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

146ENGL2025.American literature (12 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)The courses American Literature I and American Literature II may be taken together over the twosemesters as a 12-credit course leading to a single three-hour examination at the end of the secondsemester.Assessment will be by 60% coursework, 40% examination.ENGL2027.Text and discourse in contemporary English (6 credits)This course will examine how writers exploit the resources of English for creative and communicationalpurposes in contemporary writing in different genres.Assessment will be by 50% coursework, 50% examination.ENGL2028.English in journalism (6 credits)A professionally-oriented course for those interested in pursuing a career in journalism. Topics willinclude: the elements of style, Asian journalism in English, journalism in Hong Kong.Assessment will be by 100% coursework.ENGL2029.English rhetoric: argumentation and debate (6 credits)The course will cover the theory and practice of spoken rhetoric and argumentation in the Englishlanguage, engaging students in the productive skills of debate.Assessment will be by 100% coursework.ENGL2030.World Englishes (6 credits)This course will survey the English language throughout the world, with reference to the use of Englishin Britain, Asia, and Hong Kong. This course will focus particularly on the development of 'newEnglishes' in Asia and Hong Kong.Assessment will be by 100% coursework.ENGL2031.The semantics and pragmatics of English (6 credits)This course introduces the study of meaning in the English language. We will examine semanticmeanings – meanings encoded in the language system itself – and also pragmatic meanings – meaningsinferred from the communicative context of language use.Assessment will be by 100% coursework.ENGL2033.English novel III (6 credits)A study of narrative fiction, and of its developments in the twentieth century.Assessment will be by 60% coursework, 40% examination.ENGL2035.Reading poetry (6 credits)An advanced reading course for students interested in specializing in poetry.Assessment will be by 50% coursework, 50% examination.