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To ? 

SENATE 

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From.

SENATE COMMITTEE ONUNDERGRADUATESTUDIES 

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL - FACULTY OF 

Subject. . 

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INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES - GS 

303

-1

Date APRIL 18, 1973 

- CHINESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION1 

MOTION: 

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"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-61, 

the new Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies 

course proposal for GS 303-3 - Chinese 

Literature in Translation." 

If the above motion passes, 

MOTION: "That Senate waive the normal two semester time 

lag requirement in order that GS 303-3 may be 

first offered in the Spring semester 74-1." 

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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MEMORANDUM

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- Chinese Literature in Translat, 

April 18, 1973 

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Date 

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On the recommendation of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary 

Studies, the Senate Committee on Undergraudate Studies has approved 

the new course proposal for General Studies 

303-3 - 

Chinese Literature 

in Translation, as set forth in SCUS 

73-15, 

and forwards it to Senate 

for Its consideration. 

It Is further recommended that the normal two semester time 

lag requirement be waived in order that this course may be first offered 

in the Spring semester 

74_1. 

This submission contains the following information: 

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(a) Course proposal; 

(b)

Course outline; and 

(c)

Rationale for the course. 

It should be noted that this is an experimental course, 

offered on the 

basis 

of experience and apparent student interest in similar 

course offered as a non-credit course under the auspices of the 

Department of Modern Languages. It will be offered alternately 

with CS. 302-3 - 

The .I Ching, and will require no additional resources 

beyond the provision of a stipend for the Instructor. 

I. Mugridge 

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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Subject

.............Course Proposal.Ch.nese

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Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies

Curriculum. Committee............................

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Attached is the course proposal, Chinese Literature in Translation,

together with a rationale, a syllabus and calendar information.

Enclosures.

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- FACULTY OF INTERDISCIPLINARY

STUDIES

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL

1. CALENDAR INFORMATION

Program. ?

Course Number:

Title:

Chinese Literature in

Translation.

Sub-title or Description:

Lectures on Chinese literature from earliest times to the present day.

Credit Hours:

3 ?

Vector

Description:

Pre-Requisite(s):

None

2. ENROLMENT AND SCHEDULING

Estimated Enrolment:

25/semester.

Semester Offered (e.g. yearly, every spring, twice yearly, Fall and

Spring):

Yearly.

When will course first be offered?

Spring 1974

3. JusnFICArION

What is the detailed description of the course including

differentiation from lower level courses, from similar courses•

in the same department, and from courses in other departments

in the University?

Three hours of lecture per week are scheduled to give an overall pattern

of Chinese literature on principal genres authors and representative works of

each periods with section discussions (to follow each lecture) based on lectures

and on students' reading of selected works in English translation.

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B. What is the range of topics that may be dealt with in the course?

Topics dealt with in the course will range from a survey of each of the major

literary genres in a chronological order, starting from the Confucian Odes

to modern literary trends in China, to an interposed comparison from their

Western counterparts where possible.

How does this course fit the goals of the program?

The course is a general elective. It is not intended as part of an existing

or proposed program.

D. How

does this

course affect degree requirements?

It will provide 3 hours of general elective credit toward a student's

degree requirements.

What are the calendar changes necessary to reflect the addition

of this course?

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The course will be added to the "General Studies" courses listed in the

calendar.

What course, if any, is being dropped from the calendar if

this course is approved?

None.

C. What is the nature of student demand for this course?

Knowledge of Chinese is not required. There is no prerequisite either.

It is open to any student of the university. Past non-credit offerings indicate

that at least 25 students per semester will enroll in the course.

H. Other reasons for introducing the course.

the United States and Canada. such as Harvard, Yale, University of Washington,

University of California at Berkeley, and so on and so forth. It is designed

to give students an introduction to Chinese literature.

3.

4. BUDGETARY 

AND SPACE FACTORS

Which faculty will be available to teach this course?

Mr. Titus Yu will be hired on a stipend basis. He is currently completing

his

Ph. D. in Chinese

Studies at the University of Washington. 

B.

What are the special space and/or equipment requirements 

for this course?

None.

C.

Any other budgetary implications of mounting this course: 

Only the stipend 

arrangements with Mr. Yu,

Approval: 

Dean of Division: ? 

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31u6t^. 

Senate: 

LI'rn\ATURE IN TPANL/.TION

Three 1-hour meetings are scheduled for the course per week to present a

general survey of Chinese literature. Emphasis will be laid on principal

genres, authors, and individual works of Cliin.se literature from the begin-

ning to the present day based on available sojrces in English. Knowledge

of the Chinese lar.guage 15 not required. Where possible, references will be

made to Japanese Literature and comparisons drawn fro:n Weslern materials.

ecture fI)iscuss ion

Week 1:

CHCU IF 1:U)(1l22!-221 B.C.):

Confucian ClassiLs

Week 2:

Songs of tlo State of Chu

Week 3 ?

