This course continues the themes and goals of 100B. Students will focus on the same broad topics covered in Intermediate Khmer--religion, traditional culture, and the language of public information (news and advertising)--but they will learn more advanced vocabulary and grammatical structures necessary for the discussion of these topics with educated native speakers, and read more advanced texts dealing with these topics than the Intermediate students. Additional material beyond the Intermediate curriculum includes reading and analyzing historical folk tales, learning to discuss the rice-farming cycle, and acquiring the tools to discuss research and "development" work in Cambodia at a sophisticated level.

This class is for students who are already familiar with the basics of written Khmer, and can express themselves in informal and some formal spoken Khmer. Students should be able to write basic narratives about their lives and describe various aspects of Khmer culture, and have previous basic knowledge of topics such as Khmer Buddhism, folk tales, news media, history, and at least some exposure to modern Khmer literature. In this class, we will study several epic Khmer folk tales in-depth, and read several short stories, discussing (and writing about) how this literature relates to modern social and cultural issues in Cambodia. Students not sure if they meet the prerequisites for the class should contact the instructor. Class participation makes up the majority of the grade for this class. Students are expected to attend all classes (2 days per week) and come prepared to participate in each class.

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