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Introduction - an honours degree programme in English as core element in a liberal Arts institution
The degree forms part of the University's mission to become a liberal arts university by providing a curriculum that is broad-based, multi-disciplinary, innovative and relevant to the needs of Hong Kong.
The Contemporary English Studies degree is based on the premise that in a liberal arts education in Hong Kong for the 21st century, English Studies is of central importance. Our definition of English Studies embraces the study of Contemporary Literature in English, Applied Linguistic Studies and Language Studies. We recognize English as an international discourse, spoken on all continents, reflecting different - not merely British or North American - perspectives. In brief, the Contemporary English Studies Degree Programme offers a curriculum that introduces the student to, and prepares the student for, English as a mode of thinking that is at once literary, linguistic and practical, in the context of "World English".
General Aim
The programme aims to produce graduates with a high level of knowledge and ability in English Language and Literature and the ability to apply their knowledge to the English communication needs of business, government and education in Hong Kong.
Specific Aim
General Objective
Graduates will be able to communicate effectively in English at a high level. They will be able to show a solid grounding in the linguistic and literary-cultural aspects of contemporary English. Graduates will be well placed to enter business, government or education and other fields for which a high standard of English is required
Specific Objectives
In addition to the General University Requirements, applicants are required to have obtained a grade D or above in AS
"Use of English".
Some preference will be given to applicants who have obtained a grade E or above in AL/AS "Literature in English".
Programme Graduation Requirements | Back to Top
Students are required to have passed courses specified under the Programme Structure totaling at least 90 credits.
The assessment system for the courses in the B.A. (Hons.) in Contemporary English Studies consists of a combination of assessments in coursework and examinations. The assessment criteria vary from course to course, but students are provided with a range of assessment opportunities; for instance, any one or combination of the following: class work, written assignments, laboratory work, research/term papers, projects, tests, written examinations, oral examination and any other method(s) stated in the approved course document. In some cases, where formal or written examinations are deemed inappropriate for the course content, evaluation is by continuous assessment only.
Tables 1 sets out the overall structure of the programme in diagrammatic form. It shows that there are 3 strands: (1) Contemporary Literary Studies; (2) Applied Linguistic Studies; and (3) Language Skills. In addition, students take Complementary Studies which include General Education, Information Technology, Putonghua and a number of Free Electives from other degree programmes. In the first year of study, students take 7 compulsory core courses from the 3 strands. These provide a grounding for the rest of the programme.
In Year 2 the study of literature and linguistics increases and deepens. The core literature courses require a greater amount of independent reading and the linguistics courses oblige a more intense exploration of key areas. The required Language Skills course, "Genres of Speech and Writing", is intended to prepare students for a variety of more sophisticated language tasks required of them in the later stages of undergraduate study and beyond. In addition, students start the Elective programme by choosing one discipline elective from those that are on offer in the English Department. They also need to take courses from other departments as part of the Free Elective programme.
It is required that stutdents attend a Summer School at the end of the second year in a country where English is the mother tongue. The Study Abroad Programme aims to immerse students in an English-speaking environment and enable them to earn 6 credits of academic study outside Hong Kong.
(Table 1) Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Contemporary English Studies
In the third year, student choice is extended and the focus more intensive. Most of the elective courses offered may be taken in the second or third years, but given the weight of required courses in Year 2, it follows that students will choose most of their elective courses in the final year of study. Students may choose to do a six-credit Year 3 project: Independent Research Project, with the approval from the department which will then assign him or her to one staff member as supervisor. These students then only need to take a total of 3 elective courses in English Studies with 2 from the literary strand and 1 from the applied linguistic strand. Those who do not choose to do the Year 3 project need to take a total of 5 elective courses in English Studies with 3 from the literary strand and 2 from the applied linguistic strand. The even number here is due to the fact that the programme offers one more required course on the linguistic side.
The Department of English requires students to spend a Summer term in a country where English is the mother tongue, studying 6 credits at an appropriate institution. They will be required to do this between the second and third years of study.
The educational rationale for this is based on the view that learning a language implies learning about the culture(s) where that language is spoken. In addition, studying with other nationality groups in another university provides an enhanced learning experience of enormous benefit.
