I graduated from the Chinese Language and Literature Examination. As far as I know, the public courses in self-taught Chinese language and literature refer to the subjects that must be tested by any major, such as Marxist political economy and English II, and the rest can be understood as professional courses. Aesthetics is closely related to literature, and this major will definitely be offered. Personally, I think aesthetics is not the most difficult. If you really don't understand it, buy a reference book and memorize all the topics on it. When I was studying Introduction to Literature, I memorized all the topics in the supporting reference books of Introduction to Literature. It is difficult to be "studious". After all, not everyone is a schoolmaster.