國立中興大學教學大綱
課程名稱 (中) 美國文學:二十世紀迄今(3027)
(Eng.) American Literature since the 20th Century
開課單位 外文系
課程類別 必修 學分 3 授課教師 林建光
選課單位 外文系 / 學士班 授課使用語言 中/英文 開課學期 1142
課程簡述 This course is a survey of American literature, beginning with
Walt Whitman to modernism. Students will read a diverse of literary works renowned
in the history of American literature. Through reading these works, students are
expected to have a mastery of a significant portion of American literary heritage,
improve their skills in reading and analyzing literary works, and cultivate their critical
thinking ability. Besides the instructor’s lecture, this course also requires discussion
and active class participation, so it is very important that students taking this course
prepare lessons before the class.
先修課程名稱
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
By the end of the course, the students are expected to (1) identify
key ideas, authors, and works in the history of American literature before 1865, (2)
better understand the themes, metaphors, symbols, and other literary devices of a
certain literary work, (3) analyze literary works from historical, cultural, or
ideological perspectives.
1.外語能力
2.專業知識能力
50
50
討論
講授
出席狀況
口頭報告
測驗
授課內容(單元名稱與內容、習作/每週授課、考試進度-共16週加自主學習)
週次 授課內容
第1週 Course Introduction; Walt Whitman: “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”
第2週 Quiz 1; Whitman: “Preface to Leaves of Grass,” “Spontaneous Me”
第3週 Quiz 2; Mark Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
第4週 Quiz 3; Booker T. Washington: Up from Slavery
第5週 Quiz 4; W. E. B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk
第6週 Quiz 5; Stephen Crane: “The Open Boat”
第7週 Midterm Thematic Review: American Identity from Whitman to Naturalism
第8週 Midterm exam
第9週 Film watching: the American dream and Citizen Kane
第10週 Quiz 6; Robert Frost: “After Apple Picking,” “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”; Carl Sandburg: “Chicago,” “Fog,” “Grass”
第11週 Quiz 7; Wallace Stevens: “The Snow Man,” “The Idea of Order at Key West”
第12週 Quiz 8; William Carlos Williams: “This Is Just to Say,” “A Sort of a Song”; Ezra Pound: “In a Station of a Metro”; H. D.: “Helen”
第13週 Quiz 9; Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire
第14週 Quiz 10; T. S. Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Pruffrock”
第15週 Quiz 11; Philip K. Dick: “Precious Artifact”
第16週 Final Exam
自主學習
內容
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學習評量方式
1. Midterm exam: 25%
2. Final exam: 25%
3. Group presentation: 10%
4. Weekly group assignments: 20%
5. Quizzes and attendance:20%
6. Voluntary class discussion and participation: 5%
教科書&參考書目(書名、作者、書局、代理商、說明)
Norton Anthology of American Literature.
課程教材(教師個人網址請列在本校內之網址)
Norton Anthology of American Literature (tenth shorter edition).
課程輔導時間
Tuesday 13:00-15:00, and/or by appointment.
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