ASIA

ASIA 212: Asian Religious Traditions

Doyle, TTh 10:00-11:15, (same as AS 212), MAX: 15

Content: TBA
Texts: TBA
Particulars: Meets General Education Requirement V.C.

ASIA 271WR: Modern China in Films and Fiction same as CHN271 (Please contact Asian Studies office if you have problems registering for this class).

Cai MWF 2:00-2:50 4 credits

Mandatory film screening on some days from 4:00 - 6:00pm Satisfies GER area VC.1 and GER post-freshman writing requirement and old writing requirement. CHN Max = 8 ASIA Max = 2 CPLT Max = 2 Total enrollment = 12 Content: An examination of twentieth-century Chinese society through cinematic productions and a critical reading of the writings of major Chinese writers in translation. Emphasis on self and society in a changing culture and the nature and function of literature in the modern nation-building.

Texts: TBA

Particulars: All readings are in translation. Knowledge of Chinese language not required. Course requirements include three short written assignments, a term paper, one presentation, and active class participation.

ASIA 301WR-S: Early & Medieval Hinduism: An Introduction to Religious Practices, Precepts, and Politics in Early India

Patton, TTh 1:00-2:15, (same as REL 301), MAX: 10

Content: The purpose of this course is to provide an historical overview of the origins of the religious movements in India we now call "Hinduism." Through the reading of mythological, philosophical and poetic primary texts, as well as historical and anthropological studies, we will show how such a tradition was constructed through a set of ongoing tensions: between ascetic and sacrificer, between villager and city-dweller, between outcaste and brahmin, between poet and philosopher. In tracing these tensions throughout Indian history, we will: 1) examine the roots of Indian tradition; 2) master the basic terminology of Indian thought; 3) use that terminology to study the development of Indian philosophy and popular religious movements. We will focus in particular on the mediation of religious conflict, and how Hindus have served as intriguing figures in this regard.

Texts: Klostermaier, Klaus K. A Survey of Hinduism. Albany: SUNY Press, 1989 O'Flaherty, Wendy The Rg Veda. New York: Penguin, 1981 O'Flaherty, Wendy. Hindu Myths. New York: Penguin, 1977 Olivelle, Patrick. The Upanisads. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996 Ramanujan, A.K. Speaking of Siva. New York: Penguin, 1973 Dimock, Edward and Levertov, Denise. In Praise of Krishna. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1967 Radhakrishnan and Moore. A Sourcebook for Indian Philosophy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957 Stoller Miller, Barbara. The Bhagavad Gita. New York: Bantam, 1986 Patton, Laurie. Authority, Anxiety, and Canon. Albany: SUNY Press, 1994 Hawley, Jack and Jurgensmeyer, Mark, eds. Songs of the Saints of India

Particulars: Two short answer exams, One mid-term paper (5-8 pp), One final research paper (15-20 pp).

ASIA 306: Tibetan Buddhism: Psychology of Enlightenment

Negi, TTh 11:30-12:45, (same as REL 306), MAX: 5 for Asian Studies

Content: This course will present a portrait of Tibetan Buddhism as a living tradition. The spiritual techniques used by Tibetan Buddhist practitioners, as well as the philosophical and psychological perspectives of these methods, will be the focus of the classwork. The course will concentrate on the tradition known in Tibetan as Lam Rim or "Stages of the Path." Lam Rim is a living tradition for systematically transforming ordinary distorted states of consciousness into the enlightened experience. For purposes of contextualization, the course will begin with a brief survey of the basic terms and concepts that form the Buddhist worldview.

Texts: William Hart, Vipassana Meditation as Taught by S.N. Goenka The Dalai Lama and Glenn. H. Mullin, The Path to Enlightenment The Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler, The Art of Happiness The Dalai Lama and Alexander Berzin, The Gelug/Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra Handout Materials Provided by Instructor Particulars: All students are expected to attend all classes, read the assigned materials, make class presentations, and participate actively in class discussions. In-class quizzes, mid-term and final paper.

ASIA 360: "Tale of Genji" Sensuality and Salvation in Japanese Literature Cross listed as ASIA 360 Cross listed as WS 385 Section 000

Crowley TT 1:00 - 2:15 4 credits JPN Max = 12 ASIA Max = 2 WS Max = 2 Total enrollment = 16

Content: Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), has been called the world's first psychological novel. Written by a noblewoman in the 11th century, it provides a sensitive, poetic portrait of life in the imperial court in the Heian period -- Japan's classical age -- and in subsequent generations served as a primary source book for literature and culture in Japan. The work is central to the genre of "literature in the women's tradition" (joryű bungaku) and as such provides rich ground for investigation of gender issues in Japanese art and life. This course will use the text of Genji as a center point from which to explore various issues in poetry, aesthetics, the visual arts, and cultural memory in Japan.

