Foreign Literature and Culture Courses in English Translation for First-Year Students Fall Term 2000 In the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, courses in foreign literature and culture are taught in a number of departments and programs, and the courses work with texts in more than forty languages. These departments and programs also offer literature and culture courses which use texts translated into English in order to make these works available to all students. The LS&A Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education has prepared the following list to assist students interested in electing courses that focus on foreign literature and culture in English translation. What follows is a list of such courses offered in LS&A for the Fall Term, 2000. Courses that earn Humanities credit are so designated. Please consult the departmental and program listings in this Course Guide for course descriptions and further information. This list is subject to change by the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education. Asian St. 111/Hist. 151. Indian Civilization. (4). (HU). Instructor(s): Sumathi Ramaswamy (sumathi@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Asian St. 112/Hist. 152. Southeast Asian Civilization. (4). (SS). Instructor(s): Victor Lieberman (eurasia@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). Asian St. 121/Hist. 121. East Asia: Early Transformations. (4). (HU). Instructor(s): Hitomi Tonomura (tomitono@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Asian St. 154(249)/Korean 150/Hist. 144. Introduction to Korean Civilization. (4). (HU). Instructor(s): Henry Em (henryem@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Asian St. 220/Buddhist Studies 220/Rel. 202. Introduction to the Study of Asian Religions. (4). (HU). Instructor(s): Robert Sharf (rsharf@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Asian St. 224/S&SEA 224. Traditions of Poetry in India. (3). (HU). Instructor(s): Peter Hook (pehook@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Asian St. 245/Japanese 245/Film-Video 245. Anime. (4). (Excl). Instructor(s): Mark Nornes (amnornes@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl). Asian St. 252/Japanese 250. Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Culture. (3). (HU). Section 001 – Reiterations: Filming Fiction in Japan. Instructor(s): Ken Ito (kenkito@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Japanese language is required. Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU). May be repeated with department permission. First-Year Seminar, Buddh. St. 220/Asian Studies 220/Rel. 202. Introduction to the Study of Asian Religions. (4). (HU). Instructor(s): Robert Sharf (rsharf@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Japanese 245/Asian Studies 245/Film-Video 245. Anime. (4). (Excl). Culture Courses/Literature Courses Instructor(s): Mark Nornes (amnornes@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl). Japanese 250/Asian Studies 252. Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Culture. (3). (HU). Culture Courses/Literature Courses Section 001 – Reiterations: Filming Fiction in Japan. Instructor(s): Ken Ito (kenkito@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Japanese language is required. Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU). May be repeated with department permission. First-Year Seminar, Korean 150(249)/Asian Studies 154/Hist. 144. Introduction to Korean Civilization. (4). (HU). Culture Courses Instructor(s): Henry Em (henryem@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). S&SEA 224/Asian Studies 224. Traditions of Poetry in India. (3). (HU). Culture Courses Instructor(s): Peter Hook (pehook@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Class. Civ. 101. Classical Civilization I: The Ancient Greek World (in English). (4). (HU). Instructor(s): Sara Rappe (rappe@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Great Books 191 or 201. (4). (HU). Class. Civ. 120. First-year Seminar in Classical Civilization (Humanities). (3). (HU). Section 003 – Herodotus, the Father of Lies? Instructor(s): John Shean (jfshean@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU). First-Year Seminar, Dutch 160. First Year Seminar: Colonialism and its Aftermath. (3). (HU). Dutch Literature and Culture in English Section 001 – Meets with College Honors 251.002. Instructor(s): Ton Broos (tonbroos@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. Taught in English. (3). (HU). First-Year Seminar, German 171/Hist. 171. Coming to Terms with Germany. (4). (HU). German Literature and Culture in English Section 001 – Germany and Europe in the 1990s. Instructor(s): Andrei Markovits (andymark@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Great Books 191. Great Books. (4). (HU). Instructor(s): H. Don Cameron (hdcamero@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Open to Honors first-year students only. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Gt. Bks. 201 or Classical Civ. 101. (4). (HU). History 121/Asian Studies 121. East Asia: Early Transformations. (4). (HU). Instructor(s): P. Brown Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). History 144(249)/Korean 150/Asian Studies 154. Introduction to Korean Civilization. (4). (HU). Instructor(s): Henry Em (henryem@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). History 151/Asian Studies 111. Indian Civilization. (4). (HU). Instructor(s): Sumathi Ramaswamy (sumathi@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). History 171/German 171. Coming to Terms with Germany. (4). (HU). Section 001 – Germany and Europe in the 1990s. Instructor(s): Andrei Markovits (andymark@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Judaic St. 270/HJCS 270. Introduction to Rabbinic Literature. (3). (HU). Instructor(s): Yaron Eliav Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). ACABS 266. Before the Bible: The Phoenicians. (3). (HU). Instructor(s): Charles Krahmalkov (crkrah@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Rel. 202/Buddhist Studies 220/Asian Studies 220. Introduction to the Study of Asian Religions. (4). (HU). Instructor(s): Robert Sharf (rsharf@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Italian 150. First Year Seminar in Italian Studies. (3). (HU). Courses Taught in English Translation (without language prerequisites) Section 001 – Italian Culture through the Internet. Instructor(s): Emilio Speciale Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU). First-Year Seminar, Slavic 225. Arts and Cultures of Central Europe. (3). (HU). Instructor(s): Bogdana Carpenter (bogdana@umich.edu) , Herbert Eagle (hjeagle@umich.edu) , Herbert Eagle (ptydepe@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Slavic 250. Cultural Diversity in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. (3). (Excl). Instructor(s): Vitaly Shevoroshkin (vvs@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).