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Daoism and Eugene O’Neill’s Plays (MOOC) 华东理工大学本科 吴承钧
This is a general elective course offered for students in science and technology university. It is also a course generated in the collision between my Chinese way of seeking Dao and the western way of seeking truth of my departed friend, professor Gong Rong, an academic English expert. Therefore, the course includes both Daoist elements introduced according to the characteristics of science students and the perspective of Chinese and western way of seeing the world. Laozi is a household name in China and is also well known abroad. Chen Rongjie, president of the American Association for Asian Studies and Comparative Philosophy, said, “Chinese civilization and the Chinese character would have been utterly different if the book of Lao Tzu had never been written. No one can hope to understand Chinese philosophy, religion, government, art, medicine—or even cooking—without a real appreciation of the profound philosophy taught in this little book.” In the West as well, the value of Dao De Jing, written by Laozi, has been long appreciated. It is the most widely circulated and published work after the Bible. In America, it attracted widespread attention during the 20th century. Statistics show that the wave of research and translation of the Dao De Jing was concentrated mainly in the United States. Eugene ONeill is widely considered the foremost American playwright of the 20th century and the father of American drama. He is the only American playwright to receive the Noble prize for literature and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama. So, what is the connection between Laozi and Eugene ONeill? The American critic Frederic Carpenter views Orientalism as one of most important and distinctive aspects of O’Neill’s art. Among Eastern schools of thought, the influence of Chinese Daoism is profound and lasting. In 1932 O’Neill expressed his preference for this particularly esoteric philosophy in this way: “The mysticism of Lao-Tse and Chuang-Tzu probably interests me more than any other Oriental writings”. He used his plays as media to explore his own Daoist attitude. In this course we will study the acceptance and variation of Laozis thought in Eugene ONeills plays, and through the comparison of core values in Chinese and Western culture in his plays, we are bound to rediscover Daoist wisdom in the context of interculturalism. I’m sure that as we follow Laozi in his “journey” through the Western world, we will better understand and appreciate our own heritage and be able to promote the development of our own culture on the international stage.
提供学校: 华东理工大学本科
院系: 外国语学院
专业大类: 通识课程
课程英文名称: Daoism and Eugene ONeills Plays MOOC
课程编号: 18243008
学分: 2
课时: 32
访问数: 12

1.Taking the journey of Laozi in the Western world as a starting point, in the context of interculturalism, this course enables students to understand how this classic work has entered the world of Western values by presenting its dialogue process of participating in Western thought.

2.By studying the acceptance and variation of Laozi's thought in Eugene O'Neill's plays and through the comparison of the core values in Chinese and Western culture in his works, students are guided to rediscover Daoist wisdom while distinguishing heterogeneous cultures, so as to establish cultural confidence and promote the development of their own culture in cultural exchanges. 

3.To provide students with the opportunity to discover the English versions of original Chinese and Western classic works, to understand the fundamental characteristics of Chinese and Western differences in thinking from a philosophical perspective, to train students' reflective capacities, to improve students' humanistic qualities by studying Chinese and Western classics, and to distinguish the differences between deep thinking and superficial thinking;

4.Taking advantage of Laozi's tenet of "reversion is the movement of Dao" to develop students’ critical and creative thinking and higher-order thinking skills.

5. Walk in the Dao! By following Laozi’s methods of practice and cultivation in everyday life, guide students to advance towards the concepts of the relativity of Yin-Yang and the dynamic tension of their interaction. To understand the principal beliefs of Daoist philosophy of the unity of Heaven and Humanity and practice the unity of Knowing and Doing.

6. Have a good command of key concepts in Daoism expressed in English.

吴承钧 讲师

单位:华东理工大学外国语学院

部门:大学英语

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