The Logic, Challenges and Pathways of the Digital Transformation of the Chinese Language and Literature Major under the New Liberal Arts Framework

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhet.202615318

Author(s)

Manting Xu1,2

Affiliation(s)

1Hulunbuir University, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China 2Jing Hengyi School of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Abstract

The development of the New Liberal Arts movement and digitalization in education have brought unprecedented opportunities to the innovation and development of the Chinese Language and Literature major, and have also put forward new higher requirements for talent cultivation, curriculum system and teaching paradigm. The Chinese Language and Literature major, as a basic discipline of the humanities in universities, is facing many practical problems in digital transformation, such as the lack of integration of digital elements in the discipline training, the backwardness of the Chinese Language and Literature teaching model, the lack of digital literacy of teachers and the gap between Chinese language and literature training and the digital industry. Digital humanities, rooted in the fundamental values of the New Liberal Arts, will provide the technology and methodology for this transformation of humanities, and will lead to a new level of integration of humanistic literacy and digital skills, one that will across disciplinary lines.

Keywords

New Liberal Arts; Digital Transformation; Digital Humanities; Talent Cultivation; Chinese Language and Literature

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