Degree | Type | Year |
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2500244 East Asian Studies | OB | 3 |
2504012 Spanish and Chinese Studies: Language, Literature and Culture | OT | 4 |
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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-Nineteenth 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 Kuomintang (KMT) 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 Ching-kuo (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 Zemin,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.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 50 | 2 | 4, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Exercise, essays, tutorials | 25 | 1 | 3, 4, 5, 7, 15, 16, 19, 21 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study, papers reading | 63 | 2.52 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23 |
- 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 | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Exams | 30% | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 23 |
Group assignment | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 |
Individual assignment | 30% | 6 | 0.24 | 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23 |
Continuous assessment
Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing various tasks and tests. These activities are detailed in the table at the end of this section of the Study Guide.
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.
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. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for. 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 student involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject. Assessment activities in whichirregularities have occurred (e.g. plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from recovery.
Activities:
- Exam: 30%
- Group work: 40%
- Comprehensive work: 30%
Single assessment:
This subject may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB and the assessment criteria of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.
Students must make an online request within the period established by the faculty and send a copy to the teacher responsible for the subject, for the record.
Single assessment will be carried out in person on one day during week 16 or 17 of the semester. The Academic Management Office will publish the exact date and time on the faculty website.
On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as a valid identification document with a recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).
Single assessment activities
The final grade for the subject will be calculated according to the following percentages:
- Written test (develop concepts): 30%
- Multiple choice test: 30%
-Work with exposition: 40%
Grade revision and resit procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above in this study guide.
GENERAL
- HOLCOMBE, C.: Una historia de Asia Oriental. De los orígenes de la civilización al siglo XXI, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Ciudad de México, 2016.
CHINA
- DIKÖTTER, F.: La tragedia de la liberación. Una historia de la revolución china (1945-1957), Acantilado, Barcelona, 2019.
- 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.
- GAO, M.: Construyendo China. Visiones enfrentadas sobre la República Popular China, Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2018.
- 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.
- LOVELL, J.: Maoísmo. Una historia global, Debate, Barcelona, 2021.
- 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.
- SÁIZ LÓPEZ, A.: Utopía y género. Las mujeres chinas en el siglo XX, Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2001.
- 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.
- CRESPÍN PERALES, M.: Feminismo e identidades de género en Japón, Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2021.
- DOWER, J.D.: Embracing Defeat. Japan in the Wake of World War II, WW. Norton & Company- The New Press, New York, 2000.
- 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.
- KINGSTON, J.: Contemporary Japan. History, Politics and the Social change since the 1980s, Blackwell Publish, 2011.
- MIMURA, J.: Planning for Empire. Reform Bureaucrats and the Japanese Wartime State, Cornell University Press,Ithaca and London, 2011.
- RODAO, F.: La soledad del país vulnerable. Japón desde 1945, Crítica, Barcelona, 2019.
- VARGAS, F.: Izquierda y revolución. Una história política del Japón de posguerra (1945-1972), Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2020.
COREA
- CUMINGS, B.: Korea´s place in the sun. A modern history, Norton, New York y London, 1997.
- HALBERTAM, D.: La Guerra Olvidada. Una historia de la Guerra de Corea, Crítica, Barcelona, 2008.
- YANG, E.: Corea. Historia de un proceso de reunificación, La Catarata, Madrid, 2007.
TAIWAN
- LU, Y.: Taiwan, Historia, política e identidad, Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2010.
- RÍOS, X.: Taiwán, el problema de China, La Catarata, Madrid, 2005.
- ROY, D.: Taiwan. A Political History, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 2003.
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Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan/Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |