詞為音樂文學，屬於中國文學史上風格特殊的文體，曲律曼妙宛轉、情思細膩曲折、意境深遠幽渺，為令人咀嚼未盡的抒情神品。其形成與發展的歷程，亦和唐宋特殊的社會背景、時代氛圍、審美意趣有關。而曲承續詞，又進一步開展為散曲、劇曲，劇曲更是抒情傳統與敘事傳統之匯流，成為異於西方寫實劇場、以寫意為導向的「劇詩」。
本課程講授詞的部分，首先說明詞之起源與發展歷程，和唐宋時代、社會背景之間的聯繫，從中啟發學生思考詞之特質其所由來；其後進行名家名詞之選讀與討論，引導學生閱讀詞作之方法與特殊審美取向，思考詞人的生命歷程與其詞作之間的關係，理解詞家風格之形成及其文學地位。其三，累積相當的閱讀經驗、熟悉詞體表情達意的方式之後，將引導學生嘗試填詞，藉由親身創作領略詞之為音樂文學，如何透過宛轉悠揚的曲律，表達委曲幽渺的詞境。
曲的部分，將從詞到曲千絲萬縷之演變因素當中抽絲剝繭，集中於「詞為音樂文學」到「曲為綜合文學與表演之藝術體」此一脈絡進行說明，並擇選某一主題之劇本(例如：朱買臣休妻，當視實際教學狀況進行彈性調整)，從元雜劇一路迤邐演變到明傳奇、到當代戲曲舞台表演，引導學生思考同題材之故事在不同的劇本體製規律下，如何呈現同中有異的思想內涵與主題意趣。

Ci is music literature, which belongs to a special style in the history of Chinese literature. It has graceful and graceful melody, delicate and tortuous emotions, and profound and subtle artistic conception. It is a lyrical masterpiece that people can’t finish. Its formation and development process are also related to the special social background, atmosphere of the times, and aesthetic taste of the Tang and Song Dynasties. The music continued with the lyrics, and further developed into Sanqu and drama. The drama is the convergence of the lyrical tradition and the narrative tradition, becoming a "dramatic poetry" that is different from Western realistic theater and is oriented to freehand brushwork.
This course teaches Ci. It first explains the origin and development of Ci, as well as the connection between the Tang and Song dynasties and the social background, thereby inspiring students to think about the origin of the characteristics of Ci. It then conducts a selection and discussion of famous names, guiding students to read the methods and special aesthetic orientations of Ci, thinking about the relationship between the poet's life course and his Ci, and understanding the formation of the Ci writer's style and his literary status. Thirdly, after accumulating considerable reading experience and becoming familiar with the way words express expressions, students will be guided to try to write words, and through personal creation, they will understand that words are musical literature, and how to express the subtle and subtle mood of words through melodious rhythms.
For the music part, we will unravel the inextricable factors that evolve from words to music, focus on the context of "words as music literature" to "music as an art form that combines literature and performance", and select a script with a certain theme (for example: Zhu Maichen divorces his wife, when Flexible adjustments based on the actual teaching situation), from Yuan dramas to Ming legends, to contemporary opera stage performances, guide students to think about how stories with the same theme can present similar but different ideological connotations and thematic interest under different script system rules.

指定書目：
閔宗述、劉紀華、耿湘沅：《歷代詞選注》，臺北：里仁書局，2003年增訂三刷
教師自編講義，將e化上傳ilearn網，請同學自行下載列印
參考書目：
葉嘉瑩：《唐宋詞十七講》，臺北，桂冠，1992年
張麗珠：《袖珍詞選》，臺北：里仁書局，2003年
龍沐勛、卓清芬：《唐宋名家詞選》，臺北，里仁，2007年
曾永義等編：《戲曲選粹》，臺北，國家，2009年

Specified books:
Min Zongshu, Liu Jihua, Geng Xiangyuan: "Selected Annotations of Ci from Past Dynasties", Taipei: Liren Book Company, 2003, three additional editions
Teachers compile their own handouts and upload them to the ilearn website in e-format. Students are asked to download and print them
Bibliography:
Ye Jiaying: "Seventeen Lectures on Tang and Song Ci", Taipei, Guiguan, 1992
Zhang Lizhu: "Selected Pocket Poems", Taipei: Liren Book Company, 2003
Long Muxun and Zhuo Qingfen: "Selected Poems of Famous Writers of the Tang and Song Dynasties", Taipei, Liren, 2007
Edited by Zeng Yongyi and others: "Selected Operas", Taipei, National, 2009