Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500244 East Asian Studies | OB | 3 | 2 |
2504012 Spanish and Chinese Studies: Language, Literature and Culture | OT | 4 | 2 |
Specifically, this subject requires prior knowledge obtained through the following subjects: History of Asia, Premodern History of East Asia.
The purpose of this subject is for students to learn about and analyse the history of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan) from the mid-Sixteenth century to the present. The subject covers fundamental historical events, as well as historical and cultural relations and interaction between the countries in question.
I: Imperialism in Asia
Topic 1. From the First Sino-Japanese War to the Russo-Japanese War (1894-1905)
II: Nationalism in East Asia
Topic 2. China: (1900-1937)
• Two Chinas: the Guomindang (GMD) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) until the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
Topic 3: Japan (1900-1937)
• Japan between 1920 and 1941: the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the development of Japanese fascism and the Japanese imperial plan.
Topic 4: Korea (1910-1945)
• Japanese colonization
III: The Second World War in Asia (1937-1945)
Topic 5. The Second World War in China
Topic 6. The Second World War in Japan, Korea and Taiwan
IV: Cold War (1947-1991)
Topic 7. The Second Chinese Civil War (1946-1949)
Topic 8. The Korean War (1950-1953)
Topic 9. China under Mao (1949-1976):
• The establishment of the People's Republic of China (1949-1952)
• The first Five Year Plan (1953-1957)
• The Hundred Flowers Campaign (1956-1957)
• The Great Leap Forward (1958-1965)
• The Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
Topic 10. Korea (1952-1989):
• South Korea: military dictatorships (1953-1988)
• North Korea: Kim Il-sung (1948-1994)
Topic 11. Japan (1945-1990)
• US occupation (1945-1952)
• The 1955 system and socio-economic development (1955-1990)
Topic 12. Vietnam and Taiwan (1955-1988):
• Vietnam War (1955-1975)
• Taiwan: the dictatorship of Chiang Kai-shek (1949-1975) and Chiang Jing-guo (1975-1988).
V: From the end of the Cold War in Asia to the present (1991-today)
Topic 13. China after Mao:
• The limits of the reformism of Deng Xiaoping (1979-1997) and Tiananmen incident (1989)
• Jiang Zeming, Hu Jintao and the rise of the socialist market economy (1993-2013)
Topic 14. South Korea and Taiwan from the 90's:
• The struggles on the street: the process of democratization in South Korea and Taiwan.
- Lectures.
- Debates and discussions.
- Reading and understanding historical texts.
- Learning to compile historical information.
- Conducting reviews and drafting analytical papers.
- Individual study.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 50 | 2 | 10, 15, 16, 4, 19, 21, 22, 11, 25, 24, 7 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Exercise, essays, tutorials | 25 | 1 | 15, 16, 5, 3, 4, 19, 21, 7 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study, papers reading | 63 | 2.52 | 10, 8, 15, 14, 16, 1, 5, 4, 2, 9, 19, 12, 13, 20, 21, 23, 7 |
Assessment is continuous. Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing tasks and tests. Task deadlines will be indicated in the course schedule on the first day of class. All activity deadlines are indicated in the subject's schedule and must be strictly adhered to.
- Exams: 30%
- Group assignment: 40%
- Individual assignment: 30%
Assessment
Assessment is continuous. Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing various tasks and tests. Tasks and tests deadlines will be indicated in the course schedule on the first day of class. The information on assessment activities and their weighting is a guide. The subject's lecturer will provide full information when teaching begins.
Review
When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.
Missed/failed assessment activities
Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.
The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities.
In case of retaking, maximum grade will be 5 (Pass).
Classification as "not assessable"
In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as "not assessable" on their transcript.
Misconduct in assessment activities
Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the students involved will be given a finalmark of “0” for the subject.
Students may not retake assessment activities in which they are found to have engaged in misconduct. Plagiarism is considered to mean presenting all or part of an author's work, whether published in print or in digital format, as one's own, i.e. without citing it. Copying is considered to mean reproducing all or a substantial part of another student's work. In cases of copying in which it is impossible to determine which of two students has copied the work of the other, both will be penalised.
More information: http://www.uab.cat/web/study-abroad/undergraduate/academic-information/evaluation/what-is-it-about-1345670077352.html
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Exams | 30% | 4 | 0.16 | 10, 8, 15, 14, 16, 1, 5, 4, 2, 9, 19, 12, 23, 7 |
Group assignment | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 10, 8, 15, 14, 16, 1, 5, 4, 2, 9, 17, 19, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 11, 18, 25, 24, 23 |
Individual assignment | 30% | 6 | 0.24 | 10, 15, 16, 5, 3, 19, 21, 23, 7, 6 |
GENERAL
- CHESNEAUX, J.: Asia Oriental en los siglos XIX-XX, Editorial Labor, Nueva Clío, 1977.
