CHINESE PHILOLOGY
FILOLOGIA CINESE
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| 2023/2024 | 8 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Hsueh Li Chen | To be arranged by email with the lecturer. |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
Mandarin Chinese
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to introduce students to the exploration of the origin and evolution of Chinese writing, intending also to provide them with the useful tools and methodology for discovering, interpreting and analyzing classical Chinese texts, official documents and other primary sources so that they can derive information about past Chinese history, politics and society.
Program
In particular, the following topics will be addressed:
- Invention of Chinese writing in the legendary period
- Written evidence
- Evolution of Chinese language and writing through the centuries
- Invention of paper and printing
- Principles of Chinese calligraphy
- Analysis of classical Chinese literary genres
- Translation and Interpretation of Classical Texts- Analysis of cultural influences on text production
- Historical and Cultural Contextualization
Bridging Courses
It is recommended that you have already taken the Chinese language exams scheduled for the first year.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and understanding (knowledge and understanding): know and understand the history and evolution of the Chinese language and the fundamentals of classical Chinese language grammar.
Applied knowledge and understanding (applying knowledge and understanding): applying acquired knowledge and understanding by producing and supporting arguments regarding the subject of study.
Autonomy of judgment (making judgements): making hypotheses and determining independent judgments about the evolutionary path of Chinese and the meaning of written production in classical Chinese.
Communication skills (communication skills): communicate clearly and in the language peculiar to the discipline the knowledge acquired.
Learning skills (learning abilities): to be able to deal independently with texts in the classical Chinese language and recognize their influences on modern Chinese.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures and exercises on texts
- Attendance
A basic knowledge of modern Chinese is required
- Course books
Teaching materials prepared by the lecturer can be found within the Moodle platform ' blended.uniurb.it
- Assessment
Learning outcomes will be ascertained through a written test and assessed on the basis of mastery of knowledge of the texts for the test.
In particular, the following skills will be assessed:
- translation skills
- analysis and commentary of the main syntactic and grammatical aspects of the text
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Self-study.
- Attendance
A basic knowledge of modern Chinese is required
- Course books
Teaching materials prepared by the lecturer can be found within the Moodle platform ' blended.uniurb.it
Recommended texts:
- Scarpari, Maurizio: Avviamento allo Studio del Cinese Classico, Cafoscarina, Venezia, 1995
- Andreini, Attilio, e Maurizio Scarpari. Grammatica della lingua cinese classica. Milano: HOEPLI, 2020
- Assessment
Learning outcomes will be ascertained through a written test and assessed on the basis of mastery of knowledge of the texts for the test.
In particular, the following skills will be assessed:
- translation skills
- analysis and commentary of the main syntactic and grammatical aspects of the text
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
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