All Courses
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CHC5314 Chinese Religion [2220]
This module will focus on the development of Chinese religions, including Taoism, Popular religion, and Buddhism in China, as well as in the Chinese Community of Singapore and Malaysia. It also examines the transformation of these religions in history and the development of their core thoughts. The module takes a thematic approach and will discuss in-depth the important original texts and research publications in both the English and Chinese academic worlds.
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CHC5316 Print Culture & Chinese Literature: From Ming to Modern [2220]
Interdisciplinary in nature, drawing upon concepts from sociology of literature and cultural history, this module studies the interrelationships between Chinese literature and print culture. The period of study stretches from late Ming China to modern Singapore, focusing on several themes and issues, which include: 1) urban culture and literary production; 2) literary magazines, literary organizations, and literary movements; 3) popular readings and mass entertainment; 4) cultural connections between Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore; 5) Cold War culture and cultural Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s.
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CHC5317 New Approaches to Modern Chinese Culture [2220]
Research on modern Chinese culture can be found across various disciplines including literature, media studies, sociology, gender study and political science. This graduate seminar draws on this interdisciplinary body of scholarship and aims to expose students to new developments, themes, and approaches in modern Chinese cultural studies, as well as engage with contemporary cultural theories and explore untapped historical sources. Among the linked topics are gender and sexuality, modernism, digital culture, ecocriticism, youth culture, and biopolitics. Students will interrogate limitations and contradictions within the field, all the while exploring new possibilities and directions within modern Chinese cultural studies.
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CHC5319 Development of the Chinese Opera Scene in Singapore [2220]
This module is a multidisciplinary study of the interrelationship between the development of Chinese opera and the history of Singapore. Drawing upon concepts from cultural, political and economy history, it focus on overseas Chinese in Singapore and the localisation of the performing art. The period of study stretches from pre-Raffles period to modern Singapore, highlighting on themes and issues, such as: 1) the overall development of Chinese Opera in Singapore; 2) relationship between Chinese opera and Chinese dialect groups in Singapore; 3) the audience; 4) the performer and stage; 5) localisation of the six major forms of opera in Singapore.