The Chinese Department is one of the earliest departments established at Northwest Normal University，It is also the school’s traditional advantageous subject。Its predecessor was the Department of Chinese 188bet sportsbook review and Literature of Beiping Normal University。，The Department of Chinese 188bet sportsbook review and Literature was renamed as the Department of Chinese 188bet sportsbook review and Literature。1951，Addition of Chinese 188bet sportsbook review major (two-year program)。National Department Adjustment from 1959 to 1961，Part of the Chinese Department of Lanzhou University was merged into this department。September 2000，Department of History、Ancient Books Collation Research Institute、Institute of Dunhuang Studies、The Northwest Cultural Institute and others jointly form the College of Liberal Arts。
This discipline has always attached great importance to basic theoretical research。1940s to 1980s，Famous scholar Li Jinxi、Zhao Yintang、Yang Bojun、Peng Duo and others in the field of Chinese 188bet sportsbook review and philology，Luo Genze、Li Jiayan、Wang Rubi、Li Changzhi、Guo Jinxi、Zheng Wen、Li Dingwen and others in the field of ancient Chinese literature，Liu Guojun、Zhang Shunhui and others in the field of classical philology，Hong Yiran、Chen Yong and others in the field of literature and art，Ye Dingyi、Li Jiayan、Sun Keheng、Zhi Kejian and others in the field of modern Chinese literature，Xu Brownfu、You Bingqi and others in the fields of world literature and comparative literature，All achieved fruitful results，Laid the foundation of the discipline，Published "Research on Phonology of Central Plains"、"Proof of Qianfu's Commentary"、"Sound Type Interpretation"、"Annotated Translation of Wen Xin Diao Long"、"The Book of Songs"、"Research on Modern Chinese Literary and Art Trends", etc.。
Degree point construction，1981，Ph.D. approved by the State Council、Master's Degree Awarding Major，Ancient Chinese Literature、For the first time, the history of Chinese 188bet sportsbook review has the right to award master’s degrees。1992，The discipline of ancient literature was rated as a provincial key discipline，In 1996, ancient literature was granted the right to confer doctoral degrees。2003，Classical Philology Obtained the Right to Grant Doctoral Degrees，And establish a postdoctoral mobile station for Chinese 188bet sportsbook review and literature；Received the right to confer a doctorate degree in the first-level discipline of Chinese 188bet sportsbook review and literature in 2011。From the 1990s to the present，Research Direction of Pre-Qin Literature and Poetry、Research direction of ancient literary documents and northwest local documents、Aesthetic theory and research direction of contemporary Dunhuang aesthetics、Modern and contemporary Chinese literary trends and research directions in western literature and culture、Chinese History and Exegesis、Philology Research Direction，They all insist on combining basic research with characteristic research，Formed distinctive disciplinary characteristics。
The research direction of Pre-Qin literature and poetry has strong strength in the study of various periods of ancient 188bet sportsbook review literature，The most prominent and distinctive ones are the study of pre-Qin literature and poetry，Published "Qu Yuan and His Era"、"Qu Sao Exploring the Secret"、"Chronicle of Pre-Qin Literature"、"An Annotation of the Complete Literary Theory of Pre-Qin Dynasty"、"Commentary on Fu of the Past Dynasties" and other monographs。2007，Gansu Provincial Pre-Qin Literature and Culture Research Center was established，The center’s research positioning is to reveal Gansu’s profound cultural heritage、Develop tourism resources，Promote the perseverance of the people of Gansu、Continuous self-improvement、Unity and compatibility、The spirit of innovation，Contains research on ancient mythology and pre-Qin literature、Research on Pre-Qin Documents and 188bet sportsbook review History、Research on Pre-Qin Scholars and Ancient Culture、Five research directions: archeology and pre-Qin history research and folklore and tourism cultural resources research。
The research direction team of ancient literary documents has now formed three relatively stable research directions: Dunhuang literary documents，Northwestern local 188bet sportsbook review，Ancient literary documents，The "Dunhuang 188bet sportsbook review Series" compiled under his leadership has been published in 6 categories，The "Longyou 188bet sportsbook review Series" edited by the chief editor has published 23 types，"A Collection of Travel Notes on the Northwest" has been published in 20 categories and 32 volumes，The "188bet sportsbook review and History Research Special Issue" edited by the chief editor has published 12 types，Produced great repercussions in the academic community。
