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課程名稱	(中) 美國文學:二十世紀前(4511)
	(Eng.) American Literature before the 20th Century
開課單位	夜外文
課程類別	必修			學分	3	授課教師	林依蓉
選課單位	夜外文 / 進修學士班			授課使用語言	中/英文	英文/EMI		開課學期	1141
課程簡述	This course introduces major writers and their works in various periods of American history. Each writer and his or her writing are explored against the broader social, economic, political and cultural context. The goal is to help students see the respective cultural configuration of each historical period and have a better grasp of how American culture has come to what it is today.
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
The goal of this course is to help students see the respective cultural configuration of each historical period and have a better grasp of how American culture has come to what it is today.			講授	測驗 出席狀況
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 Orientation 第2週 Beginnings to 1820 “Beginnings to 1820” (Introduction, Part 1) 第3週 Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford (Book II, Chapter XI The Remainder of Anno 1620) 第4週 ”The Prologue,” “The Author to Her Book,” ”In Memory of My Dear Grandchild,” ”To My Dear Children” by Anne Bradstreet 第5週 ”To My Dear Children” by Anne Bradstreet “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration” of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson 第6週 “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration” of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson 第7週 “Beginnings to 1820” (Introduction, Part 2) 第8週 “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards 第9週 Midterm Exam 第10週 “The Way to Wealth,” The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin 第11週 “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine 第12週 “The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson” by Thomas Jefferson 第13週 “American Literature 1820-1865” (Introduction) 第14週 “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving 第15週 Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson 第16週 “The American Scholar” by Ralph Waldo Emerson Recapitulation Final Exam 自主學習 內容
學習評量方式
Attendance: 30% (*Students are supposed to follow all rules closely or points will be taken off from the final scores.) Exams (given in Weeks 9 and 18 respectively): 70% (*No makeup exams for any excuses.)
教科書＆參考書目(書名、作者、書局、代理商、說明)
The Norton Anthology of American Literature(Shorter Tenth Edition) *No e-text is allowed. A Glossary of Literary Terms (Eleventh Edition)
課程教材（教師個人網址請列在本校內之網址）
課程輔導時間
By appointment.
聯合國全球永續發展目標(連結網址)
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