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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2018-19

ENG 185 Greek and Roman Mythology in Western Literature
1 Term; 3 Credits
The myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome permeate Western literature, cul-
ture and language. This course aims to introduce students to the primary classical myths and
their meaning, and examine the various ways they underlie and shape Western (especially
English) literary texts. Students will also be exposed to the treatment of Greco-Roman myths
in various genres and cultural media, from poetry and prose, science fiction to visual art.

ENG 233 The Language of Poetry
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course introduces participants to various types of poetry. By studying the selected
poems in details, students are able to develop a cohesive understanding of the genre and to
form their own critical interpretation. The course pays particular attention to the historical
background of each selected genre, the ideas and messages conveyed by each poet, and the
poetic devices employed in the selected works.

ENG 234 City Culture and Hong Kong Urbanscape
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course adopts a cultural studies approach to the exploration of how modern and
postmodern cities can be “read” as cultural texts, and also how Hong Kong as a socio-cultural
milieu can be mapped by academic discourse. The categories of class, gender and race in
relation to the city will be the central issues for discussion, and specific venues such as airport,
MTR, shopping malls, theme parks and heritage sites will be important cases in point.
Students will be introduced to a wide range of theoretical debates related to city studies, and
they will be the conceptual ground for in-depth analysis of texts both in print culture (i.e. fiction,
poetry, drama and other writings) and media culture (i.e. films, TV programmes and on-line
materials). The ultimate aim of this course is to provide students with insights into how cultural
identity is constructed through the consumption of cityscape as their everyday life experience.
Concepts relating to the postcolonial city, the cosmopolitan, the cinematic city, the fantastic
city for tourism, the technocity and the green metropolis of the future will be explored in terms
of sociocultural dynamics and changes.

ENG 240 Literary Translation
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course studies the rhetorical features that characterize literary writing and their
representations in translation. Four major types of literary writing (i.e. poetry, novels, plays,
and essays) will be discussed in class with exemplification of literary texts and translated
texts. Both theoretical ideas and practical translation techniques will be introduced to students
of this course.

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