MA in Chinese Studies Regular1_1 Syllabus Mumbai University by munotes
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Date: Signature:
Name of BOS Chairperson / Dean: ____________________________________ Sr.
No. Heading Particulars
1 Title of the
Course M.A. in Chinese Studies (Regular)
2 Eligibility for
Admission Bachelor Degree in Chinese or Bachelor degree
in any discipline: 50% + HSK 5 completed / 500
hours of Chinese language training + Entrance
test + Personal Interview
3 Passing
Marks 40%
4 Ordinances /
Regulations ( if any)
5 No. of Years /
Semesters 2 years / Sem I, II, III & IV
6 Level P.G.
7 Pattern Semester
8 Status New
9 To be implemented
from Academic Year From Academic Year 2017 -18 AC___________
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UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
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ITEM 5 APPENDIX 6
UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
M.A. IN CHINESE STUDIES (Regular)
SYLLABUS OF M.A. PROGRAMME IN CHINESE STUDIES (Regular)
CREDIT BASED SEMESTER AND GRADING SYSTEM
UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
TO BE INTRODUCED FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 201 7-18
FOR SEMESTER I & II
AND
FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2018 – 2019 onwards
FOR SEMESTER III & IV
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Ordinances and Regulations as per the credit system of the Faculty of Arts, Un iversity of
Mumbai
O_________ Title: M.A. in Chinese Studies
O_________ Eligibility: Students seeking admission to this programme should have passed
Bachelor Degree in Chinese or Bachelor degree in any discipline: 50% + HSK
5 completed or 500 hours of Chinese language training + Entrance test +
Personal Interview
R_________ Intake Capacity: 30.
R_________ Teaching Faculty Qualification: as per the University norms for BA courses.
R_________ Duration of the Course: One academic year
R_________ Fees: Tuition fees: Rs. 30000/ - (Each year)
Exam fees: as per the university policy
R_________ Standard of Passing: as per the university policy
R_________ Scheme of Syllabus and Evaluation
R_________ Scheme of examination: 50 marks = End Semester Exam
50 marks = Internal Assessments
Pattern of the exam paper: 10+10+10+10+10 / as decided by the Faculty committee
Pattern & Evaluation:
Continuous evaluation (Chinese): 3 monthly tests
Tool: 1 test + 1 assignment or as decided by course in -charge
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UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
M.A. in Chinese Studies Part I
Semester I
Course
Codes Course Name End
Sem.
Exam Internal
Assessment Lecture
hrs
per week Credits
UACHN 101 Advanced Chinese Literature I
(Prose , Short Stories - Pre 1949) 60 40 4 6
UACHN 102 Advanced Chinese Literature II
(Selected Poems - Pre 1949) 60 40 4 6
UACHN 103 Research Methodology 60 40 4 6
UACHN 104 Translation I: Theory and practice
of translation 60 40 4 6
UACHN 105
(Audit/Remedial) Advanced Chinese Skills OR
Project on Chinese Literary
History (pre 1949) or Project on
Translation 4
Semester II
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Course
Codes Course Name End Sem.
Exam Internal
Assessment Lecture
hrs
per week Credits
UACHN 201 Advanced Chinese Literature III (
Prose and Drama - post 1949) 60 40 4 6
UACHN 202 Advanced Chinese Literature IV
(Selected Poems - post 1949) 60 40 4 6
UACHN 203 Political & Cultural History: Pre -
modern to Modern China and
Contemporary Chinese Studies 60 40 4 6
UACHN 204
Business Chinese and Economy of
Modern China 60 40 4 6
UACHN 205
(Audit /
Remedial) Advanced Chinese Skills OR
Project on Chinese Literary History
(post 1949) or Project on Translation 4
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M.A. in Chinese Studies Part II
Semester III
Course
Codes Course Name End Sem.
Exam Internal
Assessment Lecture
hrs
per week Credits
UACHN 301 Chinese Novels (Intensive Readings
in Chinese Literature, Modern
Literary Trends) 60 40 4 6
UACHN 302 Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
and India China Civilizational
Interaction 60 40 4 6
UACHN 303 Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign
Language 60 40 4 6
UACHN 304
UACHN 305 Translation and Interpretation
(Technical Chinese) OR
Literary Translation 60 40 4 6
UACHN 306 Advanced Chinese Skills ( Oration)
and
Project on Translation of
Contemporary Writing or Project on
Contemporary Chinese Studies 60 40 4 6
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Semester IV
Course
Codes Course Name End
Sem.