Aesthetic theory 188bet sportsbook review now takes the study of contemporary Dunhuang aesthetics as the characteristic direction of this discipline，Based on the study of aesthetic theory，Published "Cultivation·Realm·Aesthetics—Interpretation of Cultivation Aesthetics of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism"、"The Promise of Indolence—The Aesthetic Formation of Lao and Zhuang's Realm of Life"、"The Vision of Pure Aesthetics"、"The Study of No Beauty—Criticism of the Western Theory of the Essence of Beauty"、"Practical Aesthetics" and other monographs。
There are three distinctive research directions in modern and contemporary 188bet sportsbook review literature: One is "History of Modern and Contemporary 188bet sportsbook review Literature"，In recent years, literature and Ba Jin in the late 1940s、A series of results achieved in the research of writers such as Lao She，Attracting great attention from the academic community；Research on the Popularization of Literature and Art、Female Literature Research, etc.，It is also very influential in related domestic research。The second is "Research on New 188bet sportsbook review Poetry"，Published "On the Art of 188bet sportsbook review New Poetry"、"Research on 188bet sportsbook review Poetry 1949-2000" (3 volumes), etc.。The third is "Northwestern Modern Literature、Cultural Studies”，In the mid-1980s, this discipline took the lead in proposing the concept of "Western Literature"，And established the Institute of Western Literature，In-depth research into this area，Research on Contemporary Folk Culture in the West、Ecological Literature Research，Both have had an important impact。
There are three main research directions of ancient Chinese characteristics: first, the study of Chinese history and ancient documents，In recent years, he has devoted himself to the research of ancient Chinese 188bet sportsbook review and literature exegesis and dating issues。The second is research on ancient characters and unearthed documents，Mainly engaged in paleography (oracle bone inscriptions、Golden Inscriptions、Warring States text，Qin and Han bamboo slips and silk) and ancient Chinese、The study of philology。The third is the direction of Chinese writing，Dedicated to the study of articles and writing，Published "Article Value Theory"、"General Theory of Articles"、"Writing Training Tutorial"、《Application Writing》、"College Writing Training" etc.。
This department has always attached great importance to undergraduate teaching。Before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Chinese 188bet sportsbook review was a compulsory course for first and second grade students in all departments，And provide practical literature for students in third grade and above、Speech and Debate、Elective courses such as Mandarin Shorthand and Frontier Chinese ("Hui 188bet sportsbook review" and "Mongolian 188bet sportsbook review")。20th Century Five、Sixties，The main courses of this major mainly include three sequences: one is the Chinese 188bet sportsbook review sequence，Including Chinese linguistics、Chinese Grammar and Internship、Modern Chinese 188bet sportsbook review and exercises, etc.；The second is the sequence of Chinese literature，Including Chinese literary history、History of Chinese New Literature、Selected Prose from Past Dynasties、Selected rhymes from past dynasties、Selected novels and operas from Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties、Selected Modern Chinese Literature Classics、People’s oral creations, etc.；The third is the sequence of foreign literature，Includes Soviet literature、Selected masterpieces of modern Western literature, etc.。Since the 1980s，On the basis of strengthening the teaching of professional main courses，Opened the study of Chu Ci、Dunhuang Literature、Western Literature、Western literary theory and other elective courses。In terms of teaching material construction，Compiled and published "Selected Notes on Chinese Literary Works"、"A Brief History of Foreign Literature"、《Aesthetics Tutorial》、"Essentials of Graduation Thesis Writing Methods"、"Introduction to Film and Television" and other undergraduate textbooks。Currently，History of ancient Chinese literature、History of Chinese Literature in the 20th Century、Aesthetics、Ancient Chinese、Writing、Research on Literature in the New Era、Research on the prose of pre-Qin scholars、The study of "The Book of Songs" and "Chu Ci" are among the top courses in Gansu Province。2011，“Using dominant disciplines as a platform，Exploration and practice of innovative teaching quality standard system for national specialty majors in Chinese 188bet sportsbook review and literature” won the second prize for teaching achievements in Gansu Province。