Course Description

Course CodeCourse NameCreditsHours
A505108 Seminars on the Aesthetics of Life 3.0 3
Description Life Aesthetics is the kernel of cultural life; it has become integral in the process toward cultural industrialization and industrial culturalization. In fact, "creative industries" may be connected to various sectors of developments and has become a prospect eagerly and aggressively pursued by visionary people, especially in the wake of Chinese economic expansion. This course will examine the important elements constituting cultural lives across different dynasties in Chinese history and investigate their patterns of presentations. The beauty of traditional behavioral culture, the significance of solar terms and seasonal festivals, and the implications of cultural concerns can serve as sources, based on which students' creativity be stimulated and further brought into full play.