Exam Internal
Assessment Lectures
per week Credits
UACHN 401 Simultaneous Interpretation 60* 40 4 6
UACHN 402
UACHN 403 Contemporary Chinese
Literature or
Contemporary Chinese
Culture 60 40 4 6
UACHN 404 Dissertation / Project /
Teaching Practical + Viva 80
(project) 20
(viva) 4 10
UACHN 405
(Audit /
Remedial) Advanced Chinese Skills OR
Project on Contemporary
Chinese Studies OR Project
on Translation / Live Project
with Industry or other
instituton/s 4
* Oral test only
Syllabus in Detail :
M.A. in CHINESE STUDIES Part I
SEMESTER I: CORE COURSES
COURSE CODE: UACHN 101
COURSE TITLE: Advanced Chinese Literature I (Prose, Short Stories - Pre 1949)
Credits = 6
This course deal s with: Language structures, Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics using cases,
declension of articles and adjectives, prepositions, tenses, active and passive voice, prefix,
verb combination, relative sentences , comprehension and communication skills.
This cou rse will introduce the students the genre of Chinese short stories and short prose .
Classica l stories and Chinese prose will be discu ssed at length in terms of form, content and
historical context. The paper will consist of selections from representative short stories from
1919 -1949 with particular focus on Lu Xun, Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Lao She, Guo Moro, and Ding
Ling.
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Reference Books:
Recommended Books
1. Gaoi'i Hanyu Jiaochenq, Vol.1 & Vol.11, Beijing Yuyuan Xueyuan Chuban She, Beijing,
China.
2. Zhongguo Xiandai Zuopin Xuanpian (Readings from Chinese Writers, 1919 -1949), Vol.1
& II.
3. Wen xuan Vol.1 and II (Literary Selections Vol. 1 & II) Beijing Yuyuan Xueyuan .
4. Zhongguo Xinwenxue Zuopin Xuan, Vol. 1 -4, Beijing Yuyan Xue Yuan, 1980.
Suggested Readings
1. Lu Xun Quanji, Renmin Wenxue Chubanshe, Beijing, 1989.
2. Ding Ling Duanpian Xiaosh uo Xuan, Renmin Wenxue, Beijing, latest ed.
3. Mao Dun Yanjiu Ziliao, eds., Sun Zhongtian and Cha Guohua, Beijing Zhongguo Shehui
Kexue, 1983.
4. Joseph S.M. Lau, C.T. Hsia, and Leo Ou -Fan Lee, Modern Chinese Short Stories &
Novellas 1919 -1949, New York, Columbia University Press, 198 1.
5. Chao Yuan Ren, A Grammar of Spoken Chinese, Berkeley, 1968.
6. Chao Yuan Ren, Aspects of Chinese Socio Linguistics, Stanford, 1976.
7. Yip Po -ching and Don Rimmington, Chinese: An Essential Grammar , Routledge,
London, 1997.
8. Henne, H., et.al., A Handbook of Chinese Language Structure, Oslo, 1977 .
9. Wang Songyuan, Hanzi ziyuan, Sinolingua, Beijing, 1994.
10. Charles Aylener, Origin of the Chinese Script, Cambridge, 1981.
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 102
COURSE TITLE: Advanced Chinese Literature II (Selected Poems - Pre 1949)
Credits = 6
This course will introduce the selected poems; classical poems will be discussed in terms of
content and historical context. The paper will consist of selection from representative poems
from 1919 -1949 with special focus on Xu Zhimo, Wn Yiduo, AI Qing, He Qifang etc.
Reference Books :
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Recommended Books
1. Wen Xuan, Vol.1 and II (Literary Selections Vol.1 & II), Beijing Yuyuan Xueyuan
Beijing.
2. Zhongguo Xiandai Zuopin Xuanpian (Readings from Chinese Writers, 1919 -1949), Vol.1
& II.
