MLL 462 - Modern Chinese Short Stories in English Translation

Units: 4; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
A critical analysis on the short stories across the twentieth to the 21st century that examine the Chinese transcultural capacity, the ‘Chinese-ness,’ and the intersectionality among the cultural groups - the Chinese, Chinese diaspora, Chinese American, Asian American, LGBTQ, and women.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Diversity
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities; investigate the literary narratives with Chinese/American/diasporic cultural diversity through the provided comprehensive overview and multi-perspective foundation of Chinese literary-social movements and their literary representations.
analyze cultural production, Chinese/American/diasporic short stories, and films, as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human. Students will be able to discuss, deliberate, and write about their critical viewpoints in an insightful and logical manner.
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities in transcultural Chinese literary representations are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.
describe the histories and experiences of more than one U. S. cultural groups, (e.g. Chinese/Chinese American/diasporic, women, and LGBTQ) and the resilience and agency of group members.
identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups (e.g. the heritage Chinese/Asian American/diasporic, women, and LGBTQ) to combat the effects of oppressive structures inside/outside China and across the 20^th and 21^st centuries.
analyze the intersectionality among the Chinese/American/diasporic, women, and LGBTQ groups and the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and as they are embodied in personal and collective identities.
Identify the ways that multiple differences within the focused cultural groups complicate the formation of the individual and group identities. Investigate the issue of identity formation, the interconnected nature of social categorization applied to the Chinese/American/diasporic cultural groups and the overlapped systems of discrimination.

UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes

describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.