國立中興大學教學大綱
課程名稱 (中) 大眾文學(3024)
(Eng.) Popular Literature
開課單位 外文系
課程類別 選修 學分 2 授課教師 何泰鈞
選課單位 外文系 / 學士班 授課使用語言 英文 英文/EMI Y 開課學期 1132
課程簡述 This course gives students the opportunity to read a range of literary texts: the lyrics of Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift, the adventure stories of Elizabeth Gaskell and Mayne Reid, and the novels of Jane Austen and Thomas Hardy. It features two expert-led lectures and encourages students to think about the reasons why these works became “popular” then and now.
先修課程名稱
課程含自主學習 Y
課程與核心能力關聯配比(%) 課程目標之教學方法與評量方法
課程目標 核心能力 配比(%) 教學方法 評量方法
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
(1) Become familiar with the major themes and issues of popular literature in nineteenth-century Britain
(2) Identity and analyze nineteenth-century literature of various genres and forms
(3) Demonstrate knowledge of popular nineteenth-century authors and novels
(4) Enhance their reading skills and critical thinking through complex literary texts.
(5) Develop an understanding of the formal, stylistic, and aesthetic qualities of nineteenth-century literature
授課內容(單元名稱與內容、習作/每週授課、考試進度-共18週)
週次 授課內容
第1週 (18 Feb) Introduction
第2週 (25 Feb) The Lyrics of Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift
第3週 (4 March) Gaskell’s ”The Grey Woman”
第4週 (11 March) Gaskell’s ”The Grey Woman”
第5週 (18 March) Prof. Elly McCausland’s Lecture: Dreams of Romance: Chivalric Ideals from Sir Gawain to Taylor Swift
第6週 (25 March) Mayne Reid’s The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas (1866)
第7週 (1 April) Mayne Reid’s The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas (1866)
第8週 (8 April) Mayne Reid’s The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas (1866)
第9週 (15 April) Prof. Linda Hughes’s Lecture 3) Gender and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Adventure Fiction: Elizabeth Gaskell’s “The Grey Woman” (1861) and Mayne Reid’s The Headless Horseman of Texas (1866)
第10週 (Holiday)
First Written Response Due by 22 April
第11週 (29 April) Pride and Prejudice (1813)
第12週 (6 May) Pride and Prejudice (1813)
第13週 (13 May) Pride and Prejudice (1813)
第14週 (20 May) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)
第15週 (27 May) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)
第16週 (3 June) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)
第17週 Self-Learning Week
第18週 Self-Learning Week
Second Written Response Due by 17 June
學習評量方式
20% Weekly Journal Reports
10% Weekly quizzes
40% participation (class participation 20%; attendance 20%)
30% Two written responses (submitted in Week 10 and 18)

>Class participation: I will give points based on your speaking frequency during the in-class activities.

A 0-10 scale system is used.
1-4= didn’t speak but attended the classes
5-6= spoke only a few times
7-8= made a few comments
9-10=talked a lot

Absences

>Sickness: If you can’t come to class because you’re sick, please apply for a leave of absence via the
university’s online system and attach a document which shows your doctor’s notes or your visit to a clinic or hospital. You will need to show me absent notes approved by the university on the day of a quiz or test; otherwise, your absence will be unexcused. Each class absence will drop 1 point off your final grade.

>Tardiness: You should come to class on time. If you arrive late after I take attendance, you
will be marked absent.

>Other reasons: Please discuss them with me beforehand.

教科書&參考書目(書名、作者、書局、代理商、說明)
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice (1813). Edited by Edited by James Kinsley, Oxford
World’s Classics, 2004.

Gaskell, Elizabeth, “The Grey Woman,” published in three parts in All the Years Round, 1861.

Reid, Mayne. The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas. London: Richard Bentley, 1866.

Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). Edited by Suzanne B. Falck-Yi,
Oxford World’s Classics, 2002.

Librovox audios:
https://librivox.org/pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-austen/
https://librivox.org/pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-austen-2/
https://librivox.org/far-from-the-madding-crowd-by-thomas-hardy/
https://librivox.org/the-grey-woman-by-elizabeth-cleghorn-gaskell/
https://librivox.org/the-headless-horseman-a-strange-tale-of-texas-by-thomas-mayne-reid/


課程教材(教師個人網址請列在本校內之網址)
Worksheets containing reading comprehension and discussion questions are available via I-Learning
課程輔導時間
Monday 3:10-5:00 pm (by appointment)
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