3. Leo Ou -fan Lee, The Romantic Generation of Chinese Writers, Harvard University Press,
Cambridge, 1973 .
4. Hsu Kai -yu, Twentieth Century Chinese Poetry, An Anthology, Cornell, Ithaca, 1970 .
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 103
COURSE TITLE: Research Methodology
Credits = 6
Introduction to methods and techniques of research. Topics dealt with will include paper
presentation, using quotes, writing bibliography, finding, organising and structuring and
structuring secondary literature, writing protocol, narrative techniques, use of digital
resources and SPSS.
Reference Books:
1. SAGE Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment, James H. McMillan, Published:
October 2012 .
2. The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods, Nigel G Fielding, Raymond M Lee,
Grant Blank, Published: June 2012 .
3. The SAGE Handbook of Interview Research, The Complexity of the Craft, Second
Edition, Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein, Amir B. Marvasti, Karyn D. McKinney,
Published: February 2012 .
4. The SAGE Handbook of the Philosophy of Social Sciences, Ian C Jarvie, Jesus Zamora -
Bonilla, Published: March 2011 .
5. The SAGE Handbook of Research in International Education, Second Edition, Mary
Hayden, Jack Levy, Jeff Thompson, Published: November 2015 Additional material to be
provided by teacher.
6. Chinese Studies Research Methodology, Issue 2 of Bibliographic series, Editors Penelope
Ann Herbert, T. Chiang, Chinese Materials Center, 1982,the University of Virginia .
(Additional material to be provid ed by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks= End Semester Exam (2hrs)
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40 marks= Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 104
COURSE TITLE: Translation I: Theory and practice of translation
Credits = 6
Theory and methods of translation with students electing a major piece of contemporary
Chinese document literary work for translation with the consent of teacher assigned.
The Students will be introduced to translation theories, methodology and practice of
translation. Key concepts, methods and problem of translation will be dealt with.
Reference Books:
1. Bowker, Iynne: Computer aided translation techno logy: A practical introduction. Ottawa:
University of Ott awa P: (2002) .
2. Chestermann, Andrew, Wagner, Emma, St. Jerome: Can Theory help translators?
Manchester (2002) Gile, Daniel: Basic Concepts and Models for Interpreter and
Translator Training.
3. Newmark, Peter 1981: Approaches to translation. Pergamon Press, Oxford; New York .
4. Newmark, Peter 1988: A textbook of translation. Prentice Hall, Europe .
5. Nida, Eugene; Taber, Charles 1969: The Theory and Practices of Translation, E.J. Brill,
Netherland .
6. George Kao and Stephen S. Song, eds, Rendition: A Chinese E nglish Transliteration
Magazine, Centre for Translation Projects, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, 1973.
7. A Donald Gibbs and Yuan -Chan Si: A Bibliography of Studies and Translations of
Modern Chinese Literature, Harvard, 1975.
8. Chinese -English Translation Assistance, ed., Computer Language Reform and
Lexicography in China. Washington University Press, 1980 .
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Int ernal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 105
COURSE TITLE: Advanced Chinese Skills
Development of Chinese literature between 1919 and 1949.
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Reference Books:
1. Leo Ou -fan Lee, The Romantic Generation of Chinese Writers, Harvard University Press,
Cambridge, 1973 .
2. Tsi-an Hsia, The Gate of Darkness: Studies on the Leftist Literary Movement in China,
Washington University Press, Seattle, 1968 .
3. Hung Chang -tai, Going to the People: Chinese Intellectuals and the Folk Literature, 1918 -
1937, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1985 .
4. Chao Yuan Ren, A Grammar of Spoken Chinese, Berkeley, 1968.
5. Chao Yuan Ren, Aspects of Chinese Socio Linguistics, Stanford, 1976 .
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
OR
COURSE CODE: UACHN 105
COURSE TITLE: Project on Chinese Literary History (pre 1949) or Project on
Translation
A written project of appx. 5000 character s (minimum 25 A4 typed pages) on the Chinese
Literary History to the classical ager or on a translation topic will be undertaken and
evaluated for 100 marks (6 credit). No theory exam will be conducted .
