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Chinese Language & Literature

Upon completion of the course, students will have acquired the skills in writing academic
thesis through the training in class and term paper writing.

CHI 453 Li Bai’s Poetry
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims at acquainting students with Li Bai’s ( 李白 ) life, thoughts, develop-
ment of his literary creation, artistic features, creative methods, and his impact on later
generations. This course guides students to study Li Bai’s various genres of poems, analysing
the creative methods, poetic imagery, affections, and rhythms. It also provides training in
poetic writing.

CHI 454 Li Shangying’s Poetry
1 Term; 3 Credits
The course aims to introduce and expand students’ knowledge on the works, life,
thoughts and literary style of the famous poet Li Shangying ( 李商隱 ) in the late Tang
dynasty. Students will be instructed to read the poetry works in depth, join group discussion,
learn to write academic papers and further cultivate skills in writing Chinese classical poems.

CHI 455 Selected Readings of Fu ( 賦 )
1 Term; 3 Credits
The course gives students a general understanding of the evolution and various styles of
Fu in different historic periods by familiarizing students with the origin, development and
literary artistry of Fu so as to lay the foundation for their further study of different types of
writing.

CHI 456 Writing of Chinese Classical Poems and Ci
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is designed for students to further develop and refine their abilities in the
creative writing of Chinese classical poems (Chinese Shi and Ci). The representative works in
Chinese classical poems from Han, Wei, Six dynasties up to Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and
Qing dynasties will be selected and introduced to students. Students will be instructed to
analyse these works’ backgrounds, styles, thoughts, artistic conceptions, and emotions, and
cultivate their interests and skills in writing Chinese classical poems as well.

CHI 457 Advanced Pian Wen ( 駢文 )
1 Term; 3 Credits
On the basis of Elementary Pian Wen, reading and writing abilities of Pian Wen will be
further enhanced in this course. Reading will mainly concentrate on Tang, Song and Qing
dynasties' outstanding Pian Wen’s. Topics concerning writing complicated couplets will be
selected for in-depth analysis.

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