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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Syllabic Cycles (5)—Advanced Seminar: Mountains-b


[a] Circumscribed RL
Click here for the other half of this two-part syllabus post:
HIST 310/ANTH 375: Weeks 1-8                   HIST 310/ANTH 375: Weeks 9-16 

Mountains
History 310/Anthropology 375
Autumn 2013
T 7:10-11:00 p.m.
Robert André LaFleur                                                             Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 111                                                                 Tuesday           12:00-1:30
363-2005                                                                                   Thursday         12:00-1:30
lafleur@beloit.edu                                                                    …or by appointment
*Office hours will revert to the regular 12:00-1:30 time after autumn break.

Week IX
Chinese Mountain Travel
(October 24)
Note Special Thursday Meeting—No RSQ or NYRB Reading this week
Birrell, The Classic of Mountains and Seas 
            The Classic of the Southern Mountains
            The Classic of the Western Mountain
            The Classic of the Northern Mountains 
            The Classic of the Eastern Mountains 
            The Classic of the Central Mountain
             The Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas: The South 
            The Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas: The West 
            The Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas: The North
            The Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas: The East 
            The Classic of Regions Within the Seas: The South 
            The Classic of Regions Within the Seas: The West 
            The Classic of Regions Within the Seas: The North 
            The Classic of Regions Within the Seas: The East 
            The Classic of the Great Wilderness: The East 
            The Classic of the Great Wilderness: The South 
            The Classic of the Great Wilderness: The West 
            The Classic of the Great Wilderness: The North 
            The Classic of Regions Within the Seas 
Strassberg, Inscribed Landscapes (Reserve), 1-62; 151-194 
            Introduction 
            Ma Ti-po, From A Record of the Feng and Shan Sacrifice 
            Liu Kai, “Flat Top Mountain” 
            Fan Chung-yen, “The Pavilion of Yüeh-yang” 
            Ou-yang Hsiu, “The Pavilion of the Old Drunkard” 
            Ou-yang Hsiu, “The Pavilion of Joyful Abundance” 
            Sun Shun-ch’in, “The Temple of the Moon-in-the-Water at Grotto Mountain         
            Wang Anshi, “The Mountain Where Hui-pao Meditated 
            Shen K’uo, “Geese Pond Mountain” 
            Su Shih, “Red Cliff I” 
            Su Shih, Red Cliff II” 
            Su Shih, “Stone Bell Mountain” 
            Su Shih, From Tung-po’s Forest of Jottings 
Strassberg, A Chinese Bestiary (Shown in class—no extra preparations) 
            Introduction 
            Plates I-LXXVI of the Guideways Through Mountains and Seas 
1,000-word Preview of your Review Essay Project 
Due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 28

Week X
Philosophies of Space and Place 
(October 29)   
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 
Casey, Representing Place 
            Part One: Painting the Land 
                        From Landskip to Landscape 
                        Finding Place for the Elemental 
                        Apocalyptic and Contemplative Sublimity 
                        Pursuing the Natural Sublime 
                        Representing a Region 
                        Representing Place Elsewhere 
            Interlude: Material Conditions of Representing Place in Landscape Painting
            Part Two: Mapping the Land 
                        First Considerations 
                        Cartography and Chorography 
                        Discursive and Presentational Symbolism in Maps 
                        Far-out Mapping 
                        Rectangularity and Truth 
            Part Three: Re-Implacement in Mapping and Painting 
                        Re-presenting Representation 
            Epilogue: Landscape Experienced and Re-presented 
Casey, Getting Back into Place (Reserve) 
                        Preface 
                        Part 1: Finding Place 
                                    Implacement 
                                    Displacement 
—, Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills, 320-374 
                        Part IV—Snow, Ice, and Alpine Climbing 
                                    Snow Travel and Climbing

