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Chinese Language & Literature

skill and literary artistry of such a style. It is designed to enhance students' ability in under-
standing and appreciating Pian Wen and in enhancing their critical thinking.

CHI 324 Study of Wenxin Diaolong ( 文心雕龍 )
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims at acquainting students with the more important sections of Wenxin
Diaolong by Liu Xie ( 劉勰 ), including the origins of the writings in general, their changes and
developments, the art of composing, theories on literary writing, and principles of literary
criticism.

CHI 350 Chu Ci ( 楚辭 )
1 Term; 3 Credits
The course aims at enhancing students' understanding of the basic ideas and thoughts,
themes and literary artistry and the authors of Chu Ci. Besides, in the course of term paper
writing, students will further establish their independent thinking, ability of analysis and writing
which will lay a solid foundation for their further study of Chu Ci.

CHI 353 Literary Appreciation and Creative Writing
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course covers outline studies of literary creation, theories of criticism, techniques in
writing; and studies of selected authors and their significance with a view to leading students
through progressive understanding of the processes involved in literary appreciation and
writing.
Students' efforts at literary creation are to be presented for comparison of quality and
accuracy under the lecturer’s guidance.
The best selections from both classical and modern works of different genres such as
prose, fiction and poetry are extracted and discussed for illustrating important points in the art
of writing.

CHI 354 Criticism of Classical Novel and Drama
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course offers a study of the historical development of Chinese literary criticisms in
ancient Chinese drama and classical fictions, emphasizing on the forms and features. The
course surveys the contributions made by drama and fiction critics over the years and covers
the major traditional literary theories. Through the comparative study between the traditional
literary theories and western literary criticisms, the course will improve students' awareness of
the characteristics of Chinese and Western literary criticisms.

CHI 355 Dufu’s Poetry
1 Term; 3 Credits
The course focuses on the study of the life, ideas and thoughts, literary style and influ-

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