Chance Encounters in Modern Literature: a Reading Report
Speaker: Prof. Leo Lee (Faculty of Arts)
| Date: | 28 November 2014 (Fri) |
| Time: | 4:00pm |
| Venue: | G24, Arts and Humanities Hub, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Professor Leo Lee shared with colleagues and students his reading experience, which he calls "chance encounters", with a number of literary texts within the circuits of late 19th and 20th century Chinese and world literature. These texts unveiled a dazzling landscape of artistic creativity and imaginative power which we have not thought of. He gave his preliminary thoughts on this "serendipitous" legacy. |
Teaching Chinese in Putonghua – Why and what for?
Speaker: Prof. Tang Sze Wing (Department of Chinese Language & Literature)
| Date: | 24 October 2014 (Fri) |
| Time: | 4:00pm |
| Venue: | G24, Arts and Humanities Hub, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | The Hong Kong community has a great concern about the language issue and “Teaching Chinese in Putonghua” has been a hot topic recently. Professor Tang gave a detailed account of the background and development of the issue. He analyzed the objectives of “Teaching Chinese in Putonghua” and commented on the rationales against such a teaching method from the perspective of linguistics. He also talked about related topics including the relationship between Cantonese and Putonghua and the difference between spoken and written language. |
For those who would like to review the video archive of the talk, please contact the Faculty Office at 3943 7107.