Students are required to take approved courses (for example, 200- level in the United States) cognate with those in the Lingnan degree programme. Under the provision made by the University for credit transfer, the course credits obtained overseas will be recognised and transferred back to Lingnan.
As the Study Abroad Programme is a compulsory element in the degree programme, students are eligible to apply for a government grant to cover part of the costs.
In exceptional cases where students are unable to participate in the Study Abroad Programme, an additional 6 credits of discipline electives will be required. English students who study abroad on the International Exchange Programme in a country where English is the mother tongue are exempt from the study abroad Programme.
Programme Specifics | Back to Top
The following description specifies the programme curriculum for students who pursue the programme on a full-time three-year basis. Flexibility is allowed for completing the programme within a longer or shorter period in accordance with the stipulations in the Regulations Governing Undergraduate Studies published in Part XII of this Calendar.
| FIRST YEAR | Number of Credits
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1st Term |
1st/2nd Term |
2nd Term |
Total |
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ENG101 |
Introduction to Language (R) | 3 |
3 |
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ENG102 |
Practical Phonetics (R) | 3 |
3 |
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ENG103 |
Introduction to English Grammar (R) | 3 |
3 |
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ENG106 |
Literary Analysis I (R) | 3 |
3 |
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ENG107 |
Literary Analysis II (R) | 3 |
3 |
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ENG108 |
Models of Speech and Writing I (R) | 3 |
3 |
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ENG111 |
Models of Speech and Writing II (R) | 3 |
3 |
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BUS110 |
Introduction to Information Literary (R) | 3 |
3 |
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LCC101 |
Practical Chinese I (R) | 3 |
3 |
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| * General Education Course | 3 |
3
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30 |
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| SECOND YEAR | Number of Credits
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1st Term |
1st/2nd Term |
2nd Term |
Total |
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| ENG202 | Language and Society (R) | 3 |
3 |
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| ENG203 | Discourse Analysis (R) | 3 |
3 |
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| ENG204 | Contemporary Fiction in English (R) | 3 |
3 |
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| ENG205 | Contemporary Drama in English (R) | 3 |
3 |
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| ENG209 | Genres of Speech and Writing (R) | 3 |
3 |
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| ENG266 | Psycholinguistics (R) | 3 |
3 |
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| LCC102 | Practical Chinese II | 3 |
3 |
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| * General Education Course | 3 |
3 |
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| Discipline Elective (one course) | 3 |
3 |
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| Free Electives (two courses) | 6 |
6 |
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33 |
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| SAP101 | Study Abroad Programme | ||||
| 6 credits of approved courses from abroad | 6 |
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| THIRD YEAR | Number of Credits
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1st Term |
1st/2nd Term |
2nd Term |
Total |
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| * General Education Course | 3 |
3 |
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| ENG301 Independent Research Project and | 12 |
12 |
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| Descipline Elective (two courses) or | ||||
| Descipline Elective (four courses) | ||||
| Free Electives (two courses) | 6 |
6 |
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21 |
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| Minimum Credits for Honors Degree: | 90 |
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| (R) denotes required courses | ||||
| ( * ) For details, please see the General Education Section | ||||
Discipline Elective Courses for Years 2 and 3
Contemporary Literary Studies
ENG264 Asian Voices in English: Fiction & Film
ENG274 Literature and Adaptation
ENG277 English Drama Performance
ENG374 Contemporary Poetry as Text and Experience
ENG375 Cross-cultural Studies of Literature
ENG379 Introduction to Children's Literature in English
ENG381 Modernism in Painting and Literature
ENG382 Theatre as Visual Spectacle
ENG383 Painting and Poetry
ENG384 The Language of Literature
ENG385 Writing Your Life
ENG386 The Short Story in English
ENG387 Theoretical Positions and Interpretive Practices
ENG399 Special Topics in English (Literary related)
Applied Linguistic Studies
ENG265 Organizational Communication
ENG271 English Phonology
ENG272 Intercultural Communication
ENG303 Advanced Professional Communication Skills
ENG369 Contrastive Studies of English and Chinese
ENG372 Language as Play
ENG376 Pedagogic English
ENG378 Words: Their Form and Meaning
ENG384 The Language of Literature
ENG399 Special Topics in English (linguistics related)
ENG101 Introduction to Language
This course introduces students to the study of language. It covers such basic questions as the nature of human language, the importance of language in society, the major perspectives for studying language, the acquisition and use of language, as well as language change. Students are not only given an exposure to the basic concepts and theories, they are encouraged to examine various kinds of language data as well as use their own experience and knowledge as learners and users of language in Hong Kong to deepen their understanding of language.