Week XI
Sacred Sites in China I 
(November 5)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 
Naquin, Pilgrims and Sacred Sites 
    Introduction 
    Women Pilgrims to T’ai Shan 
    An Ambivalent Pilgrim to T’ai Shan
    Ch’ang Shang-ying on Wu-t’ai Shan 
    Relics and Flesh Bodies 
    P’u-t’o Shan 
    Huang Shan Paintings      
    The Pilgrimage to Wu-tang Shan 
     The Peking Pilgrimage to
     Reading the Chairman Mao
—, Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills, 375-439 
       Part IV—Snow, Ice, and Alpine Climbing (continued) 
                                    Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue 
                                    Alpine Ice Climbing
 Week XII
Sacred Sites in China II 
(November 12) 
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 
Nan, China's Sacred Sites
                         Foreword 
             Part One: Mountainscape Culture and Architecture 
                       The Silent Music of Architecture 
                        Mountainscape Culture and Feng Shui 
                        Geography and Building Layout 
                        Architectural Elements 
            Part Two: Selected Sites 
                        Spacious Summits 
                        Cliff Structures 
                        Cave Sites 
                        Mountainside Temples 
                        Mountain Villages 
                        Riverside and Lake Sites 
—, Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills, 440-484 
                        Part IV—Snow, Ice, and Alpine Climbing (continued) 
                                    Waterfall Ice and Mixed Climbing 
                                    Expedition Climbing 
                        Part V—Emergency Prevention and Response 
                                    Leadership

Week XIII
Framing and Representation 
(November 19) 
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 
Fu, Framing Famous Mountains 
       Part I: Historical and Cultural Backgrounds 
            The Ideological and Literary Framings of Famous Mountains 
            Pictorial Framings of Famous Mountains Before the Sixteenth Century 
            The Vogue of the Grand Tour in Late-Ming Society 
       Part II: Studies of Three Painters 
            Ye Cheng: Commemoration of Travel and Travel Painting 
            Xie Shichen and the Four Great Views 
            Song Xu: Paintings of Famous Mountains for a Scholar’s Studio 
            Conclusion 
—, Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills, 485-531 
                        Part V—Emergency Prevention and Response (continued) 
                                    Safety: How to Stay Alive 
                                    First Aid 
                                    Alpine Search and Rescue
3,000-word “Lead” for Seminar Papers and Review Articles
Due as E-mail Attachments by 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 24
Week XIV
No meeting, but do the "letter rewrite"
Letter assignment rewrite (equivalent of two hours of class time). No actual class meeting. 

Week XV
Longevity Mountain 
(December 3)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 
LaFleur, Longevity Mountain (book proposal)
The book proposal (a version of it for a more "popular" audience—which may or may not be its final destination) is available on Round and Square. Please be aware that the version you will be reading is about "fifteen percent more 'bloggy'" than the draft versions I have been revising...and the entire project is still in flux, as we will discuss. Just concentrate on (and around) the mountains. Note that there is a bit of telescoped redundancy in the beginning of the "Divinatory Economics" essay, which compresses some of the material in the opening scenes of the longer manuscript. This will all be smoothed out before publication. You "get to" confront the messiness of creation, for better or worse.
            "Divinatory Economics" Essay (e-mailed to you on 11/29)
            Introduction 1: Book Proposal
            Introduction 2: Table of Contents
            Longevity Mountain (Writing Sample—Scenes 1-12)
The readings should be easy to navigate. After reading the introduction and table of contents, make your way through all twelve "scenes" (these are available through links on the top and bottom of each page). This is less reading than usual, but still formidable (about 30,000 words, or ninety pages in manuscript form).

All Late Work Due by Wednesday, December 11 by 10:00 p.m. 
You must e-mail these to me (lafleur@beloit.edu) as attachments!

Research Papers (or Review Articles) Due Tuesday, December 17 by 5:00 p.m.
No Exceptions—This is the last "moment" of the term, 
and I have only forty-eight hours to grade the assignments.
You must e-mail this to me (lafleur@beloit.edu) as an attachment!

Click here for the other half of this two-part syllabus post:
HIST 310/ANTH 375: Weeks 1-8                   HIST 310/ANTH 375: Weeks 9-16 
[c] Birds-eye RL

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