Beyond The Human: The Chinese Supernatural

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This course explores the supernatural in China across thousands of years and invites students to reconsider what it means to be human. By examining Chinese cultural conceptions and representations of the supernatural and the fantastic, it engages students deeply with myth, belief, and wonder as vital forms of cultural expression and self-understanding that technology cannot replicate. Readings and discussion in English. PA-3B. PA-4B. CAS-B.