"The road of literature" has recently become a pejorative term. Behind such a phenomenon lurks a prevalent assumption: that English education is a matter of ingesting information, of mastering technique, of acquiring facts and know-how, whereas literature is a soft option, an indulgence or a mere trimming to decorate the hard center of the market-oriented syllabus. In order to counter such a trend, we need first of all to address the following theoretical issues: What is the primary task of an English department in China? Is the teaching of English literature relevant to the Chinese market economy today? If yes, in what way is it relevant? How does one persuade a member of modern Chinese society that there is a profit in reading, say, Chaucer and Shakespeare in harkening to any non-Chinese and, "worse", non-modern non-Chinese voices? While re-examining those questions, we need to improve some of our teaching methods that are still prevalent today, in order to make sure that literature is given its due status in English teaching programmes.
인문사회과학연구소는 인문과학, 사회과학, 예술 분야의 연구를 진작시키고 활성화시키기 위해 1999년에 설립되었다. 설립 이후 연구진의 원활한 연구 활동 지원 및 연구 활성화를 위해 다양한 서비스를 제공하고 있다. 기능별로 총무부, 교육부, 편집부, 연구부, 사업개발부로 업무영역을 나누어서 학술지 및 학술 도서의 출판, 기획도서 발간, 심포지엄 개최, 초청강연, 공개강연, 특강, 콜로키움 등 다양한 사업을 펼치고 있다.
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인문사회과학연구 [Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences]