Browsing Foreign Languages and Literatures (21F) - Archived by Title
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21F.013 Out of Ground Zero: Catastrophe and Memory, Fall 2002
(2002-12)Subject offers a cross-cultural and trans-historical perspective on the problems of catastrophe and the process of memorializing. It asks what media and various art forms can offer to the project of collective memory. It ... -
21F.019 / 21F.021 Communicating Across Cultures, Spring 2003
(2003-06)In an increasingly interconnected world, communicating across cultures is a crucial skill in the international networks of business, science, and technology. Subject examines a range of communication styles and techniques ... -
21F.027J / CMS.874 / 21H.917J Visualizing Cultures, Spring 2003
(2003-06)Extensive reading and discussion of how visual images impose a variety of identities on individuals and societies. Case studies drawn primarily from the Pacific region, and include: identities of individuals in a society; ... -
21F.027J / CMS.874 / 21H.917J Visualizing Cultures, Spring 2008
(2008-06)In this new course, students will study how images have been used to shape the identity of peoples and cultures. A prototype digital project looking at American and Japanese graphics depicting the opening of Japan to the ... -
21F.030 East Asian Cultures: From Zen to Pop, Fall 2002
(2002-12)Examines traditional forms of East Asian culture (including literature, art, performance, food, and religion) as well as contemporary forms of popular culture (film, pop music, karaoke, and manga). Covers China, Japan, ... -
21F.040 A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This course introduces students to Indian Culture through films, short-stories, novels, essays, and newspaper articles. The course examines some major social and political controversies of contemporary India through ... -
21F.043J / 21H.150J Introduction to Asian American Studies: Literature, Culture, and Historical Experience, Fall 2005
(2005-12)An interdisciplinary subject that draws on literature, history, anthropology, film, and cultural studies to examine the experiences of Asian Americans in U.S. society. Covers the first wave of Asian immigration in the 19th ... -
21F.044 Traditional Chinese Literature: Poetry, Fiction and Drama, Fall 2002
(2002-12)Introduction to some of the major genres of traditional Chinese poetry, fiction, and drama. Intended to give students a basic understanding of the central features of traditional Chinese literary genres, as well as to ... -
21F.044 Traditional Chinese Literature: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama, Spring 2007
(2007-06)This course is an introduction to some of the major genres of traditional Chinese poetry, fiction, and drama. Intended to give students a basic understanding of the central features of traditional Chinese literary genres, ... -
21F.059 Paradigms of European Thought and Culture, Fall 2003
(2003-12)This subject surveys the main currents of European cultural and intellectual history in the modern period. Such a foundation course is central to the humanities in Europe (Geistesgeschichte, histoire des idées). The ... -
21F.065 / 21F.593 Japanese Literature and Cinema, Spring 2006
(2006-06)This course includes surveys for both cinematic and literary representations of diverse eras and aspects of Japanese culture such as the classical era, the samurai age, wartime Japan and the atomic bombings, social change ... -
21F.084J / 21A.224J / 17.55 Introduction to Latin American Studies, Spring 2002
(2002-06)This HASS-D/CI course is designed as an introduction to Latin American politics and society for undergraduates at MIT. No background on the region is required. Overall workload (reading, writing, class participation, and ... -
21F.101 / 21F.151 Chinese I (Regular), Spring 2005
(2005-06)Introduction to modern standard Chinese (Mandarin) with emphasis on developing conversational skills by using fundamental grammatical patterns and vocabulary in functional and cultural suitable contexts. Basic reading and ... -
21F.101 Chinese I (Regular), Fall 2004
(2004-12)Introduction to modern standard Chinese (Mandarin) with emphasis on developing conversational skills by using fundamental grammatical patterns and vocabulary in functional and cultural suitable contexts. Basic reading and ... -
21F.102 / 21F.152 Chinese II, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This subject is the second semester of two that form an introduction to modern standard Chinese, commonly called Mandarin. Though not everyone taking this course will be an absolute beginner, the course presupposes only ... -
21F.104 Chinese IV (Regular), Spring 2003
(2003-06)Continuation of 21F.103. For full description, see 21F.103. From the course home page: Course Description This is the continuing instruction in spoken and written Chinese, with particular emphasis on consolidating basic ... -
21F.107 Chinese I (Streamlined), Fall 2002
(2002-12)Designed for students who already speak some basic Chinese but who have no, or very little reading and writing ability. Focuses on standard pronunciation and usage, on reading both in full form and simplified characters, ... -
21F.108 / 21F.158 Chinese II (Streamlined), Spring 2003
(2003-06)Continuation of 21F.107. See 21F.107, for full description. For graduate credit see 21F.158. From the course home page: Course Description This course is the continuation of 21F.107/157 Chinese I (Streamlined), an introduction ... -
21F.109 Chinese III (Streamlined), Fall 2002
(2002-12)The third term in the streamlined sequence. Students who have completed Chinese II streamlined admitted; others should check with the Chinese coordinator. From the course home page: Course Description This course is the ... -
21F.225 / 21F.226 Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering: ESL, Spring 2003
(2003-06)This workshop is designed to help advanced students of ESL and bilingual students to write clearly, accurately and effectively in a professional or academic technical environment. In class, we will focus on analyzing ...