21G.114
Chinese VI (Streamlined)
Spring 2005
This course is a sequel to 21G.113 Chinese V (Streamlined). It is designed to further help students develop sophisticated conversational, reading and writing skills by combining authentic reading and audio-visual material with their own explorations of Chinese speaking societies, using the human, literary, and electronic resources available at MIT, in the Boston area and on the web. Some special features of Chinese societies, cultures and customs will be introduced. The class consists of readings, discussion, student presentations and network exploration. The course is conducted in Mandarin.
Readings
- The first supplementary reading is from the first chapter of Li Changping’s 2002 book, Telling the Truth to Premier Zhu . Beijing: Guangming Daily Publishing House. It will give you an idea why Li decided to write the letter.
- The second supplementary reading is on how Sun Zhigang, a fashion designer in Guangzhou, was detained as a homeless person and beaten to death by some security guards in 2003. Sadly, it echoes what happened 11 years earlier to Ding Zuoming, the protagonist of the first chapter of China Peasants Survey.
- Film: The Accused Uncle Shān’gàng (cont.)
- Film: Pretty Big Feet
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.