本科目旨在透過選讀西方文學重要作品使學生對西方文學有初步認識，幫助學生理解中西文學作品的異同。學生可以藉此從不同角度審視中國文學在現代世界文壇的位置，在對西方文學有所認識之餘，也可對中國文學及其研究的去向作出更全面的省思。
This course offers students an opportunity to examine the major trends in Western literature and literary studies through selected seminal works in Western literature. This will enable students to explore the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western literature and acquire wider vision to reconsider Chinese literature in the special context of modern literary studies.