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

116SyllabusFirst-year CoursesThe department's first year programme consists of courses introducing the students to cross-cultural andtrans-disciplinary perspectives on comparative literary, cultural and visual studies. Students may takeup to four courses.CLIT1001. Introduction to comparative literary and cultural studies I: Film studies (6credits)(This course is also offered to first year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)The course will introduce students to the techniques and practice of film through the study of ahistorically and culturally varied range of cinematic productions. Both international and local cinemawill be studied. The aim of the course is to enable students to read the language of film.CLIT1002. Introduction to comparative literary and cultural studies II: Gender studies (6credits)Feminism, gender and sexuality, masculinity and femininity – indeed, even what we mean by “men”and “women” – are all areas of contemporary debate and always topical. This course introduces you tothe subject of Comparative Literature by introducing the issues, which will remain importantthroughout your three years’ study. We will look at what is meant by “gender” through critical readingsof some crucial texts, and we will support examination of these texts by reference to some criticaltheories.CLIT1003. Introduction to comparative literary and cultural studies III: Digital culture (6credits)(This course is also offered to first year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)Information technology nowadays has become such an encompassing cultural phenomenon that no one,not even the avowed technophobe, can ignore it. For a university student, competency in computertechnology does not guarantee that she/he can comprehend the theoretical implications of the newtechnology. Against this backdrop, the present course aims at providing students with an up-to-dateoverview of the technology-imbued society that we live in. Although the course is based upon literaryand cultural approaches, it is also designed to be beneficial to students majoring in other disciplines.Advanced knowledge of computer technology is not a prerequisite for this course. Instead, students cantake advantage of the workshop sessions to learn of refine their skills in web surfing, web-relatedresearch, and the design of simple web-sites.This course meets the University’s IT requirement.CLIT1004.Introduction to comparative literary and cultural studies IV: Colonial andpostcolonial culture – Hong Kong and beyond (6 credits)The course explores the importance of the cultural representations of colonizer and colonized informing the way we imagine the world today. Through film, fiction and other texts, the students willstudy colonial practices, and the responses of the colonized. Hong Kong, China and Chinese peoplewill form an integral part of the course.