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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2018-19

ENG 388 American Literature
1 Term; 3 Credits

The course seeks to introduce students to the major literary epochs of American litera-
ture and to broaden their knowledge of the significant European cultural heritages affecting
the evolution of that literature and to encourage student exploration of the sociopolitical,
philosophical and scientific influences underpinning American literary development.

ENG 389 Travel and Culture
1 Term; 3 Credits

Travel has recently become a complex phenomenon of unprecedented proportions. This
course aims at providing a theoretical and historical framework to analyse and reflect upon the
relationships between travel and culture through an interdisciplinary approach. Topics
discussed include: globalization, gender, consumption, theme parks, ecology, heritage and
authenticity, etc. Travel writing will also be emphasized.

ENG 406 Literature, Culture and Ecological Ethics
1 Term; 3 Credits

The course introduces students to the relatedness between literature and environmental
or ecological ethics within the context of intercultural studies. Students are expected to first
have a grasp of modern ecology (how it is different from biology and its importance in the 21st
century), and move onto focusing on how it can be discussed in the field of intercultural
studies. Texts on cultural geography, environment and social theory, ecotheology, mythology,
ecofeminism and ecotourism will be used, and they are to be placed alongside some Western
literary works (novels and short stories) and motion pictures (including animation) for
illustration. Classical Chinese texts and English translation such as Daoism and Buddhism as
well as literature such as Tang poetry will be brought forth for discussion.

ENG 409 Interdisciplinary Approach to English Studies
1 Term; 3 Credits

Knowledge-claims in 21st century have gone beyond the modernist mind-set of de-
partmentalization. In an emerging network culture and unprecedented complexity of learnings,
students need to adopt a more mobile and permeable “interdisciplinary” approach to what they
learn in college. This seminar is designed for students in English to achieve a sense of
integration among the various components in their curriculum. Besides reading materials
which deal directly with ideas such as counter-disciplinary praxis, the intersection of natural
science, social sciences and humanities, the philosophy of difference which stresses a
relational ontology, etc, students will be initiated into the actual working of what is now called
“Intercultural Studies” as an umbrella concept of such an approach.

ENG 410 Linguistic Approaches to Translation
1 Term; 3 Credits

This course is intended to (1) provide a comprehensive survey of major linguistic theo-

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