Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

102CHIN2133.Contemporary Chinese literature (since 1949) III (6 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)A study of Chinese literature in Taiwan since 1949.Assessment: 100% coursework.CHIN2134.Prescribed texts for detailed study I (6 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)A close study of one or more of the following, engaging various techniques of scholarship and criticism:(i) Shijing(ii) Chuci(iii) Zhaoming wenxuanAssessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.CHIN2135.Prescribed texts for detailed study II (6 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)A close study of one or both of the following, engaging various techniques of scholarship and criticism:(i) Zuozhuan(ii) ZhuangziAssessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.CHIN2136.Classical Chinese literary criticism (6 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)This course includes a general survey of classical Chinese literary criticism with special reference to theWenxin diaolong.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.CHIN2138.Chinese etymology (6 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)A study of the essential features of the Chinese characters, principles underlying their construction, andthe process of evolution behind them.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.CHIN2139.Chinese phonology (6 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)This course includes an introduction to general phonetics, a survey of the history of Chinese phonology,and an introduction to 'rhyme books' and 'rhyme tables'.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.