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
SEMESTER II: CORE COURSES
COURSE CODE: UACHN 201
COURSE TITLE: Advanced Chinese Literature III ( Prose and Drama - post 1949)
Credits = 6
Selections from various genres (post 1949). The paper will consist of selection from
representative short stories and drama of the period from 1949 -1994 with particular focus on
works of Wang Meng, Zhou Erfu, Zhou Shuli, Zhou Libo, Ma Feng etc.
Reference Books:
1. Quanguo huojing_Zhongpian xiaosh oji, Shanghai; Wenyi chuban she, 1984.
2. Beijing Yuyuan Xueyuan, ed, Zhongguo Xinwenxue Zuopin Xuan, Beijing, 1984.
3. Hsu Kaiyu, Literature in People’s Republic of China, Indiana University Press, 1988.
4. Michael S. Duke, Contemporary Chinese Literat ure: An Anthology of Post -Mao Fiction
and Poetry, New York, 1990.
5. Theodore Huters, ed, Readings the Modern Chinese Short Story. M.E. Sharpe, 1990 .
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester E xam (2hrs)
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40 marks = Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 2 02
COURSE TITLE: Advanced Chinese Literature IV (Selected Poems - post 1949)
Credits = 6
Selections from various genres (post 1949). The paper shall further explore poems of He
Qifang, Ai Qing,Yang Mu, Xiao Hong, Gu Cheng, etc.
Reference Books:
1. Wen xuan, Vol.1 and II (Literary Selections Vol.1 & II), Beijing Yuyuan Xueyuan,
Beijing.
2. Hsu Kaiyu, Literature in People’s Republic of China, Indiana University Press, 1988.
3. Michael S. Duke, Contemporary Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Post -Mao Fiction
and Poetry, New York, 1990.
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 203
COURSE TITLE: Political & Cultural History of Pre-modern China and
Contemporary Chinese Studies
Credits = 6
Major topics on Pre -modern Chinese culture and civilization starting from the Origin till
early Qing with special focus on Han, Five Dynasties, Tang, Song , Yuan, Ming, and Qing
periods.
Refere nce Books:
1. Edwin O. Reishauer and John K. Fairbank, East Asia: the Great Tradition, Harvard, latest
ed.
2. Cho Yun Hsu, Ancient China in Transition, Stanford, 1975 .
3. William Watson, Early Civilization in China, Thames & Hudson, London, 1966 .
4. Derk Bodde, Essays on Chinese Civilization, Princeton, 1981 .
5. Peter K. Bol, “This Culture of Ours”: Intellectual Transitions in Tang and Song China,
Stanford, 1992 .
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
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40 marks = Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 204
COURSE TITLE: Business Chinese and Economy of Modern China
Credits = 6
Topical commercial texts, business and legal correspondence, patents and contracts, etc will
be dealt with.
Additional material will be compiled by the teacher/expert concerned.
Reference Books:
1. Business Chinese (2002) Sinolingua .
2. New Silk Road Business Chinese (2009), Peiking University Press .
3. China: Business Law Handbook (2016), Vol. 1, Strategic Information and Basic Law,
International Business Publication, USA .
4. Protecting Privacy in China (2011), by Hao Wang, Publisher by Spring er.
5. Chinese commercial law: a practical guide (2010) Maarten Roos, Woldters Kluwer .
6. Commercial and Economic Law in China (2011), Gan Ying, Woldters Kluwer .
7. Chinese Law: Context and Transformation (2008), Jianfu Chen, La Trobe University,
Australia .
8. Develop ment of Chinese Legal System (2011) Guanghua Yu, University of Hong Kong .
9. Understanding the Chinese Company Law (2006), Gu Minkang, Hong Kong University
Press .
Chinese and English version of Expired agreement contract of company will be taken to
study .
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 205
COURSE TITLE: Advanced Chinese Skills
Chinese literary history will be dealt with to understand literature of modern China.
Additional material will be compiled by the teacher/expert concerned.
Reference Books:
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1. Joseph M. Lau and Howard Goldblatt, The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature,
Columbia University Press, New York, 1995 .
2. Kai Yu Hsu, ed., Literature of the People’s Republic of China, Indiana University Press,
Bloomington, 1980 .
