(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong

11CHIN1105.History of Chinese literature: a general survey (6 credits)This course is a study of the general characteristics and the development of Chinese literature fromthe pre-Qin period to the nineteenth century. This course attempts to investigate objectively thepatterns of cause and effect that determine the changes of Chinese literature.Assessment: 100% coursework.Introductory coursesCHIN1101.A Survey of the Chinese language (6 credits)This course introduces students to the various aspects of the Chinese language, including etymology,phonology, lexicology, and grammar, with special reference to the cultural context and itsdevelopments in the twentieth century.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.CHIN1102.Introduction to standard works in classical Chinese literature (6 credits)This is a fundamental study of standard works and selected writings from the classical Chineseliterature. Representative works and writings in various literary forms such as poetry, prose, andfiction are introduced. The themes and contents of the selected works and writings as well as thewriting characteristics and styles of the writers are further elaborated and discussed.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.CHIN1103.Introduction to standard works in modern Chinese literature (6 credits)The historical development of modern and contemporary Chinese literature is comprehensivelyintroduced. The standard works and selected texts of represented writers such as Lu Xun, Wu Shi,Zhang Ailing, Bai Xianyong etc. will be studied and appreciated through different perspectives.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.CHIN1105.History of Chinese literature: a general survey (6 credits)This course is a study of the general characteristics and the development of Chinese literature fromthe pre-Qin period to the nineteenth century. This course attempts to investigate objectively thepatterns of cause and effect that determine the changes of Chinese literature.Assessment: 100% coursework.CHIN1106.Poetry and the couplet: composition and appreciation (6 credits)The purpose of this course is to explore classical Chinese poetry and poetic culture, from early timesto the present, through the study of three different but interrelated genres: regulated verse (shi), lyricpoetry (ci), and antithetical couplet (duilian). Besides reading and discussing the literary merits ofsome of the most renowned poems and poets, students will also be given training in the rhymingschemes of classical Chinese poetry, and will be encouraged to compose their own original works.Assessment: 100% coursework.