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

54ENGL2119.English in Hong Kong: Making it your own (6 credits)This course examines English as a cultural phenomenon in Hong Kong. Students investigate the waysin which Hong Kong English (HKE) differs from British English, and from Englishes in other excoloniesof the Pacific region, particularly other Asian countries; you will have an opportunity tofocus on a particular type of HKE discourse, including (but not limited to) everyday socialinteractions, business, the law, the media, and literature. You will be asked, specifically, to thinkabout Hong Kong English as a language full of richness, distinguishable from other Englishes, and noless worthy of recognition than, say, American English.Assessment: 100% coursework.ENGL2120.Science fiction and utopia (6 credits)This is a web-based self-directed course that examines the concept of utopia (including eutopia anddystopia) through the reading of selected Science Fiction texts. The course begins by theorisingutopia and then proceeds by way of three additional modules, each of which extends a particularaspect of the concept of utopia. Since this is a web-based course there are no formal lectures ortutorials for students to attend. Rather, ‘lectures’ and other teaching and learning materials areavailable online for self-directed study.Assessment: 100% coursework.ENGL2121.Comedy, renewal, and cross-cultural drama (6 credits)In this course we will look at cross-cultural drama through the lens of renewal and comedy. Topics tobe addressed include cross-cultural theory, dramatic renewal, development of ‘character’ in crossculturalstagings, oral and ritual origins of drama, humor and comedy. The course involves studentsin several ways: as readers, as writers, as voluntary participants in short stage pieces, as collectors ofdata on comedy and renewal in popular and literary settings.Assessment: 100% coursework.ENGL2122.Victorians at home and abroad (6 credits)This course gives an overview of Great Britain and her Empire under the reign of Queen Victoria(1837-1901), tracing its history, culture and politics through a number of representative fictional andnon-fictional texts.Assessment: 100% coursework.ENGL2123.Language and identity in Hong Kong (6 credits)This course is a continuation of ENGL2002 Language in Society with a special focus on language andidentity in Hong Kong. Students who have taken ENGL2002 will have a foundation insociolinguistics, which certainly will be helpful, but ENGL2002 is not a prerequisite.This course examines identity studies and related language ideology research in sociolinguistics andlinguistic anthropology (including some relevant literature from sociology and social psychology). Itspecifically draws on research based in Hong Kong for comparison understanding, and application ofcurrently available theoretical models.Assessment: 100% coursework.