SML2018 : Cultural Exchanges East and West (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Professor Jun Qian
- Owning School: Modern Languages
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
This module proposes to study the cultural exchanges between East and West, "East" here referring to China and Japan, or the traditional "Far East." Students are encouraged to explore how East and West came into contact and how East and West were represented into each other, while paying special attention to the cross-cultural agents who facilitated such exchanges, such as Western missionaries, sinologists, returned Chinese students, transnational writers and intellectuals. Also included in the discussion will be Chinese-Japanese cultural exchanges as they both faced the pressure of Westernization. Having completed this module, students will begin to appreciate that Eastern modernity was largely shaped by such cultural exchanges, and as the East continue to rise in global standing, they will affect Western life ever more significantly.
Outline Of Syllabus
Lecture Topics may include the following, subject to changes and adjustment:
1. Bridging East and West: Mateo Ricci’s On Friendship
2. Pioneering Sinologues: Robert Morrison, James Legge and Herbert Giles
3. Yan Fu and Lin Shu: Translating Western Thought and Literature
4. Gu Hongming on the Rise of Japan
5. Chinese-Japanese Encounters: Lu Xun, Zhou Zuoren and Yu Dafu
6. Hu Shi and the Chinese Renaissance
7. The Bloomsbury Group and the Crescent Moon Group
8. Arthur Waley: Translations of Chinese and Japanese Poetry
9. Pearl S. Buck’s Several Worlds
10. Lin Yutang on China and Japan in World War II
11. D. T. Suzuki and Zen Buddhism in Japan and the West
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 100 | 1:00 | 100:00 | non contact hours |
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 5 | 1:00 | 5:00 | Non present-in-person contact hours |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 11 | 1:00 | 11:00 | Present-in-person |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 67 | 1:00 | 67:00 | Non contact hours |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 6 | 1:00 | 6:00 | Non present-in-person contact hours |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 11 | 1:00 | 11:00 | Present-in-person |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures and small group teaching will enable students to develop understanding of the key topics covered in the syllabus. Lecture materials and the structured research and reading activities will enable students to develop critical skills and cross-cultural sensitivity. Guided Independent Study, including assessment preparation and completion and directed research and reading, will develop student's analytical skills, their research skills focusing on one aspect of East-West cultural exchanges.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Presentation | 15 | 1 | M | 30 | in-class individual oral presentation |
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 1 | A | 70 | 2500-2800-word essay |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The individual oral presentation will develop students' ability to focus on one lecture topic and then do further research, to develop their analytical and presentation skills. Students may, or may not, choose their presentation topic and develop them further in research to write their essay. To choose essay writing as the main method will help students better develop their critical and analytical skills. It suits the module because it can help students to focus on one aspect of the East-West cultural exchanges and explore in somewhat detail the topic in question.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- SML2018's Timetable