Chinese Language and Literature

Applicable to students admitted in 2017-18

 
 
  Recommended Course Pattern Units
First Year of 1st term  

Attendance Faculty Package: 1-2 Faculty Package courses 3-6

Major Required:  CHLL1401 and CHLL1211 or 2350 or 2401 5-8

Major Elective(s):  
2nd term  

Faculty Package: 1-2 Faculty Package courses 3-6

Major Required:  CHLL1110 and CHLL1211 or 2350 or 2401 5-8

Major Elective(s):  
Second Year of 1st term  

Attendance Major Required:  CHLL2300 and/or 2402 3-6

Major Elective(s):  
2nd term  

Major Required: CHLL2121, 2301 and/or 2402 6-9

Major Elective(s):  
Third Year of 1st term  
Attendance
Major Required:  CHLL2131, 2212 6

Major Elective(s): 2 courses* 6

2nd term  

Major Required:  

Major Elective(s): 2 courses* 6

Fourth Year of 1st term  
Attendance
Major Required:  CHLL4001 0

Major Elective(s): 2 courses* 6

2nd term  

Major Required: CHLL4002 6

Major Elective(s): 2 courses* 6

Total (including Faculty Package): 70
* Students intend to graduate with Creative Writing in Chinese Stream should register for the 9-
unit required speciality courses according to the study scheme concerned.

 
 
  
 
Minor Programme Title

Chinese Language and Literature

 
 

Minor Programme Requirement

 
Students are required to complete a minimum of 24 units of courses as follows:
    Units
1. Elective Courses:  
(a) Basic courses  
  Any 12 units of courses from the following: 12

CHLL1110, 1211, 1401, 2121, 2131, 2212, 2300, 2301, 2350,

2401, 2402
     
(b) Speciality courses  
  9 units of courses from any speciality areas below: 9
     
  (1) Language and CHLL 3110, 3121, 3131, 3132, 3141,  
Linguistics 3142, 3143, 3151, 3161,
3162, 4110, 4111, 4121, 4141,
4151, 4161
  (2)   Ancient Documents CHLL 3221, 3222, 3223, 3231,  
3232, 3233, 4224, 4241,
4242, 4243, 4244, 4251,
4252, 4253, 4254
  (3)   Classical Literature CHLL 3310, 3311, 3312, 3313,  
3314, 3315, 3316, 3317,
3321, 3322, 3323, 3324,
3341, 3351, 4310, 4311,
4312, 4313, 4314, 4315,
4320, 4321, 4322, 4330,
4331, 4332, 4340, 4341,
4342, 4343
  (4)   Modern Chinese CHLL 3402, 3403, 3404, 3405,  
Literature 3406, 3407, 3408, 3409,
3410, 3411, 4401, 4402,
4403, 4404, 4405, 4406,
4407, 4408, 4409, 4410,
4411, 4412, 4413
     
(c) Any one other Basic or Speciality course not taken to fulfill 3
requirement 1(a) or 1(b)
     