ENG102 Practical Phonetics
Phonetics is the systematic study of human speech sounds. It is concerned with how speech sounds are produced and perceived. It provides means to classify and transcribe these sounds. While phonetics can be studied in various ways, we will adopt an articulatory approach in this course, with a practical emphasis.
As an introduction to phonetics, this course assumes no prior knowledge of this field. The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the basic phonetic concepts and theories, and to deepen their understanding of the importance of phonetics in language studies and language-related sciences. Students will learn how to recognize, produce, transcribe and classify various speech sounds. They will also learn how their first language (Cantonese) influences their perception and pronunciation of English sounds.
ENG103 Introduction to English Grammar
This course is a systematic introduction to English grammar from a scientific viewpoint. It deals with the central features of English grammar, such as verb and noun phrase construction, clause construction and verb complementation, paying particular attention to areas that are relevant and of interest to Cantonese-speaking learners of English.
ENG106 Literary Analysis I
This course is the first part of a year introduction to the analysis of literary texts in English. It provides basic knowledge of the skills and tools required to access literary texts meaningfully in their cultural and linguistic contexts. Beyond introducing students to literary genres and providing key concepts that enable a structured understanding of literary texts, the course seeks to encourage the development of practical criticism over a range of literary types. Students are expected to develop independent reading skills and tasks will be assigned for which students have sole responsibility and which may be tested.
ENG107 Literary Analysis II
This course is the first part of a year introduction to the analysis of literary texts in English. It provides basic knowledge of the skills and tools required to access literary texts meaningfully in their cultural and linguistic contexts. Beyond introducing students to literary genres and providing key concepts that enable a structured understanding of literary texts, the course seeks to encourage the development of practical criticism over a range of literary types. Students are expected to develop independent reading skills and tasks will be assigned for which students have sole responsibility and which may be tested.
ENG108 Models of Speech and Writing I
This course aims to develop the productive language skills of students in the first semester of their first year by employing a range of speaking tasks and activities, including oral presentation, debates, role play and drama. Communicative competence is stressed, but accuracy and fluency are equally valued. Promoting awareness of genres and discourse features in speaking is a fundamental component of the course strategy. Appropriate writing tasks will also be included.
ENG111 Models of Speech and Writing II
This course aims to consolidate and further develop the language skills which students have learnt in ENG 108 Models of Speech and Writing I and focuses on reading and writing. It helps students to equip themselves adequately for university study and function effectively in academic contexts.
ENG202 Language and Society
This subject is aimed at giving students a basic understanding of how language is used in society from both a macro and micro perspective. It encompasses traditional sociolinguistic themes as well as those from social psychology, ethnography of communication, semiotics, pragmatics, and critical linguistics. It is believed that only such a varied approach can give students a more comprehensive understanding of how language is essentially both a process and product of society. Because of its social orientation, the subject also acts as a link between the more formal aspects of linguistics and the other applied areas of language studies. Apart from giving students grounding in relevant theories, it also exposes them to issues arising from the use of language in contemporary society, using Hong Kong as an example.
ENG203 Discourse Analysis
This course aims to give an introduction to spoken and written discourse, showing how language operates in social and ideological contexts. Taking examples from conversation and other genres such as narratives, news and advertising, the course shows how discourse is structured, how it constructs relationships between speakers/writers and hearers/readers, and how it is used to represent and reproduce social realities. It investigates the lexical, grammatical and pragmatic means by which this is achieved, and encourages a critical perspective on modern media texts.
ENG204 Contemporary Fiction in English
This course exposes the student to a range of contemporary texts in English, using narratives which will highlight the current importance of English as a world language. The texts will vary from year to year but will share some common aspects: they will offer a bi-cultural, often bi-racial point of view and are written by authors who come from a variety of different national backgrounds. The course exposes students to the phenomenon of world writing in English.
