College aantekeningen (Tutorials) Culture and Language: East Asia (5181KC82)

Culture and Language East Asia
Compilation Document
Contents
Culture and Language East Asia Tutorial 1 4-2.......................................................................................2
Culture and Language East Asia Tutorial 2 3-3.......................................................................................3
Korean language................................................................................................................................3
Okinawan...........................................................................................................................................4
Tutorial..............................................................................................................................................6
Culture and Language East Asia Tutorial 3 30-3.....................................................................................7
Chinese script....................................................................................................................................7
Typewriters (chinese and Korean).....................................................................................................8
Tutorial assignment instructions......................................................................................................11
Tutorial assignment.........................................................................................................................12




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, Culture and Language East Asia Tutorial 1 4-2
- Presentations
- Paper writing
- Academic skills (research/bibliography/etc.)
- Case studies
- Extracurricular excursions
o Asian library – April
o SieboldHuis – May
o Reading groups
o Film screenings
o You can also take your own initiative and have van Ling organize something



Manual!

Term paper

- Footnotes
- 1500-2000 words excluding bibliography/footnotes
- 4 academic secondary sources
o Literature from the lectures counts as additional material

Pick deadline on 17 February at 22:00 h:

- 3 may
- 6 may
- 10 may
- 13 may
- 17 may
- 20 may

Assignment 1

Illustration A

 Diamond Sutra
 Buddhism: suffering comes from not wanting to suffer
 Chinese Buddhist scripture
 Buddha was at some point incarnated as a prince
 Reincarnation
o Animals (no consciousness)
o Humans (consciousness)
o Demons/hungry hellish ghosts
 Karma is an accumulation of bad actions that you need to get rid of
 Buddha is not a god
 Reaching enlightenment means ridding yourself of karma and your karmic soul dissolving
into nirvana
 Earthly life is made up of poisons you need to resist ‘
 You are stuck on earth until you reach nirvana
 Number 3

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