普及灣大學三年中文Chin 303: Greater China第十一週進度表       教授老師:孫珞 Lo Sun Perry

第十一週(3/30 – 4/3) 課程目標Overview & Goal:

  1. Topic #3 新生代創意文化|雲門舞集|吳非古箏|北京798藝術區
  2. Learn about the avant-garde art scenes in Taiwan and China: Cloud Gate Dance Troupe, Wu Fei’s music, and Factory 798 in Beijing

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See Chinese Tutor Schedule at the Learning Ctr.

Conversation Hour on Tuesday (3/31) 6:30-7:00 

Week #11

課前功課 Pre-Class Reading

上課任務 In-Class Tasks

作業 評鑑Topic #3 Assignments & Evaluation

星期(3/30)

Ø  Week #10 Grammar Point 不如

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Due Monday 3/30

Ø  Prepare for Quiz 3.2 (3/30):

1) Translate吳非Word into English

2)  Identify 10 key words and prepare a 5-sentence summary to describe the musician and her music

WuFeiMusic

Guzheng Showcase by Wu Fei

Wu Fei & Fulvio Maras-Guzheng with percussion

Quiz 3.2

Go over Grammar Point 不如

課堂討論及活:

Neocha 新茶 www.neocha.com A community site devoted to sharing news and making connections in China's new creative culture, this is a excellent place to find out about concerts and learn about new music. Artists can upload music, photo and image files, etc. Much of the content is in Chinese, but one of the bilingual elements is the Next player, which streams a rotating selection of Chinese indie music.

Topic #3 – about 20% of total class grade
(weeks #10-12)

Ø  Quiz 3.1 | Quiz 3.2 | Quiz 3.3 30%

Ø  Class Discussion/Participation 10%

Ø  Group Project (research/proposal) 10% (Due Fri. 4/3)

Ø  Group Project (writing) 25% (Due Friday 4/10)

Ø  Group Project (presentation) 25% (Due Week #12)

星期(4/1)

Ø  Group Project (research/proposal) 10% (Due Fri. 4/3) – please email to all group members and perry@ups.edu

Ø  Check out links below

Discussion課堂討論及活動
Questions
WORD |  PDF
Danwei.org (www.danwei.org/), described more fully in News and Media, is a good introduction to the music, art and media scene in China's major cities, often featuring independently-produced videos.

 

Group Project:

Group #1 Alex/Becca/Sam S./Jordan

Group #2 Courtney/Colin/Ryan/Roy

Group #3 Elise/Mark/Liz/Leechew

Group #4 Katie/Andrew/Sam F./Phil

Group #5 Elizabeth/ Brent

 

Meet this weekend to prepare for your group writing and PPT presentation:

Writing:  (typed | 300-500 characters)

1) Intro/background info of artist or group;

2) describe/comment on one or two selected pieces of work;

3) In what way is the artist “creative”? How does the work combine traditional and new elements?

4) Your comments/thoughts

星期五(4/3)

Ø  Group Project (research/proposal) 10% (Due Fri. 4/3) – please email to all group members and perry@ups.edu

 

Discussion課堂討論及活動

Prepare for Quiz #3.3 (Monday 4/6):

Choose two out of the four questions WORD | PDF and prepare to answer in class. Typing is an option for this quiz.  Timed: 20 min. 

背景閱讀Links provided by the instructor and students for Topic #3

Ø  Danwei.org <www.danwei.org/> described more fully in News and Media, is a good introduction to the music, art and media scene in China's major cities, often featuring independently-produced videos.

Ø  Cui Jian's Official Website, <http://www.cuijian.com/>

Ø  "Birth Of A Beijing Music Scene" by Matthew Corbin Clark - companion article to PBS Frontline's "China In The Red"

Ø  Happy Avenue - Rock in China Wiki, <http://wiki.rockinchina.com/index.php?title=Happy_Avenue>  |  Happy Avenue <http://wapedia.mobi/en/Happy_Avenue>

Ø  Lisa Movius’ Links <http://www.movius.us/links/links.html>. Lisa Movius is a freelance writer based in Shanghai; the links page of her website is particularly good for following alternative music in Shanghai and Beijing, and for general information on the Shanghai arts scene. 

Ø  雲門舞集簡介, <http://www.cloudgate.org.tw/cg/about/index.php>

Ø  Taiwan Cultural Portal, <http://www.culture.tw/index.php?option=com_sobi2&catid=28&Itemid=175&limit=10&limitstart=40 >

Ø  Growing Underground Is Making Noise in China, <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/27/arts/music/27expe.html>

Ø  Factory 798: Beijing’s Breath of Uncensored Air, <http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2008/08/factory-798-beijing/>

Ø  北京798艺术区<http://www.798art.org/>

Ø  宋庄画家村画廊, <http://www.artistvillagegallery.com/>

Ø  Asia Art Archive <http://www.aaa.org.hk/. >A Hong Kong-based research center that documents the contemporary Asian art world, the Asian Art Archive maintains an extremely useful website that features listings of current exhibitions both in Asia and around the world, a newsletter, and links to galleries, bookstores, image archives and artist sites.

Ø  Wu Fei Music, <http://www.wufeimusic.com/>

Ø  声东击西系列演出——北京<http://music.yule.sohu.com/20081230/n261496418_3.shtml>

Ø  Wu Fei’s Youtube Music <http://www.youtube.com/user/WuFeiMusic>

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