ENG205 Contemporary Drama in English
This course introduces students to drama both as a literary genre and as a blueprint for performance, advancing character as the engine of "incident", and of depicting "incident" as an illustration of character (to paraphrase Henry James). It will explore the ways in which themes can be developed polyphonically, through the use of different, often competing, conflicting, as well as complementary voices.
ENG209 Genres of Speech and Writing
The course aims to enhance students' lexico grammatical competence and mastery of the essential discourse features of texts commonly encountered in their everyday life.
ENG264 Asian Voices in English
This course is designed to present a number of printed fiction or non-fiction texts and films written in English by Asian writers and to encourage cross-media and cross-cultural analysis of the two genres. The aim is to provide a stimulating and innovative approach to the voices of Asians and Asia expressed through the English language. The course exposes students to selected novels and films, but does not deal specifically with filmic or fictional adaptation.
ENG265 Organizational Communication
This subject gives students an opportunity to study language and communication in the context of organizations. Apart from drawing on students' knowledge about language and society and applying the skills of discourse analysis acquired elsewhere in the programme, students are expected to acquire other relevant theories to enhance their understanding of organizational phenomena. Such an in-depth understanding of language use in organizations will not only prepare students for organization life, but also facilitate their mastery of skills to formulate language and communication strategies in order to function more efficiently in the workplace.
ENG266 Psycholinguistics
Psycholinguistics is the psychological study of language: the study of the structures and processes which underlie human ability to learn and speak a language. It is a subject area which links psychology and linguistics. This course will study what is happening within each individual when language is learned, processed and comprehended. The course will offer a practical orientation in order to relate theory to students' possible career options in teaching, speech therapy or related disciplines.
ENG271 English Phonology
Phonology is the study of sound patterns in language. While closely related to phonetics, phonology has a different focus: it is concerned with the function, behaviour and organization of speech sounds as linguistic units, rather than the production, perception and classification of speech sounds as physical entities. As an introductory course to the phonological study of human language, this course assumes a good foundation in phonetics, for example that provided by ENG102 Practical Phonetics. It introduces students to the major phonological concepts within the general framework of Classical Phonemics and Generative Phonology. Lectures will be supplemented with practical phonological problems taken from various dialects of English and from other languages, where appropriate. Students are required to solve these problems using the principles introduced in the lecture.
ENG272 Intercultural Communication
This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of the nature and dynamics of intercultural communication. Students will be introduced to theoretical concepts and practical knowledge about intercultural communication. They will be required to apply theories to actual situations through case studies and small-scale surveys, as well as reflecting on their own experiences in dealing with issues arising from communication in intercultural and cross-cultural contexts.
ENG274 Literature and Adaptation
This is a practical course designed to raise awareness of the nature of literature by comparison with other media and to enhance students' oral and visual communication skills. It consists of mainly workshop sessions to develop in students the awareness, skills and motivation to adapt samples of English literary texts into other genres and other media. A key part of the course is to develop in students a practical orientation to understanding the way that texts are constructed by transforming them into other forms and/or other media. The development of language skills under stimulating and creative circumstances is also very important.
ENG277 English Drama Performance
This practical course in English language production explores techniques of presentation and vocal delivery in drama, verse speaking, oral storytelling and other kinds of performance. Whilst clearly oriented towards students with an interest in learning performative language, it is equally relevant to those wishing to enhance skills such as diction, articulation and vocal projection for non-specialised language purposes. The course is constructed as a process-product experience for participants. They will devise and adapt, rehearse and refine chosen texts for performance in a collaborative context. Emphasis will be placed on important delivery skills such as vocal inflection, paralanguage and body language as well as appropriate and accurate pronunciation. The use of various media, including video and audio-recording in addition to live performance will be exploited.
The final product will be a live performance on campus as well as an exchange performance in one of the other tertiary institutions.
ENG303 Advanced Professional Communication Skills
The course aims to help students to develop a high level of communicative competence in professional English. It will inculcate in them a deep understanding of the role and importance of language and communication in business and other professional settings, and enable them to effectively apply their oral and written professional communication skills in their future employment.
ENG369 Contrastive Studies of English & Chinese
The course compares and contrasts English as a target language and Chinese as a mother tongue in second language acquisition. The contrastive studies are aimed at helping students to have a better understanding of the target language and how it differs from their own, thus helping them to have a better appreciation of the problems that may be encountered in acquiring English as a second language. Students are introduced to linguistic differences between English and Chinese (Cantonese and Modern Standard Chinese) on a number of levels--phonological, lexical, grammatical and pragmatic, but principally that of lexico-grammar, the others being covered by other subjects in the programme.
