Overview
Asian Language & Literature : In-depth examination of the Yijing, known in the West as the Book of Changes. The course will combine a close reading of this pivotal text and its numerous commentaries with a social and cultural analysis of the diverse functions it fulfilled through Chinese history - philosophical, political, religious, aesthetic and cosmological.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: Any 300-level or above EAST course or permission of instructor.
- Note: No prior knowledge of Chinese required.