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English Language & Literature

centuries. The aim of this course is to introduce students to dramatic forms and styles in the
Western literary tradition. The course will look into different approaches to dramatic criticism
and draw students’ attention to matters of staging. Students will be able to identify the
connection between drama performance and everyday life practices.

ENG 330 Gender, Language and Translation
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course introduces students to a theoretical paradigm which establishes interrelations
among gender, language and translation. The course first traces the different stages of
research about gender and translation in terms of translation practice, translation history and
criticism, and new concepts in translation theory. It then addresses the various issues within
feminist thinking, and the ways they could be incorporated into translation studies. Students
will acquire in-depth knowledge in the emergent common-ground among these three areas of
studies.

ENG 335 Popular Culture
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims at providing students an introduction to contemporary debates on how
subjectivities and everyday practices of popular culture take shape in mass society. It also
delineates the ways popular culture constitutes a common and thereby important part of our
lives. By studying cultural phenomena such as consumer culture, pop music, media and sports,
advertisements, films, anime and comics, theme parks etc., this course endeavours to show
students that an informal consciousness of class, gender and race is essential to any
understanding of the sociology of popular cultural practices, both in the West and in Hong
Kong. Issues such as postmodernism, identity politics, technoscience and media will be related
to popular cultural texts which are already parts of students’ literacies and practices.

ENG 340 Interpreting I
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to help students acquire the E-C and C-E interpreting skills through
intensive and rigorous drills. Continuous interpretation drills will be conducted and assessed in
class with feedback given. In the learning process, emphasis will be placed on listening
comprehension and note taking skills. Particular regard will also be given to sight translation,
transcription, glossary building and major principles relating to interpreting in different specific
fields. Reading of academic papers by scholars and interpreters about interpreting is required.

ENG 350 Psycholinguistics
1 Term; 3 Credits
Psycholinguistics is the scientific study of language from a psychological point of view.
This course serves as an introduction to psycholinguistics and it will examine key issues
concerning how language is acquired, represented and processed in the brain (with particular
focus on language disorders and language acquisition). Major psychological mechanisms/

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