3. Cyril Birch, Anthology of Chinese Literature , Vol.2, Grove Press, New York, 1972 .
4. Joseph S.M. Lau, C.T. Hsia, and Leo Cu -Fan Lee, Modern Chinese Short Stories &
Novellas 1919 -1949, New York, Columbia University Press, 1981.
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
OR
COURSE CODE: UACHN 205
COURSE TITLE: Project on Chinese Literary History (post 1949) or Project on
Translation
A written project of appx. 10000 character s (minimum 25 A4 typed pages) on the Chinese
Literary History to the classical age or on a translation topic will be undertaken and
evaluated for 100 marks (6 credit). N o theory exam wil l be conducted.
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
M.A. in CHINESE STUDIES Part I I
SEMESTER III: CORE COURSES
COURSE CODE: UACHN 301
COURSE TITLE: Chinese Novels (Intensive Readings in Chinese Literature, Modern
Literary Trends)
Credits = 6
The Course will introduce the students the modern Chinese fiction and novel. The Classical
fiction and modern novel will be studied and analysed at length in terms of their literary
form, narrative styles and historical context .
Intensive Read ing from Lu Xun and Mao Dun with emphasis on the exploration of their
representative works.
Reference Books
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1. Lu Xun Quanji, Renmin Wenxue Chubanshe, Beijing, 1989 .
2. Mao Dun Yanjiu ziliao eds, Sun Zhongtian and Cha Guohua, Beijing zhongguo Shehui
Kexue, 1983 .
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 302
COURSE TITLE: Introduction to Chinese Philosophy and India China Civilizational
Interaction
Credits = 6
Major topics in Chinese thought and its impact on the formation of Chinese Culture and
civilization with special focus on Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Moism, Buddhism and
Neo-Confucianism.
An overview of history of India -China cultural, political, business interaction from ancient to
modern times will be dealt with .
the role of Bombay [Mumbai] in the making of India -China -Britain Opium Trade Triangle
and the Opium War; India -China Opium Trade and the making of Bombay'.
Referen ce Books
1. Frederick W. Mote, Intellectual Foundations of China, Alfred Knopf, New York.
2. Feng Yulan, A Short History of Chinese Philosophy, Princeton, latest ed.
3. W.T. Chan, A History of Chinese Philosophy, New York .
4. Ji Xianlin, Zhongyin Wenhua guanxi shilun wenji, Beijing 1982.
5. Lin Chengjie, Zhongyin renmin youhao guanxi shi, Beijing daxue chuban she, 1993 .
6. P.C. Bagchi, India and China, Visva Bharti, Santiniketan.
7. Raghuvira and Chikyo Yamamoto, tr. and ed., Ramayana in China, 1988 .
8. Arthur Waley, The Monkey, G rove Press, 1958 .
9. C.V. Rangnathan and Vinod Khanna, India and China: the Way Ahead, New Delhi 2000 .
10. John W. Graver, Protracted Contest: Sino Indian Rivalry in Twentieth Century, Oxford,
2001 .
11. Lu Xun Quanji, Renmin Wenxue Chubanshe, Beijing, 1989 .
12. Mao Dun Yanjiu ziliao eds, Sun Zhongtian and Cha Guohua, Beijing zhongguo Shehui
Kexue, 1983 .
13. Thampi, Madhavi (2005) Indians in China 1800 -1949 Manohar Publishers and
Distributors New Delhi.
14. Thampi, Madhavi & Shalini Saxena (2009) China and the Making of Bombay p ublished
by K R Cama Oriental Institute, Bombay.
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15. Lovell, Julia (2012) The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China. Picador.
(Kindle Version).
16. Baumler, Alan (2001) Modern China and Opium: A ReaderAnn Arbor: University of
Michigan Press .
17. Sen, Tansen (2011) "Maritime Interactions Between India and China",
http://www.academia.edu/7767087/Maritime_Interactions_between_China_and_India .
18. Chung, Tan (2013) China an d Imperialism during the Nineteenth Century, published by
Asian Book Mart, Delhi (India) .
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 303
COURSE TITLE: Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language
Credits = 6
The paper will deal with modem Chinese teaching methods and develop the interpretation
skills of students. Students will be examined by a viva voce examination to be' conducted
jointly by internal and external experts to test both teaching and interpretation skills.
