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香港中文大學中國語言及文學系
Department of Chinese Language & Literature, CUHK
Address: Rm 523, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK
UG Admission Enquiries: ugadm@cuhk.edu.hk
PG Admission Enquiries: CHI-GSAdm@cuhk.edu.hk
Chinese Language Courses Enquiries:  uchinese@cuhk.edu.hk
General Enquiries: chilan@cuhk.edu.hk
MA in Chinese Language and Literature
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Study Scheme and Courses
Admissions
Fees and Funding
FAQ
MA in Chinese Language and Literature
Applicable to all students
Students are required to complete a minimum of 24 units of courses for graduation:
1) Required Courses
6 Units
2) Elective Courses
18 Units
Total: 24
Course List
CHLL5013
Seminar
3 Units
CHLL5600
Research Methods and Academic Writing
3 Units
CHLL5911
Special Topics in Chinese Philology
3 Units
CHLL5912
Special Topics in Chinese Linguistics
3 Units
CHLL5913
Guangya and Guangya Shuzheng
3 Units
CHLL5914
Shuowen Jiezi and Modern Philology
3 Units
CHLL5915
Comparative Study of Cantonese and Putonghua
3 Units
CHLL5916
Study of Cantonese Grammar
3 Units
CHLL5917
Study of Chinese Rhetoric and Stylistics
3 Units
CHLL5918
Special Topics in Comparative Grammar of Chinese and English
3 Units
CHLL5919
Study of Chinese Morphology and Syntax
3 Units
CHLL5921
Special Topics in Classical Chinese Texts
3 Units
CHLL5922
Selected Works of the Classical Chinese Texts
3 Units
CHLL5923
Reading of Syncretism Literature
3 Units
CHLL5924
Comparison of Zhuangzi and Xunzi
3 Units
CHLL5925
Reading of Excavated Texts
3 Units
CHLL5926
Parallel Texts and Ancient Documents
3 Units
CHLL5927
The Analects and The Mencius
3 Units
CHLL5931
Special Topics in Classical Chinese Literature: Poetry or Prose
3 Units
CHLL5932
Special Topics in Classical Chinese Literature: Fiction or Drama
3 Units
CHLL5933
Special Topics in Classical Chinese Literature: Literary Criticism
3 Units
CHLL5934
Tang Xianzu and Mudan Ting
3 Units
CHLL5935
Appreciation and Criticism of Classical Poetry
3 Units
CHLL5936
Chinese Poetics
3 Units
CHLL5937
Sanyan
3 Units
CHLL5938
Pre-Qin Myths
3 Units
CHLL5939
Shi Jing
3 Units
CHLL5941
Special Topics in Modern Chinese Literature
3 Units
CHLL5942
Special Topics in Modern Chinese Writers
3 Units
CHLL5943
Special Topics in Modern Literary Criticism
3 Units
CHLL5944
Yu Kwang Chung
3 Units
CHLL5945
The Creation Society
3 Units
CHLL5946
Special Topic in Comparative Literature
3 Units
CHLL5947
Chinese Fiction and Literary Trends in the New Era
3 Units
CHLL5948
Modern Chinese Fiction
3 Units
CHLL5949
Chinese Women’s Literature
3 Units
CHLL5950
Eileen Chang
3 Units
CHLL5951
Special Topics in Chinese Culture
3 Units
CHLL5961
Cantonese Phonology and Poetic Forms
3 Units
CHLL5962
Comparative Studies of Chinese Dialects
3 Units
CHLL5963
The Study of Semantics and Pragmatics in Chinese
3 Units
CHLL5981
Ci Poetry of the Song Dynasty
3 Units
CHLL5982
The World, Life and Art of Du Fu, Li Bo, and Wang Wei: Three Master Poets of the High Tang
3 Units
CHLL5983
National Crisis and Literary, Cultural Innovation: Poets and Poetry of Ming-Qing Dynastic Transition
3 Units
CHLL5984
Ming-Qing Fiction and Visual Culture
3 Units
CHLL5985
Fiction and Literary Culture in the Mid-Qing Era
3 Units
CHLL5986
Selected Readings in Poetry in Han, Wei and Six Dynasties
3 Units
CHLL5991
Studies in Hong Kong Literature
3 Units
CHLL5992
Chinese Fiction and Literary Magazines in the 1930s
3 Units
CHLL5993
Cultural and Literary Trends, Hong Kong and Taiwanese Cinema
3 Units
Address: Rm 523, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK
UG Admission Enquiries: ugadm@cuhk.edu.hk
PG Admission Enquiries: CHI-GSAdm@cuhk.edu.hk
Chinese Language Courses Enquiries:  uchinese@cuhk.edu.hk
General Enquiries: chilan@cuhk.edu.hk
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