INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Academic year

2021/2022 Syllabus of previous years

Official course title

INTRODUZIONE ALLA LINGUA E ALLA CULTURA CINESE

Course code

LT015I (AF:347923 AR:185644)

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

Moodle

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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals

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".

Expected learning outcomes

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.

Pre-requirements

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.

Contents

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.

Referral texts

Mandatory textbook: Magda Abbiati, La Lingua Cinese (Venezia: Cafoscarina, 1992).
Suggested readings:
- Kai Vogelsang, Cina. Una storia millenaria (Torino: Einaudi, 2018)
- Beatrice Gallelli, La Cina di oggi in otto parole (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2021)

Additional material and lecture notes will be uploaded on the Moodle page of the course during the semester.

Assessment methods

The assessment consists in a written test, made of closed- and open-ended questions, to be finalised in 45 minutes.

Teaching methods

Lectures emplying PPT presentations, complemented by multimedia materials.

Teaching language

Italian

Further information

Italian

Type of exam

written

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Definitive programme.

Last update of the programme: 01/03/2022