VNM 189: Encountering Vietnam

2008-09 2009-10 →
changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2009-10 → 2009-10 →

Units: 5

Hours: Lecture, 6 hours; tutorial, 6 hours; project, 6 hours

Catalog page 164

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Focuses on literary and historical accounts of Vietnam Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages / Civilization / Classical Studies through a study of travel writing from different genres and eras. Students read primary texts in translation, participate in language tutorials, produce a travel-writ- ing project with a local Vietnamese institution. Proficiency in Vietnamese is not required. Taught in Vietnam and offered only in summer.

Cross-listing: Cross-listed with HIST 189.