The Chinese Department of Xiamen University was founded in 19 1, where famous writers and scholars such as Lu Xun, Lin Yutang, Shen Jianshi, Gu, Zhang Xingniang, Hong Huang, Shi Zhecun, Sun Fuyuan, Luo Changpei and others taught. Famous scholars such as Chen, Li Li, Mao Chang, Yu You, Liu Dajie have successively served as the head of the Chinese Department. The Chinese Department implements an integrated management system of departments, institutes and centers, and consists of China Institute of Language and Literature, Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature, China Linguistics Research Center, Language Technology Center, Southeast Asian Chinese Literature Research Center, Theatre, Film and Television Art Research Institute and other research institutions. The Lu Xun Memorial Hall managed by the Chinese Department is one of the five largest Lu Xun memorial halls (museums) in China. There are 58 teachers in Chinese Department, including professor 18, associate professor 20 and lecturer 20. There are 68 doctoral students (including 1} international students) and 80 master students (including 3 international students). The Chinese Department has three undergraduate majors: Chinese language and literature, applied linguistics, drama and film and television literature. There are 565 undergraduates in the class of 20 12, and the average employment rate of graduates has been above 90% since 2007. At present, the Chinese Department has one first-class postdoctoral mobile station 1, two first-class doctoral programs (China first-class doctoral programs and drama, drama and film and television art first-class doctoral programs), covering two disciplines 12 doctoral programs, including eight first-class doctoral programs in China classical literature, China classical philology, China modern and contemporary literature, comparative literature and world literature. As well as literature and art. The first-level disciplines of drama, drama and film and television art have four doctoral programs in two disciplines: comparative drama, film and television art, new media art theory and drama history of China, so it is possible to recruit doctoral students with 12 doctoral programs in these two disciplines. Teachers of Chinese Department devoted themselves to the research of humanities and social sciences with full enthusiasm and achieved fruitful results. Teacher of Chinese Department * * * presided over the top item of National Social Science Fund, 9 provincial and ministerial humanities and social science research projects, 1 other vertical projects and 8 other horizontal projects; Published 87 academic papers in the first-level core journals and 9 1 article in the second-level core journals; Write 45 academic monographs.

Since the reform and opening up, the college has made great achievements in teaching, scientific research and discipline construction. There are 1 national key disciplines (special history), 3 first-class postdoctoral mobile stations (Chinese, history, philosophy),1/Fujian key disciplines. China language and literature, drama and film studies, art theory, archaeology, China history, world history, philosophy, sociology (anthropology), ethnology, etc. First-class doctoral program: China language and literature, drama, film and television, archaeology, China history, world history, philosophy, etc. Chinese language and literature major. Cultivate high-quality talents with literary theory accomplishment and systematic knowledge of Chinese language and literature. It not only trains senior professionals engaged in culture and art, press and publication, social science research and teaching research in colleges and universities, but also trains senior talents and think tank talents who can engage in practical work such as culture, propaganda, secretarial, public relations, image planning and management in party and government organs, social organizations and Chinese and foreign enterprises and institutions. The main courses offered in this major include an introduction to linguistics, ancient Chinese, modern Chinese, an introduction to literature, the history of ancient Chinese literature, the history of modern and contemporary literature in China, the history of foreign literature, comparative literature, college writing, selected lectures on modern works, the history of Chinese, and the history of linguistics. Starting from broadening the professional scope and cultivating students' quality, there are dozens of specialized elective courses with their own characteristics, such as aesthetics, literary criticism, dialects, vocabulary, phonology and China's classical culture, ancient literary theory, comparison between Chinese and western culture and literature, selected reading of foreign classic novels, gender and literature, and literature reading guide for Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The goal of Chinese Language Major (Applied Linguistics) is to cultivate compound applied talents who pay equal attention to both Chinese and foreign languages and are proficient in arts and sciences. Students are required to cultivate good language and literature literacy through study, have solid basic knowledge, understand computers, be able to engage in information processing, have strong Chinese and English expression skills, be able to engage in editing, teaching, secretarial, publicity, planning and management in news publishing, universities, party and government organs, Chinese and foreign enterprises and institutions, be able to engage in teaching Chinese as a mother tongue and teaching Chinese as a foreign language, and be able to engage in professional work related to Chinese information processing. At the same time, it will provide high-quality students for the further training of linguistics professionals. Students in this major mainly study the basic theories and knowledge of Chinese, applied linguistics and China literature, receive the basic training of theoretical thinking and professional skills, and master the basic abilities of language investigation and research, language teaching and computer application. Offering Chinese letter writing, handling, teaching Chinese as a foreign language, sociolinguistics, cultural linguistics, Chinese and China culture.

Drama, film and television literature major. Fujian specialty. Cultivate professionals with high literary theory literacy and systematic knowledge of drama, film and television literature, strong writing ability of drama, film and television texts and certain production ability of film and television programs, who can engage in literary criticism and editing, drama, film and television text creation and related teaching and research in news media, universities and scientific research institutions. In the teaching process, make full use of off-campus resources and arrange social and artistic practice for about 3 weeks each semester, including watching performances and broadcasting, writing drama reviews, film reviews and scripts, and serving as assistants to famous playwrights and critics. Encourage students to actively participate in the creation and criticism of drama, film and television in this city and this province during their study. Students in this major mainly study the basic theories and knowledge of drama, film and television literature, get familiar with the current situation and policies of literature and art in China, and get basic training in film and television production skills. The main courses offered are: drama film and television writing (including drama, drama script writing, film and television script writing), drama theory and appreciation, drama works appreciation and criticism, theater art, film and television works appreciation and criticism, Chinese drama history, foreign drama history, Chinese and foreign literature history, film history, performance director's artistic foundation, audio-visual language, introduction to art and aesthetics, and art appreciation.