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This is great, thank you so much for setting this all down with the various texts and your reasoning.
Ordering all the texts now.
Really appreciate this post as I begin this journey.
For Classical Chinese, the two texts I was recommended/assigned are:
Classical Chinese for Everyone by Bryan W Van Norden
Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar by Edwin G. Pulleyblank.
Anyone familiar with either?
Thought the controversy over Princeton Classics Department was overblown with the removal of the language requirement for undergraduate majors, but for graduate programs the requirement seems obvious on it’s face. Curious if my mind will change over the coming year.
Starting the MAEC (Master’s in Eastern Classics) program via St. John’s College at the end of the month. They post the entire reading list of the seminar portion, including a week by week breakdown of readings. There is also a Classical Chinese or Sanskrit tutorial and Preceptorial section each semester. The weekly reading schedule isn’t too steep, I think, for an autodidact. Lots of overlap between texts and particular translations, too.
Interesting that their teaching style strongly argues against the use of supplementary texts and commentaries, including the commentaries/introductions, found in the very translations they endorse/recommend.
https://www.sjc.edu/application/files/2016/0756/7275/Santa_Fe_Eastern_Classics_Reading_List.pdf
Definitely interested in posting thoughts and reflections as I make my way through the program.
Cheers!
Hello,
I’m Jaycel Adkins, a small business owner in Northeast Florida. Have many overlapping interests with the subjects covered by Scholar Stage’s blog posts, particularly Eastern Classics. I’ll be attending the Master’s in Eastern Classics program (low residency) out of Santa Fe campus of St. John’s College starting this fall.
Discovered Scholar Stage via Twitter, but have deleted/deactivate all my social media currently for mental clarity and silence.
Wish everyone well.
Jaycel Adkins