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to learn the research history of the fiction and the development of Hongxue (i.e. Redology, the
academic study of Dream of the Red Mansions).

CHI 365 Chinese Periodicals and the Study of Modern and Contemporary Literature
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is organized by selected topics and periodical study cases to demonstrate
the relationship between periodical study and literary history study. It is divided into three
sections. The first part explains theories that are often used in the periodicals study. The
second part focuses on the important periodicals published from late-Qing to the 1930s. The
third part covers important topics in the periodical study of mainland China, Hong Kong, and
Taiwan literature from the 1950s to the 1980s.

CHI 368 Contemporary Chinese Fiction
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is an intensive study of Chinese fiction since 1949 and emphasizes equally
the need to understand the development of Chinese Literary Trends in the Twentieth Century.
The course introduces students to the dissemination of Western literary theories in China in
the post-1949 period and how the concepts of “fiction” were reshaped in its changing historical
and social context. Through text analysis of some of the most significant Chinese fictions, we
will get closer to the narrative characteristics and various research methods of the genre and
the cultural values of “fiction” in contemporary life.

CHI 375 Rhetoric
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is designed for students to further develop and refine their abilities in Chinese
creative writing. Students will learn systematic knowledge of rhetoric, including various writing
skills, flexible and ingenious usage of phonological, lexical and syntactic knowledge in writing,
artistic expressions in literary writing, and clear precise manipulation of language in writing as
well. This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop
careers in educational and cultural fields.

CHI 376 Chinese Phonology
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to the sound system of Chinese dialects. Students will
develop skills in transcribing speech sounds and analysing linguistic data with phonological
rules. It offers a wide-ranging account of Mandarin and Cantonese in their origins, historical
development and phonological theories.

CHI 378 Theory and Practice of Chinese Teaching
1 Term; 3 Credits
This elective course aims to help students understand theories and development of local
Chinese language education, the latest Chinese language curriculum (from primary year one

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