HAN PFI<I0I)(2(61k.C.220 A.B.):

SIX UYN.611ES(317-5bB):

TANG 1EPTO)(618-906):

SUNG PERIflD(960-1279):

MINC L'ERI01)(1368-1646):

Novella

Weeks 12 & 13: ?

ClING lERIUD(1644-1911) till the Present Day:

Ching Fiction

Modern l.ltrrarv Trend

in China

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Birch, Cyril, ed.

Anthology of Chinese Literature Volume I:

from Early Times to the Fourteenth Century.

New York, Grove, 1965.

Anthology of Chinese Literature Volume 2:

From the Fourteenth Century to the Present

Day: New York: Grove, 1972.

RECOMMENDED TEXTS:

(Th e

n, SLnu-yi. Chinese Literature,

i!i.corlcal Introduction. New York,

Ronald, 14t) 1.

Lin Vutang. The Wisdom of China and India.

New

York, Pandom House, 1942.

The Kook ot Son,:s. Tr. b

Arthur

Wiley.

London, Allen . Unwin, 1937.

Cl,u fzu. rr. b y

David Hawkes. London, Oxford University ress, 1959.

)e.xroth, Kenneth, One Hjndrbcl Poems Irorn the Chinese. New York New Direc-

tions, I959.

Mackintosh. Duncan. A Farther Collection of Chinese L

rics. Nashville,

Tenn., Vanderhi Id I'tv. Pr., I970.

Usia • c.r.

History of t

n:lern Chinese Fiction. New Maven, Yale Univ. Ir.

Tien Han. Kuan Han-ching. Peking. For' ien I.inages

jr. • 1961.

Liu,

Jars. The Art of Clinese Poetr

. Chicago, Univ. of Chicago, 1962.

There will

he mtmengr.ijh.'d handouts avjilai,le

for

students for students

Semester,

b. home assignments c.

111-term d.

Final examination

F_

Titus YU 

A RATIONALE 

FOR THE ACCREDITATION 

OF CHIN SE LLTERATURE IN TRANSLATION 

IN THE GENERAL STUDIES DIVISION 

AT SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 

As far as the student response is concerned, Chinese Lit-. 

erature in Translation merits official recognition. For the 

first time on campus, this course is being offered under the 

auspices of the Department of Modern Languages, on a non-cred- 

it and voluntary basis though, very much the same as the I Ching. 

It was indeed encouraging to have been informed of tne ready and 

enthusiastic acceptance of the course among students. As a mat- 

ter of fact, many of them personally expressed their deep inter- 

est in and great expectation of the subject. Needless to say, 

this proposed course serves as many students as any of the regu- 

lar curriculum courses. 

It is extraordinarily sign&ticant 

in terms 

of student attendance at university as a whole. In recent years, 

almost all the universities in Canada as well as in the United 

States have been hit 

by an epidemic of the "short-tall" in stu- 

dent attendance, Of course, Simon Fraser University 1.s no excep- 

tion. There 

is, actually, a wide 

spectrum of reasons, either fi- 

nancial or motivational or both for the 

phenomenal 

drop in enrol- 

ment. In regard to motivational reasons, Chinese Literation in 

Translation, I am certain, helps making remedies for the situation 

In some way however modest. Widespread is a feeling of the frustra- 

tion of taking courses that bear no relevance to what the student 

wants to learn. Discouraged are they 

whose 

prior expectation of 

university education is not met. Being far from such a sullen cate- 

gory of courses, Chinese Literature in Translation appeals to uni- 

versity students on two accounts---first, it arouses keen interest 

among them because of its 

diversified nature, and second, it exhibits 

its highly academic asset. 

The diversity and scholasticity of this course signify that 

it is genuinely thter-discilintxy. Lectures and discussions will 

be drawn from materials of varying academic perspectives. Where 

possible, comparisons will be made to Japanese and western lit- 

eratures. For the 

sake 

of illustration, here are some of the high- 

lights-- . 

-the concept of "Zen" 

in oriental classics 

and English 

literature, the similarities and dissimilarities of the Chinese 

Shih, Japanese Haiku 

and western poetry, the relationship between 

the Yuan drama in China and the 

NÔ play in 

Japan, and 

comparison 

to their occidental 

counterparts. Apparently, such a course goes 

beyond the region of either the Department of English or that of 

Modern Languages. It belongs in the General Studies Program. 

The teaching of this course 

is unprecedented in the history of 

this university. But, however, courses of this naturqte offered 

at a great many instituteof higher education 

in

north America, 

not to mention these in Europe, such as Yale, Harvard, 

Princeton, U.C. Berkeley, University of Washington, Tor- 

onto and the like. Moreover, a number of courses in area 

studies other than Chinese such as Latin American and 

African studies 

is well 

taken care of officially at this 

university, How much more indispensable it 

is,

then, 

to.

offset the lopsidedness of the current curriculum by ac- 

crediting the course which deals with the literature of 

a nation constituting 

one

fourth of the world's popula- 

tion'. 