ENG372 Language as Play
This course is derived from the insight that language play (that is, the use of language for no obvious reason apart from enjoyment) is in fact a very pervasive and purposeful human activity, and that it is a highly motivating factor in language learning and use. More than this, it recognizes language users do not only react to language but also contribute to it.
ENG374 Contemporary Poetry as Text and Experience
This course is designed to present an array of contemporary and modern poetry in English and to encourage an appreciation of the craft of writing. As well as reading and appreciating texts written by others, students will be encouraged to experiment with their own writing in English. The aim is to provide a stimulating and innovative approach to the study of contemporary and modern poetry which may lead to a personal interest in creative writing. Student writing will be encouraged.
ENG375 Cross-cultural Studies of Literature
Analyzing and comparing texts from two independent cultural traditions, this course introduces the student to the principles of cross-cultural research. Readings will be selected from poetry, narrative, and drama in the Western and Chinese canon around a thematic or generic "constant" to facilitate meaningful comparison. Comparisons will be explored around set themes - whether romantic love, friendship, war - or specific literary kinds - satire, allegory, fantasy.
ENG376 Pedagogic English
This course looks at the discourse of language teaching from a linguistic perspective. It will build on and apply the knowledge gained in years one and two (particularly in English Grammar and Discourse Analysis). There will be two main focuses: the spoken discourse of English language classrooms; and the written language of teaching materials. These will be analysed in terms of their discourse structure and metalanguage.
ENG378 Words: Their Form and Meaning
This course is an introduction to the study of the forms and meanings of words in the English Language. It demonstrates how the forms of words can be changed by processes like inflection, derivation and compounding, and gives practical exercises in using suffixes to recognise word-class. It discusses how meanings of words can be defined and analysed according to various dimensions of meaning, how these meanings relate to each other and depend upon grammar and reference. It explores the information about words given in dictionaries, and suggests techniques for efficiently learning vocabulary. It demonstrates and teaches the use of computer corpora (such as the Bank of English) both for investigating aspects of words such as meaning, word-class, grammatical uses, and for compiling dictionary entries.
ENG379 Introduction to Children's Literature in English
This course introduces students to the important and vast area of children's literature in English from a contemporary point of view. As well as reviewing the various definitions of children's literature and surveying the key texts and movements that have shaped this literature, the course will focus on selected readings from children's fiction which will form the core experiential learning of the course. A key thematic focus will be on "alternative worlds".
ENG381 Modernism in Painting and Literature
This course is an introduction to Modernism in literature and painting. Literary historians see the beginning of the modernist revolt in the 1890s but most scholars agree that what is called "high modernism", marked by an astonishing range of artistic achievement in literature, painting, architecture and music, came between the years 1910 to the mid-1920s. Though debates about what constitutes modernism continue, there is general agreement that modernist art involves a deliberate and radical break with some of the traditional bases of Western art and culture. Traditional ways of seeing social organization, religion, morality, relations between art and reality, and the human self come under scrutiny through modernist art. This course exposes students to an introductory sampling of the theory and practice of modernism. Modernism is seen as a key movement in 20th century artistic endeavour, a creativity which continues as a powerful force in contemporary thought, art and culture. The course will focus on some well-known examples of modernist literature and a gallery of modernist paintings.
ENG382 Theatre as Visual Spectacle
This course is designed to help students to process their experience of aesthetic / cultural products and dramatic phenomena from a visual perspective. It will be both creative and critical, and will thereby encourage and facilitate students' efforts to respond articulately, knowledgeably and with personal evaluation to aspects of the theatre experience in general. Students will be expected not only to produce reviews of performances they attend, but also to keep a record or journal of their experiences. They will also need to complete a short study of the relationship between pictorial art and live performance, with an emphasis on performance venue and stage décor, as well as to produce creative ideas of their own.
ENG383 Painting and Poetry
The course aims to introduce students to the rich and dynamic field of ekphrasis and to develop an understanding of the importance of this phenomenon, especially in the modern period. In addition, the course aims to enhance students' awareness of the ways that text and visual image can interact and provide inspiration, one for the other. By exposing students to a varied sample of ekphrasis pairs drawn from different historical periods and varied artistic styles, the course hopes to bridge the fields of poetry and visual studies.
