Academic Catalog

Asian Narrative Traditions (C052)

GEC Coordinator: Trian Nguyen

This concentration explores stories and strategies of storytelling in Asian traditions past and present in literature and in film and other visual arts.

Complete any four credits designated with the (C052) GEC attribute. Two non-Bates credits may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. Not open to students who have declared a major or minor in Chinese, Japanese, or Asian Studies, or to students who have declared the following concentrations: Asian Art and Literature (C033), Japanese Society and Culture (C046), Chinese Society and Culture (C047), or Women and Gender in Asia (C050).

Active course offerings include:

ASIA 130Japanese Horror Film: Silent Era to Present
ASIA 207The Self and the World in Premodern Chinese Literature
ASIA 223Communism, Capitalism, and Cannibalism: New and Emerging Voices in Chinese Literature
ASIA 224Japanese Literature & Society
ASIA 229Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film
ASIA 246Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art
AVC 229Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film
AVC 246Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art
CHI 207The Self and the World in Premodern Chinese Literature
CHI 223Communism, Capitalism, and Cannibalism: New and Emerging Voices in Chinese Literature
JPN 130Japanese Horror Film: Silent Era to Present
JPN 224Japanese Literature & Society