Chinese: Culture

Teacher(s)

Wang Chun Zi;

Language

Chineese

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

Acquire the necessary knowledge on the evolution and the different aspects of the chinese contemporary society

Content

The course will focus on the presentation, analysis and discussion of the different periods of Chinese contemporary society and its evolution since 1949 on the political-economic and socio-cultural levels.

Teaching methods

Presentation, analysis and discussion, accompanied by video documentaries, and student work

Evaluation methods

Oral exam at the end of the semester, student work during the semester will be included in the assessment

Other information

Class attendance is obligatory

Bibliography

1. Histoire de la République populaire de Chine : de Mao Zedong à Xi Jinping, par Alain Roux, Xiaohong Xiao-Planes, Edition Armand Colin, 2018
2. La société chinoise depuis 1949, par Tania Angeloff , La Découverte , 2018
3. La République populaire de Chine, par Gilles Guiheux, Edition Les Belles Lettres, 2018,
4. Histoire et évolution sociale de la Chine, par Jin Bo, China Intercontinental Press, 2008
5. La Chine depuis 1949, par Linda benson, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2012
6. Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, par Kishore Mahbubani, Edition PublicAffairs, 2020 ( Edition en français: Le jour où la Chine va gagner - La fin de la suprématie américaine, Edition Saint Simon, France, 2021 )
 

Faculty or entity

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