INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Academic year
2020/2021 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
INTRODUZIONE ALLA LINGUA E ALLA CULTURA CINESE
Course code
LT015I (AF:333395 AR:177144)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
L-OR/21
Period
2nd Semester
Course year
1
Where
VENEZIA
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This is an introductory course on Chinese language, history and culture for the students enrolled in the Bachelor's Degree Programme in "Language, Culture and Society of South-East Asia".
By the end of the course the students will have gained a basic knowledge of Chinese language and culture and the tools necessary to understand their diachronic development, their fundamental characteristics and to distinguish the influence of Chinese language and culture on other civilisations of the Asian continent and especially on those of south-east Asia.
This is a first year course and it does not have specific requirements, but it is desirable that the students begin the course being acquainted with the geography of Asia.
Introduction to Chinese language: history of language; geography of Chinese language; phonetic system; writing system.
Geography of China.
Introduction to the history of China.
Introduction to the history of Chinese thought: Confucianism; Daoism; Buddhism.
Introduction to Chinese culture and society.
Mandatory textbook: Magda Abbiati, La Lingua Cinese (Venezia: Cafoscarina, 1992).

Additional material and lecture notes will be uploaded on the Moodle page of the course during the semester.
Examination on Chinese language: written test, closed- and open-ended questions (30 minutes).
Examination on Chinese culture: oral examination.
Lectures emplying PPT presentations, complemented by multimedia materials.
Italian
written and oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 26/01/2021