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    This document outlines the syllabus for an Asian Humanities course that examines great works from four major Asian cultural spheres: the Middle East and Persia, South Asia, China, and Japan. The course will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:40-11:00 AM in room SS 344. Students will read and discuss selections from classic texts that have profoundly influenced these cultures. The class will be graded based on participation, attendance, and four 4-5 page papers analyzing the assigned readings. The course will cover works from the Qur'an, Mahfouz, the Pali Canon, the Bhagavad Gita, Indian short stories, Confucius, Mencius,

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    LS 161H

    Asian Humanities
    Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:40-11:00
    SS 344
    Bradley Clough
    Office: LA 158

    Office Phone: (406)-243-2837


    bradley.clough@mso.umt.edu
    Office Hours: T & TR 2:304:30 and by appointment

    This course examines selected great works from four major Asian cultural spheres: the Middle East
    and Persia (Iran), South Asia (India), China, and Japan. While these texts, of course, cannot be
    regarded as fully representative of these cultures, they all could be considered classics which have
    exerted profound influence on these cultures and are both reflective of and productive of their
    cultures social mores, moral norms, philosophies, and ways of life at various key points in their
    histories. Thus, while reading, reflecting on, and writing about these works will not lead to full
    introductions to these cultures, through them we will learn much about what has been most valued in
    them.
    Required Readings (all are available for purchase at the campus bookstore):
    T.B Irving (translator), Selections from the Noble Reading: An Anthology of Passages from the
    Quran
    Abolqasem Ferdowsi (Dick Davis, translator), The Legend of Seyavash
    Naguib Mahfouz, The Time and the Place and Other Stories
    Bhikkhu Bodhi (translator), In the Buddhas Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali
    Canon
    Barbara Stoler Miller (translator), The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishnas Counsel in Time of War
    Stephen Alter and Wimal Dissanayake (editors), The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories
    Philip J. Ivanhoe and Bryan w. Van Norden, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy
    Tsao Hsueh-Chin (Chi-Chen Wang, translator), Dream of the Red Chamber
    Matsuo Basho (Sam Hamill, translator), Narrow Road to the Interior and Other Writings
    Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen
    Grading
    1. Class Participation: Class Preparation and Participation: completion of and reflection upon
    the reading assignment for the day, as well as consistent attendance and oral participation in
    regular discussions. No more than two absences will be accepted without written
    authorization from the Health Service or an advisor, counselor, or administrator. (20% of the
    final grade)

    2. Four 4-5 page Papers. A choice of topics will be assigned for each paper, but there is also the
    opportunity to develop your own topic, with the instructors approval (each paper is 20% of
    the final grade; thus the papers are worth 80% of the final grade in total)
    Class Meetings and Assignments
    I.

    I.
    THE MIDDLE EAST and PERSIA (greater Iran)

    Tues. 1/29

    Introduction to the Course

    Thurs. 1/31

    Selections from Selections from the Noble Reading (The Quran)

    Tues. 2/5

    Selections from Selections from the Noble Reading (The Quran)

    Thurs. 2/7

    The Legend of Seyavash, pp. 1-50

    Tues. 2/12

    The Legend of Seyavash, pp. 51-130 and Translators Afterword

    Thurs. 2/14

    Selections from Mahfouzs The Time and the Place

    Tues. 2/19

    Selections from Mahfouzs The Time and the Place


    II. INDIA

    Thurs. 2/21

    Selections from the Buddhas sermons. In the Buddhas Words, pages 26, 29-30, 3137; 75-76; 88-91, and 96-103

    Tues. 2/26

    No class; professor away.

    Thurs. 2/28

    Selections from the Buddhas sermons. In the Buddhas Words, pages 116-118, 126128, 130-132, 137-139; 155-156, 166-167, 171-172, 172-174; 191-192, 203-205,
    213-214, 218-219; 239-240.

    Tues. 3/5

    Selections from the Buddhas sermons. In the Buddhas Words, pages 267, 269-272,
    278-279, 281-290; 322-323, 335-337, 341-345, 364-365; 402-406, 410-412.

    **Wed. 3/6

    First Papers Due by 5:00 PM in the Professors Mailbox, LA 101**

    Thurs. 3/7

    Bhagavad-Gita, First-Fifth Teachings

    Tues. 3/12

    Bhagavad-Gita, Six-Eleventh Teachings

    Thurs. 3/14

    Bhagavad-Gita, Twelfth-Eighteenth Teachings

    Tues. 13/19

    Selections from Modern Indian Short Stories

    Thurs. 3/21

    Selections from Modern Indian Short Stories


    III. China

    Tues. 3/26

    Selections from The Analects of Kongzi/Confucius (Readings in Classical Chinese


    Philosophy)

    Thurs. 3/28

    Selections from the Book of Mengzi/Mencius (Readings in Classical Chinese


    Philosophy)

    **Fri. 3/29

    Second Papers Due by 5:00 PM in the Professors Mailbox, LA 101**

    Tues. 4/9

    Selections from the Book of Zhuangzi/Chuang Tzu

    Thurs. 4/11

    Selections from the Book of Zhuangzi/Chuang Tzu

    Tues. 4/16

    Dream of the Red Chamber, Part I, Chapters 1-6

    Thurs. 4/18

    Dream, Part I, Chapters 7-18

    Tues. 4/23

    Dream, Part I, Chapters 19-25

    Thurs 4/25

    Dream, Part I, Chapters 26-33 and Part II, Chapters 34-40


    IV. Japan

    Tues. 4/30

    Basho, The Narrow Road to the Interior

    Thurs. 5/2

    Basho: Select Haiku Poems

    Tues. 5/7

    Yoshimoto, Kitchen, pp. 3-74

    **Wed. 5/8 Third Papers Due by 5:00 PM in the Professors Mailbox, LA 101**
    Thurs. 5/9

    Kitchen, 75-105

    **Friday 12/17: Fourth Paper Due by 5:00 PM in the Professors Mailbox, LA 101**

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