  Total: 24
     
 
Course List

 
Course Code Course Title Unit(s)
CHLL1110 Introduction to Chinese Linguistics 3
CHLL1211 Introduction to Chinese Classic Texts 2
CHLL1401 Introduction to Literature 3
CHLL2121 Introduction to Chinese Philology 3
CHLL2131 Introduction to Chinese Phonology 3
CHLL2212 Introduction to the Study of Classical Chinese Texts 3
CHLL2300 History of Chinese Literature I 3
CHLL2301 History of Chinese Literature II 3
CHLL2350 Classical Chinese Poetry: Selected Readings and Writing 2
Practice
CHLL2401 Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature 3
CHLL2402 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature 3
CHLL3110 Applied Linguistics 3
CHLL3121 Studies in Chinese Characters 3
CHLL3131 Studies in Chinese Phonology 3
CHLL3132 Chinese Prosodic Phonology 3
CHLL3141 Modern Chinese Grammar 3
CHLL3142 Comparative Grammar in Chinese and English 3
CHLL3143 Chinese Morphology 3
CHLL3151 Chinese Rhetoric 3
CHLL3161 Putonghua: Research and Teaching 3
CHLL3162 Study of Cantonese 3
CHLL3221 Lun Yu 3
CHLL3222 Meng Zi 3
CHLL3223 Li Ji 3
CHLL3231 Shi Ji 3
CHLL3232 Han Shu 3
CHLL3233 Chinese Bibliography 3
CHLL3310 Poetry of Tao Qian 3
CHLL3311 Poetry of Li Bai 3
CHLL3312 Major Author(s) (Prose) 3
CHLL3313 Major Author(s) (Poetry) 3
CHLL3314 Major Author(s) (Ci Poetry) 3
CHLL3315 Ci Poetry of Su Shi and Xin Qiji 3
CHLL3316 Selected Prose Works through All Ages 3
CHLL3317 Poetry of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties 3
CHLL3321 Classical Chinese Fiction (Short Stories) 3
CHLL3322 Classical Chinese Fiction (Novel) 3
CHLL3323 Scholar-Beauty Romance 3
CHLL3324 Chuanqi and Kunqu Opera from Ming through Qing 3
CHLL3341 Women’s Literature from Ming through Qing 3
CHLL3351 Classical Chinese Ci Poetry: Selected Readings and Writing 3
Practice
CHLL3402 Modern Chinese Literature and Film 3
CHLL3403 Creative Writing 3
CHLL3404 Modern Chinese Poetry 3
CHLL3405 Modern Chinese Prose 3
CHLL3406 Modern Chinese Fiction (Novella and Short Stories) 3
CHLL3407 Modern Chinese Fiction (Novel) 3
CHLL3408 Modern Chinese Drama 3
CHLL3409 Modern Fiction Workshop 3
CHLL3410 Modern Poetry Workshop 3
CHLL3411 Media Writing Workshop 3
CHLL4001 Independent Research I 0
CHLL4002 Independent Research II 6
CHLL4110 Selected Topics in Chinese Linguistics I 3
CHLL4111 Selected Topics in Chinese Linguistics II 3
CHLL4121 Chinese Paleography and Ancient Texts 3
CHLL4141 Chinese Historical Grammar 3
CHLL4151 Chinese Textual Exegesis 3
CHLL4161 Chinese Dialectology 3
CHLL4224 Zuo Zhuan 3
CHLL4241 Lu Shi Chun Qiu 3
CHLL4242 Zhuang Zi 3
CHLL4243 Xun Zi 3
CHLL4244 Han Fei Zi 3
CHLL4251 Selected Topics on Classical Texts I 3
CHLL4252 Selected Topics on Excavated Texts I 3
CHLL4253 Selected Topics on Classical Texts II 3
CHLL4254 Selected Topics on Excavated Texts II 3
CHLL4310 Shi Jing 3
CHLL4311 Chu Ci 3
CHLL4312 Poetry of Du Fu 3
CHLL4313 Prose of Han Yu 3
CHLL4314 Prose of Liu Zongyuan 3
CHLL4315 Pre-Qin Myths 3
CHLL4320 Classical Chinese Drama 3
CHLL4321 Drama of Tang Xianzu 3
CHLL4322 Honglou meng 3
CHLL4330 Wenxin diaolong 3
CHLL4331 Classical Literary Criticism 3
CHLL4332 Chinese Poetics 3
CHLL4340 Literature of the Jian'an Period 3
CHLL4341 Selected Topics in Classical Chinese Literature I 3
CHLL4342 Chinese Literature (1840-1919) 3
CHLL4343 Selected Topics in Classical Chinese Literature II 3
CHLL4401 Literature and Art 3
CHLL4402 Modern Literary Criticism 3
CHLL4403 Hong Kong Literature 3
CHLL4404 Chinese Women Writers 3
CHLL4405 Eileen Chang 3
 CHLL4406 Studies of Selected Modern Chinese Literature Author(s) I 3
CHLL4407 Selected Topics in Modern Chinese Literature I 3
CHLL4408 Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 3
CHLL4409 Studies of Selected Modern Chinese Literature Author(s) II 3
CHLL4410 Selected Topics in Modern Chinese Literature II 3
CHLL4411 Lu Xun 3
CHLL4412 Creative Writing Masterclass 3
CHLL4413 Special Topics in Writing 3