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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2021-22

CHI 290 Creative Writing
1 Term; 3 Credits
The aim of this course is to broaden students’ inspiration and imagination to write and
complete a novel. Aspect preparations in basic novel writing includes theme, element, plot,
perspective, character etc. People read novels to experience vicariously a character's life.

CHI 310 Philosophical Thoughts in Pre-Qin Period
1 Term; 3 Credits
The course aims to acquaint students with a deeper understanding of the spirit, theme
and development of pre-Qin philosophy, with emphasis on the role and impact of each
philosopher to Chinese philosophy. Upon completion of the course, students will have
enhanced their ability of independent thinking and built up their own value system through the
integration of philosophy and life.

CHI 323 Pian Wen ( 駢文 )
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course traces the historical development of the euphemistic and antithetic writing
style known as Pian Wen and introduces students to the study of the meaning, rhymes, writing
skill and literary artistry of such a style. It is designed to enhance students' ability in
understanding and appreciating Pian Wen and in enhancing their critical thinking.

CHI 324 Wenxin Diaolong ( 文心雕龍 )
1 Term; 3 Credits
Wenxin Diaolong is the first masterpiece of systematically expounding the literary theory
and criticism in ancient China. 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 328 Changes of Chinese Literary Language after the May 4th Movement
1 Term; 3 Credits
This elective course aims to provide an interdisciplinary perspective to help students
apply linguistic concepts and approaches to analyse changes in the Chinese literary language
after the May 4th movement. It explores the origin, occurrence, and development of the literary
language and outlines its characteristics in different periods after the May 4th movement. It
introduces corpus and quantitative analytic methods for studying the genre and style of
representative writers' works, and the relationship between literary language and social
development.

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