RLAB77 Chinese I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mirek Čejka (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Helena Svatoňová
Timetable
Mon 16:40–18:15 21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of this four-semester course of literary Chinese (wenyan) is to offer a systematic introduction into the study of language of Chinese classsical texts and to introduce a basic reading of classics, including the formal and content interpretation of selected texts, so that the students can continue independent readings of commented texts with the help of dictionary and reference literature. Part I is devoted to the explanation of features differentiating wenyan from modern spoken as well as written Chinese (baihua, putonghua). Towards the end, students are introduced priniciples of contemporary sound realization of old Chinese texts. Attention is paid to the emergence and historical development of Chinese writing with the emphasis on basic semiotic principles that played role in the emergence of Chinese characters. The course mentiones basic styles of Chinese writing and caligraphy (archaic style, the style of Great and Small Seals, li-shu, kai-shu, cao-shu, xing-shu). Students read and write shorter sequences of traditional Chinese characters. Some time is devoted also to syntactic analysis of non-sentence and sentence parts and grammatical constructions.
Literature
  • Gabelentz, Georg von der: Chinesische Grammatik. Berlin 1953 (reprint 1. vyd. z r. 1883). Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften.
  • Lomová, Olga: Čítanka tangské poezie. Praha 1995. Skriptum UK.
  • Haenisch, Erich: Lehrgang der klassischen chinesischen Schriftsprache I - II. Leipzig 1972. VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie.
  • Vochala, Jaromír, Žu-čen Vochalová: Úvod do gramatiky klasické čínštiny. Praha 1976, 1980. Skriptum UK.
  • Kiu, K. L. (vybrala a přeložila): 100 Ancient Chinese Fables. Hongkong 1985, 1987. Shangwu Yinshuguan.
  • Boltz, William G.: Early Chinese writing. In: World Archaeology, 1986, vol. 17, No 3, str. 420-435.
  • Norman, Jerry: Chinese. Cambridge 1988. Cambridge University Press.
  • Karlgren, Bernhard: Sound and Symbol in Chinese. London 1929.
  • SHADICK, Harold and Ch'iao CHIEN. A first course in literary Chinese. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968, xi, s. 497. ISBN 0-8014-9856-2. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Podmínky zápočtu: písemný test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: plus 1 za k.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002.
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