INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
INTRODUZIONE ALLA LINGUA E ALLA CULTURA CINESE
Course code
LT015I (AF:451837 AR:246636)
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 introductory 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.
Magda Abbiati, "La lingua cinese". Venezia: Cafoscarina, 1992.
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.
Knowledge acquisition will be verified by means of a written test of the duration of 60 minutes, consisting of closed and open-ended questions.
Lectures employing PPT presentations, complemented by multimedia materials.
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written
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 21/02/2024