ARTS3463 City and Chinese Culture
City and Chinese Culture
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ARTS3463 City and Chinese Culture
Course Details & Outcomes
Course Description
In this course, you will study the Chinese city as the cornerstone of modern Chinese culture. You
will investigate the city as the site and symbol of China’s modern transformation, exploring its
pre-modern models before probing into issues of contemporary Chinese urbanisation. You will
also examine historical, literary and visual texts that explore the contested emergence of a
modern Chinese urban culture and society, the new structure of feelings and life experiences, as
well as the transformation of popular cultural institutions such as the tea house and street life.
You will visit the city-country nexus as a politically, socially and culturally important spatial
concept in China’s modern development and examine contemporary urbanisation and its impact
on culture and society.
Relationship to Other Courses
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Course Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 : Critically appraise significant modern and contemporary Chinese historical, literary,
filmic and popular cultural texts.
CLO2 : Evaluate the role city plays in the development of modern Chinese culture and society.
CLO3 : Identify and analyse key issues, forms and debates of modern and contemporary
Chinese culture.
CLO4 : Apply conceptual and practical tools and skills in cultural historical studies.
Course Learning Outcomes Assessment Item
CLO1 : Critically appraise significant modern
and contemporary Chinese historical, literary,
filmic and popular cultural texts.
• Essay
• In-class Test
CLO2 : Evaluate the role city plays in the
development of modern Chinese culture
and society.
• Individual presentation in themed group
setting
• Essay
• In-class Test
CLO3 : Identify and analyse key
issues, forms and debates of modern and
contemporary Chinese culture.
• Individual presentation in themed group
setting
• Essay
• In-class Test
CLO4 : Apply conceptual and practical tools
and skills in cultural historical studies.
• Individual presentation in themed group
setting
• Essay
Learning and Teaching Technologies
Moodle - Learning Management System | Echo 360
Additional Course Information
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Assessments
Assessment Structure
Assessment Item Weight Relevant Dates
Essay 50% Start Date: Not Applicable
Due Date: 08/08/2024 11:59 PM
Individual presentation in
themed group setting
30% Start Date: Not Applicable
Due Date: Week 5 - Week 9
In-class Test 20% Start Date: Not Applicable
Due Date: Week 10: 29 July - 04 August
Assessment Details
Essay
Assessment Overview
Students write an essay (ca. 3,000 words) based on independent research.
Feedback via individual comments and rubric. This is the final assessment for attendance
purposes.
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 : Critically appraise significant modern and contemporary Chinese historical, literary,
filmic and popular cultural texts.
CLO2 : Evaluate the role city plays in the development of modern Chinese culture and society.
CLO3 : Identify and analyse key issues, forms and debates of modern and contemporary
Chinese culture.
CLO4 : Apply conceptual and practical tools and skills in cultural historical studies.
Detailed Assessment Description
Students are to follow set guidelines and criteria for key requirements
Submission notes
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Assessment information
Detailed information and guidelines will be provided on the course Moodle.
Assignment submission Turnitin type
This assignment is submitted through Turnitin and students can see Turnitin similarity reports.
Individual presentation in themed group setting
Assessment Overview
Students present (and are marked) individually (8 to 10 minutes each depending on class size)
on a chosen topic within the framework of a themed group. The topics are based on assigned
readings. Students are organized into groups with a shared theme, their individual presentations
deal with a different aspect of the theme.
Feedback via individual comments.
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO2 : Evaluate the role city plays in the development of modern Chinese culture and society.
CLO3 : Identify and analyse key issues, forms and debates of modern and contemporary
Chinese culture.
CLO4 : Apply conceptual and practical tools and skills in cultural historical studies.
Detailed Assessment Description
This is the first stage of your study/research project that leads to the essay.
Assessment Length
10 minutes each
Submission notes
n/a
Assessment information
Deatailed information will be provided on the Moodle.
Assignment submission Turnitin type
This assignment is submitted through Turnitin and students can see Turnitin similarity reports.
In-class Test
Assessment Overview
Students complete a test (ca. 2 hours) including multiple-choice, then short- and longer-
answer questions.
Students receive a mark and can consult the lecturer for further feedback.
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 : Critically appraise significant modern and contemporary Chinese historical, literary,
filmic and popular cultural texts.
CLO2 : Evaluate the role city plays in the development of modern Chinese culture and society.
CLO3 : Identify and analyse key issues, forms and debates of modern and contemporary
Chinese culture.
Detailed Assessment Description
Assessing reading comprehensions of required texts and lectured contents
Assessment Length
ca. 2 hours
Submission notes
n/a
Assessment information
Detailed instruction will be provided on the Moodle in advance.