Through the reading of canonical works of western literature, the course aims at familiarizing students with the general trajectory of western literature from ancient Greece to the 20th-century, and with some important literary texts. Works that students are required to read include, among others, the Homeric epics, Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Confessions by St. Augustine, King Lear by Shakespeare, Don Quixote by Cervantes and Madame Bovary by Flaubert.
Chinese and Chinese Literature
汉语言文学以语言文学为研究对象,包含语言和文学两个领域,主要学习汉语和中国文学方面的基本知识,受到有关理论、发展历史、研究现状等方面的系统教育和业务能力的基本训练。此外,该专业学生要求掌握中外文学各种流派、理论、作家、作品,广泛涉猎语言、哲学、历史、政治、社会等多方面知识,掌握扎实宽厚的中国语言文学专业知识。该专业学习目的为:一,以理论研究为重,对本民族语言、文学和文化进行研究和传承;二,以实际应用为重,使人们能在实际工作中更好的驾驭语言文字、更好地宣传民族文化等。随着社会的发展,随着市场对人才需求的发展,汉语言文学专业的功能逐渐倾向于实际应用方面。