This course provides a systematic approach to understanding Hanzi by examining the logic of their form, sound, and meaning, while addressing common misconceptions about Chinese characters.
We will read memorable works of fiction in French that explore issues of class, education, and women’s experiences, from the 17th century to the present day.
This course introduces students to the genre of fairy tale with a particular focus on the life and works of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. All works will be situated in their respective cultural and political contexts.
This course will explore the literary works of Russia’s renowned writer, Leo Tolstoy. Through a study of Tolstoy’s novels, short stories, and his nonfiction masterpieces, Anna Karenina, we will follow the writer’s quest to understand what it means to be human.
This course will focus on advanced Spanish grammar and composition. We will think of writing as a process: a cycle of drafting, giving and receiving feedback, and revising in response to that feedback, one that writers repeat and refine with every new draft.
In every culture food lies at the center of a complex value system that involves religious beliefs and rituals, social hierarchies, and gender distinctions.
Course Description:Learn how China got to be China. This course introduces students to the main written language of dynastic China. Our sources will be key works from pre-Han and Han dynasty philosophical and historiographical traditions.