Reference Books
1. Chao Yuan Ren, A Grammar of Spoken Chinese, Berkeley, 1968.
2. Chao Yuan Ren, Aspects of Chinese Socio Linguistics, Stanford, 1976.
3. Yip Po -ching and Don Rimmington, Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Routledge,
London, 1997 .
4. Henne, H., et.al., A Handbook of Chinese Language Structure, Oslo, 1977 .
5. Li Dejin and Cheng Meizhen, Waiguo ren shiyoung Hanyu yufa, Sinolingua, Beijing,
1988.
6. China: An Interpretation,James Whitford Bashford,Abingdon Press, 1916 .
7. Chinese Translation and Interpretation (2009), Samuel Chong .
8. An Encyclopaedia of Translation (20 01): Chinese -English, English -Chinese, edited by
Sin-wai Chan, David E. Pollard, Chinese University Press .
9. Teaching and Learning Chinese (2010): Issues and Perspectives, edited by Jianguo Chen,
Chuang Wang, Jinfa Cai, Information Age Publications .
10. R esearch in Chinese as a Second Language (2013), edited by Istvan Kecskes .
11. Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language (2006): A Pedagogical
Grammar,By Janet Zhiqun Xing, Hong Kong University Press .
12. Studies in Second Language Acquisition of Chinese (2014), edited by ZhaoHong Han .
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(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 304
COURSE TITLE: Translation and Interpretation (Technical Chinese)
Credits = 6
This will cover translation of technical Chinese (Industry specifi c eg. manufacturing,
chemical,
IT, finance , etc. Interpretation of TV news, political leader speech )
Reference Books
1. A Donald Gibbs and Yuan -Chan Si: A Bibliography of Studies and Translations of
Modern Chinese Literature, Harvard, 1975.
2. Chinese -English Translation Assistance, ed., Computer Language Reform an d
Lexicography in China. Washington University Press, 1980 .
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
OR
COURSE CODE: UACHN 305
COURSE TITLE: Literary Translation
Credits = 6
This will deal with literary translati on of modern Chinese literature .
Reference Books
1. Joseph M. Lau and Howard Goldblatt, The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature,
Columbia University Press, New York, 1995 .
2. Kai Yu Hsu, ed., Literature of the People’s Republic of China, Indiana University Press,
Bloomington, 1980 .
3. Cyril Birch, Anthology of Chinese Literature, V ol.2, Grove Press, New York, 1972 .
4. Joseph S.M. Lau, C.T. Hsia, and Leo Cu -Fan Lee, Modern Chinese Short Stories &
Novellas 1919 -1949, New York, Columbia University Press, 1981.
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(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
COURSE CODE: UACHN 3 06
COURSE TITLE: Advanced Chinese Skills (Oration ) and Project on Translation of
Contemporary Writing or Project on Contemporary Chinese Studies
Credits = 6
Further readings in text selected from the Confucian classics and other literary, philosophical,
and historical texts. Readings in text selected from the Confucian classics and other literary,
philosophical, and historical texts. It will introduce selected excerpts from the writings of the
late Imperial China.
Reference Books
1. Business Chinese (2002), Sinolingua .
2. Harold Shaddick: A First Course in Literary Chinese (3 Vols.) Ithaca, Cornell University
Press, 1970. (Lessons 20 -30).
3. Raymond Dawson, A New Introduction to Classical Chinese, Oxford University Press.
1984.
4. Mathew's Chinese -English Dictionary, Harvard University Press, 1969.
5. Gudai Hanyu ji shou yu zixue zhidao, Classical Chinese Research Committee of the
Department of Chinese, Hunan Teachers’ Normal University, 1985.
6. Jianming guhanyu zidian, Yunnan Renmin Chubanshe, 1985.
Additional material will be compiled by the teacher/expert concerned , speech and
presentation
in Chinese.
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Interna l Assessment
Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
OR
A written project of appx. 10000 character s (minimum 25 A4 typed pages) on the Chinese
Literar y History to the classical age or on a translation topic will be undertaken and
evaluated for 100 marks (6 credit). N o theory exam will be conducted.