- HOLCOMBE, C.: A History of East Asia, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
CHINA
- BELTRÁN ANTOLÍN, J.: Los ocho inmortales cruzan el mar. Chinos en Extremo Occidente, Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2003.
- BOLINAGA, I.: La China de Mao. Del mito a Tiananmen, Anaya, Madrid, 2013.
- BREGOLAT, E.: La segunda revoluión china, Destino, Barcelona, 2007.
- CHESNAUX, J. y BASTID, M.: China. De las Guerras del Opio a la Guerra franco-china, 1840-1885, Vicens Vives, Barcelona, 1972.
- ESHERICK, J. W.: The Origins of the Boxer Uprising, University of California Press, 1987.
- ESTEBAN RODRÍGUEZ, M.: China después de Tian’anmen. Nacionalismo y cambio político, Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2007.
- FISAC, T. y TSANG, S. (eds): China en trasición. Sociedad, cultura, política y economía, Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2000.
- GELBER, H.: El dragón y los demonios extranjeros. China y el mundo a lo largo de la historia, RBA, Barcelona, 2008.
- GERNET, J.: El mundo chino, Crítica, Barcelona, 2005.
- GUILLERMAZ, J.: Historia de Partido Comunista Chino, Ediciones Península, Barcelona, 1970.
- KAROL, K. S.: La Xina de Mao, Materials, Barcelona, 1967.
- MACFARQUHAR, R. y SCHOENHALS, M.: La revolución cultural china, Crítica, Barcelona, 2009.
- OLLÉ, M.: Made in China. El despertar social, político y cultural de la China contemporánea, Destino, Barcelona, 2005.
- MORENO GARCÍA, J.: Historia del mundo Contemporáneo, Akal, Madrid, 1994.
- SCHIROKAUER, C y BROWN, M.: Breve historia de la civilización china, Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2006.
- SNOW, E.: China: la larga revolución, Alianza, Madrid, 1974.
- SPENCE, J. D.: En busca de la China moderna, Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, 2011.
- RÍOS, X.: China pide paso. De Hu Jintao a Xi Jinping, Icaria, Barcelona, 2012.
JAPAN
- BEASLEY, W. G.: La restauración Meiji, Editorial Satori, Gijón, 2007.
- CHARTRAND, R.: Japanese War Art and Uniforms, 1853-1930, Schiffer, 2011.
- HANE, M.: Breve historia de Japón, Alianza, Madrid, 2011.
- GORDON, A.: A Modern History of Japan. From Tokugawa Time to the Present, Oxford University Press, 2009.
- GOTO-JONES, C.: Modern Japan. A very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2009.
- HENSHALL, K.: A History of Japan. From Stone Age to Superpower, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
- JUNQUERAS I VIES, O., MADRID I MORALES, D., MARTÍNEZ TABERNER, G., PITARCH FERNÁNDEZ, P.: Història de Japó, UOC, Barcelona, 2011.
- KINGSTON, J.: Contemporary Japan. History, Politics and the Social change since the 1980s, Blackwell Publish, 2011.
- KINGSTON, M.: The New Asia Hemisphere, Public Affairs, New York, 2008.
- MIMURA, J.: Planning for Empire. Reform Bureaucrats and the Japanese Wartime State, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 2011.
- MUTEL, J.: Japón, El fin del shogunato y el Japón Meiji, 1853-1912, Vicens Vives, Barcelona, 1972.
- SCHIROKAUER, C., LURIE, D. y GAY, S.: Breve historia de la civilización japonesa, Edicions Bellaterra, 2006.
KOREA
- CUMINGS, B.: Korea´s place in the sun. A modern history, Norton, New York y London, 1997.
- FEFFER, J: Corea deNorte, Corea de Sur, RBA, Barcelona, 2004.
- HALBERTAM, D.: La Guerra Olvidada. Una historia de la Guerra de Corea, Crítica, Barcelona, 2008.
- KIM, Djun-kil: The History of Korea, Greenwood Press, Wesport, Connecticut & London, 2005.
- PRATT, K.: Everlasting Flower. A History of Korea, Reaktion Books, London, 2006.
- YANG, E.: Corea. Historia de un proceso de reunificación, Catarata, Madrid, 2007.
TAIWAN
- LU, Y.: Taiwan, Historia, política e identidad, Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2010.
- RÍOS, X.: Taiwán, el problema de China, Catarata, Madrid, 2005.
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