23 pages Apr 2, 2013 Tuesday Asian Readers Indian Writings on Buddhism, pages 82-86 Tales Tunes Tell: Deepening the Dialogue between "Classical" and "Non-Classical" in the Music of India Matthew Harp Allen Yearbook for Traditional Music, Vol. 30 (1998), pp. 22-52 Published by: International Council for Traditional Music Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/768552 32 pages Apr 4, 2013 Thursday Asian Readers Modern Writings from India, pages 101-120 : Gandhi's Invisible Hands IAN DESAI The Wilson Quarterly (1976-), Vol. 34, No. 4 (AUTUMN 2010), pp. 30-37 Published by: Wilson Quarterly Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41001125 India in 2010 Shalendra Sharma Asian Survey, Vol. 51, No. 1 (January/February 2011), pp. 111-124 Published by: University of California Press 9
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/as.2011.51.1.111 15 pages Apr 9, 2013 Tuesday : Asian Literary Voices: From Marginal to Mainstream Edited by Philip F. Williams Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam 2010 (Selected Writings from this PDF Collection) Apr 11, 2013 Thursday : Islam and Power in Colonial India: The Making and Unmaking of a Muslim Princess Barbara Metcalf The American Historical Review, Vol. 116, No. 1 (February 2011), pp. 1-30 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the American Historical Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/ahr.116.1.1 32 pages Apr 16, 2013 Tuesday Orientalism (chapter) Edward Said Orientalism Reconsidered Edward Said 21 pages Apr 18, 2013 Thursday Final Discussion Interpreting Asian Humanities Apr 22, 2013 Class ends NO CLASS Apr 25, 2013 (meet during final exam time 10:00 a.m. 12:50 p.m.) 170 minutes 15 x 10 minutes 10