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Introduction
TheDepartmentofEastAsianLanguagesandLiteraturesoffersundergraduatedegreeprogramsinthelanguagesandliteraturesofChinaandJapan,Ph.D.programsinChineseandJapaneseliterature,andlanguagecoursesinChinese,Japanese,andKoreanfromtheelementarytoadvancedlevel.OurgoalistosupportthehumanisticstudyofEastAsianculturesthroughtheirlanguagesandliterarytraditions,ancientandmodern.
Ourfaculty
EALLhaseightfull-timeprofessors,specializinginfieldsrangingfromtheearliesttextsofpre-imperialChinatocontemporaryfilmandmanga.Ourprofessorsarescholarswhosemodesofinquiryembracethetraditionalandthecutting-edgeandarealldeeplycommittedtoteachingstudentsinsmall,personalizedcontexts.
ContactUs
320YorkStreetPOBox208236
NewHaven,CT06511Phone:203-432-2860
http://eall.yale.edu/
‘16–’17DUS:MickHunter([email protected])
DepartmentofEastAsianLanguagesandLiteratures
YaleUniversity
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UndergraduateProgram
ThemajorinEastAsianLanguagesandLiteraturesprovidesanintellectuallyfocusedandrigorousimmersioninChineseandJapanesehumanities,allowingstudentstostudytwooftheworld’sgreatestculturaltraditionsindepth.WeoffercoursesthatreflectthevarietyofEastAsiantextualtraditions,pre-modernthroughmodern,andincludingfilmandtheater.Themajorisfocusedontheanalysisofliterature,culture,andthought,builtuponasolidfoundationoflanguagestudy;manyofourcoursesaretaughtintranslation,butstudentsalsohaveopportunitiestotakemanycoursesinwhichliteraryworksarereadintheoriginallanguage.MajorsselecteithertheChineseorJapanesetrack,butareencouragedtotakecoursesontheothertrackandtobecomefamiliarwithaspectsofEastAsianliteraryculturethattranscendthesegeographicparameters.
Allofourcoursesarealsoopentonon-majors,andwewelcomestudentswhohopetostudyChinaandJapanwiththecriticalrigorthatcharacterizeshumanisticstudyatYale.ManystudentscombineamajorinEALL,andmanystudymorethanoneEastAsianlanguagewhileatYale.TheEALLmajorscanbeappliedtoawidevarietyofacademicandprofessionalcareergoals,includinglaw,publicservice,educationandsocialscienceresearch,inadditiontoadvancedstudyofChineseorJapaneseliteratureand/orfilminmanyotherfields.
OurCoursesStudentswhowishtomajorinEastAsianLanguagesandLiteraturesshouldconsulttheDirectorofUndergraduateStudiesbythebeginningoftheirsophomoreyear.Thedepartmentstronglyencouragesstudentstostudyabroadforatleastoneterm.
ThefollowingcourseswelcomestudentsofallbackgroundsandweredesignedforYaleundergraduateswhoareinterestedinanintroductiontoEastAsianhumanistictraditions.Allreadingsareintranslationandnoknowledgeofthelanguagerequired.EALL200,TheChineseTradition:Anintroductiontotheliterature,culture,andthoughtofpremodernChina,fromthebeginningsofthewrittenrecordtotheturnofthetwentiethcentury.Closestudyoftextualandvisualprimarysources,withattentiontotheirhistoricalandculturalbackdrops.EALL211/511,Women&LitinTraditionalChina:AstudyofmajorwomenwritersintraditionalChina,aswellasrepresentationsofwomenbymaleauthors.Thepowerofwomen'swriting;womenandmaterialculture;womeninexile;courtesans;TaoistandBuddhistnuns;widowpoets;cross-dressingwomen;thefemalebodyanditsmetaphors;footbinding;notionsofloveanddeath;theaestheticsofillness;womenandrevolution;poetryclubs;thefunctionofmemoryinwomen'sliterature;problemsofgenderandgenre.SomeChinesetextsprovidedforstudentswhoreadChinese.EALL357/657,MeijiLiterature&VisualCulture:IntroductiontotheliteratureandvisualcultureofMeijiJapan(1868–1912),includingnovels,poetry,calligraphy,woodblockprints,painting,photography,andcinema.Therelationshipbetweentheoriesandpracticesoffineartandliterature;changesinwordandimagerelations;transformationsfromwoodblocktomovable-typeprintculture;theinventionofphotographyandearlyformsofcinematicpractice.
Languages
WeofferinstructioninChinese,Japanese,andKoreanlanguage,fromintroductory-leveltoadvancedcoursesinChinese(Mandarin),Japanese,andKoreanandcoursesontheclassicalliterarylanguagesofChinaandJapan.ModernChineseandKoreanaretaughtintwotracks,onefortruebeginnersandoneforheritagelearners(usually,studentswhohaveexposuretothelanguageinafamilysettingorthroughtimelivingabroad).Seeourwebsiteandcourselistingsfordetails.
Manyofourstudentsenjoyfully-fundedsemestersorsummersstudyingtargetlanguagesinAsia,throughthegenerosityoftheRichardU.LightFoundation.LearnmoreabouttheLightFellowshipsforthestudyofChinese,Japanese,andKorean,aprogramuniquetoYale.http://www.yale.edu/lefp/light/
TheOfficeofFellowshipprogramscanprovideinformationonanumberofotheropportunitiestostudyabroad.
InterdisciplinaryStudies
ManyYalestudentscombinestudiesofChinese,Japaneseand/orKoreanlanguageandliteratureswithstudiesinanthropology,history,historyofart,religiousstudies,economics,politicalscience,sociology,linguistics,literature,humanities,filmstudies,andtheaterstudies.
