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History
The establishment of
Department of Literature at Nan Hua University
was the result of many years’ preparation.
From the very beginning, the goal of the department
was set to provide solid knowledge of traditional
Chinese literature as a foundation, upon which
students can further explore a wide range of
issues in the contemporary studies of literature.
By combining the knowledge of Chinese as well
as Western literary theories, students were
expected to obtain an international view regarding
literary studies. With the help and advices
from scholars in various fields, the above project
underwent several revisions before its final
submission and was later approved by Ministry
of Education in 1999. The department began to
recruit students in the academic year 2000 and
turned out to be the latest-established department
of literature in Taiwan with brand new orientations
and perspectives.
Teaching Goals
〔1〕 |
Combining
Chinese and Western literary theories |
〔2〕 |
Providing
broad and international perspectives of
literary studies |
〔3〕 |
Exploring
a wide range of issues in the contemporary
literary studies |
Courses
(consisting of six programmes)
| 〔1〕 |
Literary
criticism and composition (poems, novels
and essays classical and modern) |
| 〔2〕 |
Methodology
(Chinese and Western literary theories,
critical techniques and approaches, basic
methodological questions) |
| 〔3〕 |
Genres
of literature (biography, pop literature,
religious literature, travelogues, feature
writing, children’s literature, etc.) |
| 〔4〕 |
Intellectual
history (history of Chinese thought, Confucian
classics, Taoist classics, Zen buddhist
classics) |
| 〔5〕 |
Literary
history (history of Chinese literature,
history of Taiwanese literature, history
of Western literature) |
| 〔6〕 |
Applied
literature (journalism, publishing, media
techniques, cultural administration) |
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| Students
can also pursue a second major/minor degree
programme, a double degree programme or
a teacher programme. |
Future
trends of development
| I.Coordinated
projects with NHU’s interim project and
joint projects with other departments or
institutes： |
| （一） |
Launching
a joint course on Chinese philosophy (with
Institute of Philosophy) |
| （二） |
Launching
a joint course on literary aesthetics (with
Institute of Aesthetics and Art Management) |
| （三） |
Providing
resources to Centre for Liberal Arts (such
as general courses on classics) |
| （四） |
Enhancing
students’ ability in foreign languages
(with resources from Language Centre)
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| II.
Other projects: |
| （一） |
Exchanging
experiences in literary studies with Western
sinologists and scholars via remote learning
system. |
| （二） |
Establishing
Chair Lecture by inviting scholars from
Hong Kong, Australia and Japan, etc.. |
| （三） |
Negotiating
joint projects with distinguished universities
in China (e.g.inviting Chinese scholars
as visiting fellows). |
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