ENG301 Independent Research Project
This course aims at developing students' ability to carry out extended investigation into a specific topic chosen by the student and approved by the English Department. Students may choose a literary, linguistic or practical topic. By producing a long paper, students will be asked to demonstrate and synthesize the subject matter knowledge, linguistic ability, academic writing skills and analytical power which they have developed over the three years of study.
ENG384 The Language of Literature
This course introduces the student to stylistics, that is analysis of the linguistic and pragmatic choices made by writers to produce literary texts. It builds on the linguistic descriptive and productive skills acquired in years 1 and 2. The course will also introduce students to a number of computer applications such as semantic coding software to analyse textual patterning.
ENG385 Writing Your Life
Most of us spend a lot of time narrating aspects of our life-story to others. We do this in conversations or email exchanges with friends and relatives, but also with people we don't know well - say prospective employers or doctors. These stories can be about events in our lives, or about 'who I am', that is, about our sense of 'personal identity'. Often they are about both. In order to tell such stories well we need to have some grasp of the art of story telling. If we wish to put these stories on paper - to write autobiography - we need a still greater command of this art. We need to master the craft of autobiographical writing. This includes knowing how to address and hold a reader; how to create a narrative structure; how to select which details should go in and which should be left out. Above all, you need to find your own voice - the voice that is 'really you' and which conveys to your reader a sense of 'who you are'. Learning the craft requires hard work, but it is great fun and it can deepen your understanding of your self and your life. This course is designed to help you become accomplished in the crafting of autobiographical narrative.
ENG386 The Short Story in English
The short story is one of the most accessible and enjoyable of literary forms. Most short stories can be read in one sitting. This means that you can feel a story's emotional impact, ponder its themes, experience its aesthetic affects, and see it as a whole, in an hour or two - sometimes less. The short story has been around for a long time and has been written in many different styles and forms. It is an incredibly versatile literary form which can deal with many issues, ranging from very personal concerns like love, identity, sexuality, loss, and family life, all the way through to social issues: for instance, the relationship between individuals and the societies they live in; freedom and unfreedom; gender, race and illness. The short story is an excellent form to study if you wish to improve your English comprehension and writing. Because it is short, it allows you to read carefully, seeing how fine writers use the English language, and how they employ various aspects of narrative technique - narrative point of view, the creation of characters, scene building, and much else. 'The Short Story in English' gives you the opportunity to study some great short stories; to learn about the history of the short story as a literary form; to become familiar with the narrative techniques that occur in this form of writing, including realist and anti-realist techniques; to sample different kinds of short story, including horror and suspense, narratives of family and growing up, fairy tales, adventure stories, narratives which focus on the complexities of human relationships, and on political and social issues. The course will also give you an opportunity to try your hand at short story writing, if you wish to do so. 'The Short Story in English' will build on things students have learnt in English 106, but you do not need to have taken English 106 in order to do this subject. During the first week of term students are required to read the excellent introductory material about the short story at the end of the course text, The Riverside Anthology of Short Fiction, pps. 1139-1196. Stories will be assigned for each class from this text, and from supplementary material where necessary (e.g. Hong Kong stories).
ENG387 Theoretical Positions and Interpretive Practices
This course explores a number of important theoretical positions that are available in contemporary English studies and demonstrates how they can be used to approach written texts in particular and to understand cultural activities in general. The emphasis of the course is on how to relate selected critical theories to students' own reading and writing practices.
SAP101 Study Abroad Programme
The department's Study Abroad Programme takes place at the end of the second year of study. It consists of a summer period of study at an overseas university, in which English is the native language. The programme, designed to be essentially experiential, is a required component of the BACES. The rationale for the mandatory Study Abroad Programme (SAP) is that it is a very good means to enhance the students' learning by articulating between the courses taught in the Department and the Study Abroad experience itself. For example students study literary works before the educational immersion programme and watch films or plays based on the respective texts during the SAP. For the linguistics strand students have the opportunity to observe, experience and study the features of English in a first language immersion context, and, for example, to familiarize themselves with regional differences and language variation.
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