Texts: The Tale of Genji, trans. Edward Seidensticker, Murasaki Shikibu The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of the Tale of Genji, Haruo Shirane The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of Genji, Norma Field Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji, Richard Bowring The Tale of Genji (videorecording), Asahi Publishing Co., Asahi National Broadcasting Co. Ltd., and Nippon Herald Films, Inc. The Illustrated Handscroll Tale of Genji (videorecording), Video Champ Emaki: Narrative Scrolls from Japan, Miyeko Murase

ASIA 370, ANT 150, CHN 375 World Culture

Cultures of Asia [CHN 375] Jones MWF 3:00-3:50 MAX: 30 WRT: No

Content: Across Asian landscapes are scintillating scenes of apparent paradox: skyscrapers reaching out of shanty towns in Jakarta, McDonald's flanked by Chinese medicine shops on Hong Kong street corners, textile merchants wielding cell phones in the markets of Ho Chi Minh City, Indonesian housewives devoted to Latin American soap operas. Such scenes are potent imagined and actual symbols of social change in contemporary Asia, in both Asian and Western imaginaries. This course is an introduction to the cultural diversity of contemporary Asia. We will situate our study in examples from across Asia through which we will develop a critical awareness of Asian cultural and economic history. Through the use of scholarly writings, fiction and films, we will reveal how the linear story of development in Asia is a construction of colonial history, nationalism and more recently, globalization. We will conclude by analyzing how the concept of being "modern" in Asia can be both a critical analytic tool for outside observers and a vibrant local construction.

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Grading: class participation, four short response papers, one midterm exam, and a final term paper.

ASIA 370: Buddhism in N. America (Crosslisted with REL 370)

Doyle, TTh 4:00-5:00 p.m. (note new time), MAX: 10

Content: Since Shakyamuni Buddha's enlightenment in India, the Buddhist > tradition has taken root and flourished in numerous cultures, both transforming and being transformed by each society it encountered as it spread throughout Asia and beyond. in North America, this process began in the 19th century, with the arrival of thousands of Chinese and Japanese immigrants. during this same period, American intellectuals, merchants, and wealthy dilettantes became interested in Buddhism, due, in large part, to their exposure to Orientalist works of scholarship and, to a lesser extent, to the Asian peoples they encountered here and abroad. During the 20th centure, particularly during the last thirty years, the number of Asian-American Buddhists, as well as scholarly and personal interest in Buddhism among non-asian-americans, has escalated dramatically. This has resulted in the establishment of a wide-range of Buddhist temples, meditation centers, and institutions. In short, Buddhist people, places, and practices are now an integral part of North America's religiously plural, rapidly changing demographic landscape. In this course, we will trace this complex historical process, focusing particularly on groups, temples, and institutions within easy reach of Emory University. Throughout, we shall also investigate such issues as Orientalism, cultural accommodation, identity formation, conversion, and religious pluralism in our attempts to understand the various Buddhisms which exist today in the U.S.A.

Texts: Fields, How the Swans Came to the Lake Numrich, Old Wisdom in the New World Thich Naht Hahn, Being Peace Glassman, Bearing Witness Xerox sourcebook of articles

Particulars: Class participation (10%), two response papers (20%), ethnography on local Buddhist temple/meditation center/group (40%), final paper (30%).

ASIA 375: Culture of Buddhist Tibet (Crosslisted with REL 331)

Negi, TTh 2:30-3:45, (same as REL 331), MAX: 5 for Asian Studies

Content: This course explores the fundamental cultural elements that have shaped the Tibetan Buddhist world, and that spread from Tibet throughout Central Asia to the north and the Himalayas to the south. It will draw from not only literary sources, but also some of the unique film documentation that has become available in recent years. The aim of this course is to examine how various values, belief-systems and rituals have produced a unique culture that sustained the peoples of Tibet for many centuries. The course will also look at the relevance of these cultural facets to the modern world.

Texts: The course readings may include selections from the following: The Sacred Life of Tibet by Keith Dowman In Exile From the Land of Snows by John Avedon Living in the Face of Death: The Tibetan Tradition by Glenn Mullin Photocopied Reader (available from instructor) Particulars: Students will be graded on class participation, presentations, response papers, and a final paper.

CHINESE

Please see REALC http://www.emory.edu/REALC/ for Chinese Language courses and other Chinese literature and culture courses. These courses will count toward requirements for Asian Studies Major and Minor.

HINDI

Please see Middle Eastern Studies for Hindi Language courses. These courses will count toward requirements for Asian Studies Major and Minor. http://www.emory.edu/NES/ATLAS/fall02.htm

JAPANESE

Please see REALC http://www.emory.edu/REALC/ for Japanese Language courses and other Japanese literature and culture courses. These courses will count toward requirements for Asian Studies Major and Minor.

SANSKRIT

Please see Middle Eastern Studies for Sanskrit Language courses. These courses will count toward requirements for Asian Studies Major and Minor. http://www.emory.edu/NES/ATLAS/fall02.htm

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Last Update: February 22. 2002