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
SEMESTER I V: CORE COURSES
COURSE CODE: UACHN 401
COURSE TITLE: Simultaneous Interpretation
Credits = 6
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Simultaneous translation : Concept & Practice pertaining to an event, news reading, anchoring
etc will be dealt with.
Reference Books
1. Simultaneous Interpretation: A Cognitive -pragmatic Analysis (1999), By Robin Setton .
2. Interpreting Chinese, Interpreting China (2011), edited by Robin Setton .
3. Conference Interpreting: A Student’s Practice Book (2013) By Andrew Gillies .
4. The Origins of Simultaneous Interpretation: The Nuremberg Trial (1998), By Francesca
Gaiba .
5. The Origins of Simultaneous Interpretation: The Nuremberg Trial (2017), By Francesca
Gaiba .
Additional material will be compiled by the teacher/expert concerned.
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = Oral tests
40 marks = Oral tests + as laid down by course incharge
COURSE CODE: UACHN 402
COURSE TITLE: Contemporary Chinese Literature
Credits = 6
This course offers a comparative approach to study of the contemporary Chinese Literature,
its trends and development, literary figures and genre s, etc
OR
COURSE CODE: UACHN 403
COURSE TITLE: Contemporary Chinese Culture
Credits = 6
Reference Books
1. A History of Contemporary Chinese Literature (1990), Zicheng Hong .
2. Contemporary Chinese Short Stories, Panda Books, Beijing, 1983 .
3. Jonathan D. Spence: The Search for Modem China . Norton, New York, 1990.
4. Jonathan D. Sp ence, The Gate of Heavenly Peace, Penguin, London , 1981.
5. Frederick Wakeman, The Fall of Imperial China, Free Press, New York.
6. Peter K. Bol, “This Culture of Ours”: Intellectual Transitions in Tang and Song China,
Stanford, 1992 .
7. Edwin O. Reishauer and John K. Fairbank, East Asia: the Great Tradition, Harvard, latest
ed.
(Additional material to be provided by Course Incharge)
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
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Pattern of the exam paper: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
COURSE CODE: UACHN 404
COURSE TITLE: Dissertation / Project / Teaching Practical + Viva
Credits = 10
The candidate may opt for either a dissertation or a project or teaching practicals.
This Course will consist of 80 marks. In addition there shall be Viva voce of 20 Marks.
In case a candidate passes this course and fails in any other course of Semester IV , the marks
awarded for the dissertation/Project/Teaching Practicals + Viva shall be carried forward for
the final result. The candidate need not reappear for the exam of this course.
COURSE CODE: UACHN 405
COURSE TITLE: Advanced Chinese Skills OR Project on Contemporary Chinese
Studies OR Project on Translation / Live Project with Industry or other instituton/s
Further translation of texts selected from representative b usiness, financial and political
journals and newspapers.
Reference Books:
1. The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature: Writings from the Mainland in the
Long Twentieth Century,Yunte H uang,W. W. Norton, 01 -Feb-2016.
2. A History of Contemporary Chinese Literature (199 9), Zicheng Hong .
3. George Kao and Stephen S. Song, eds, Rendition: A Chinese English Transliteration
Magazine, Centre for Translation Projects, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, 1973.
4. A Donald Gibbs and Yuan -Chan Si: A Bibliography of Studies and Translations of
Modern Chinese Literature, Harvard, 1975.
5. Chinese -English Translation Assistance, ed., Computer Language Reform and
Lexicography in China. Washington University Press, 1980 .
Required teaching material contemporary news editorials, articles concerning business and
scientific matters, etc shall be provided by the concerned instructor .
OR
A written pro ject of appx. 10000 character s (minimum 25 A4 typed pages) on the
Contemporary Chinese Studies to the classical age or on a translation topic will be
undertaken / Live project to specific Industry will be undertaken or other institution will be
assigned to work with .
Reference Journals
Xiandai he dangdai Wenxue Yanjiu / Wenxue Pinglun / Wenyi Pinglun / Dang dai Wenyi
Sichao / Renmin wenxue
Suggested Reading / Viewing / Listening :
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Chinese News paper Reading
China Daily (Zhongguo ribao)
South China Morning Post (SCMP)
CCTV/ Documentary
Chinese Movie
Renmin Ribao (Peoples’ Daily)