1.
Brief History
 Taiwan
Literature currently has become a special research
field. The international academe has put more and
more emphasis on it. In order to meet the need of
current education and society. In 2001, our department
proposed a plan to the Ministry of Education for
setting up Graduate Institute of Taiwan Literature
(GITL). After the plan was passed shortly afterwards,
we conducted preparatory work. In August 2005, Graduate
Institute of Taiwan Literature was inaugurated.
Professor Fang-ming Chen was the first Dean of the
Graduate Institute.
2.
Characteristics
(1) In the vision of academic research, the institute
aims to establish the global academic viewpoint.
(2)In the method of research, it combines Humanities
and Social Science to achieve the goal of technological
training.
(3)In the attitude of research, theory and application
co-exist and the development of knowledge processing
is emphasized.
3.Academic
Journal
"Taiwan Literature Journal", issued
every half year, was firstly published in June
2000.It has been published to the sixth volume
till now.
4.
Faculty
 GITL
has a team of outstanding and dedicated faculty
members who are renowned in their fields of expertise.
They include scholars in Taiwan literature, Taiwan
history, Taiwan classical literature, contemporary
literature, Taiwan literature in the Japanese
rule period and contemporary literature in Japan,
etc. At present, GITL contains full-time faculty
members, including 1 professor, 1 associate professor,
1 assistant professor, and 1 teaching assistant.
5.
Curriculum
The courses at GITL are designed to enhance the
theoretical training of different study fields
and make the development of literary meaning much
more extensive. The introduction of modernism,
post-structuralism, post-colonialism and feminism
are all included in curriculum design. On language,
except for Mandarin writing, different languages,
ideologies, writing topics are presented in each
period because of the complication of Taiwan historical
background. Therefore, the courses will be designed
to enhance the teaching of language-related study
fields.
6. Master's Degree Requirement
(1)Credits Requirement: besides the completion
of an M.A. thesis, all students of the institute
must earn 32 credits to obtain their master's
degree. Quarter credits can come from other institute's
offerings related to the courses at GITL (taking
the courses at an inter-university is included)
(2)Foreign Language Requirement:
a. Advanced English: before taking the examination
of M.A. degree, students are required to get one
of the qualifications as follows: TOFEL paper
test above 550 points, TOFEL new computer test
system above 213 points, TOEIC above 750 points
or pass GEPT high-intermediate level.
b. The Second Foreign Language: all students have
to pass the second foreign language test before
they apply for the Oral Examination of the Thesis.
The second foreign languages include Japanese,
French and German.
(3)Participation in Academic Activities:
a. All students are required to present at least
one paper at a conference.
b. All students also have to participate in national
conferences thoroughly at least four times during
the study period and present papers.
c. The graduate students have the obligation to
assist and participate in all of the academic
activities held by the institute thoroughly.
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