國立中興大學教學大綱

課程名稱	(中) 維多利亞文學(6024)
	(Eng.) Victorian Literature
開課單位	外文系
課程類別	選修			學分	3	授課教師	何泰鈞
選課單位	外文系 / 碩士班			授課使用語言	英文	開課學期	1151
課程簡述	While focusing mainly on Victorian literature, this course provides graduate students with the opportunity to study and research a rich corpus of British literary texts written between 1815 and 1918. These include the elegies of Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Augusta Webster on friendship, the Napoleonic War novels of Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Thomas Hardy, as well as a selection of First World War poetry.
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 this course, students will be able to -gain a deep understanding of the major debates and a range of literary genres from the "long nineteenth century" -appreciate and analyze the works of writers in their historical contexts -apply close reading to Victorian texts and express their views objectively and critically in both verbal and written forms -develop research and academic writing skills by completing a substantial research paper based on a topic related to Victorian literature and culture			專題探討/製作 網路/遠距教學 習作 討論 講授	書面報告 出席狀況 口頭報告 作業
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 Introduction 第2週 Topic: Elegy, Faith, and Science Key text: Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam (1850) Secondary texts: Erik Gray, ‘Victoria Dressed in Black: Poetry in an Elegiac Age,’ in The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy, ed. Karen Weisman (Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 243–257; Devin M. Garofalo, ‘Victorian Lyric in the Anthropocene,’ Victorian Literature and Culture, 47.4 (2019): 753–783. 第3週 Topic: Friendship, Sino-British Relations, Transnational Poetics Key text: Feng Menglong, “Yu Boya Smashes His Zither in Gratitude to an Appreciative Friend” from Stories to Caution the World (1624); Augusta Webster, Yu-Pe-Ya’s Lute (1874) Secondary texts: Emily Harrington’s ‘Augusta Webster: Time and the Lyric Ideal’ (2013), Lee O’Brien’s ‘A “Strange Second Flowering” and the “Second Heart”: Reimagined Modes of Aestheticism and Romanticism in Augusta Webster’s Yu-Pe-Ya’s Lute’ (2017) 第4週 Topic: Modern Wartime and Second Chance Key text: Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1817) [Ch. 1–12] Secondary texts: Mary A. Favret, ‘Introduction: Coming Home,’ in War at a Distance: Romanticism and the Making of Modern Wartime (Princeton UP, 2010), pp. 1–28; Rae Greiner, ‘Sympathy’s New Coordinates: Persuasion,’ in Sympathetic Realism in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012), pp. 43–68. 第5週 Topic: Historical Reconciliation Key text: Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1817) [Ch. 13–24] Secondary texts: Mary A. Favret, ‘Chapter 4: Everyday War,’ in War at a Distance: Romanticism and the Making of Modern Wartime (Princeton UP, 2010), pp. 119–144; Claudia L. Johnson, ‘Chapter 7: Persuasion: The “Unfeudal Tone of the Present Day”,’ in Jane Austen: Women, Politics, and the Novel (University of Chicago Press, 1988), pp. 144–166. 第6週 Topic: Historical Fiction Key text: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Sylvia’s Lovers (1863) [Ch. 1–12] Secondary texts: Marion Shaw, ‘Chapter 6: Sylvia’s Lovers and other historical fiction,’ in The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell, ed. Jill L. Matus (Cambridge University Press, 2007), pp. 75–89; Marion Shaw, ‘“Sylvia’s Lovers”, then and now,’ The Gaskell Society Journal, 18 (2004): 37–49. 第7週 Topic: Material Gifts and the Marriage Plot Key text: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Sylvia’s Lovers (1863) [Ch. 13–25] Secondary texts: Sophia P. Huang, ‘Ribbons, Gowns, Cake, and Coins: Gifts and Gaskell’s Exploration of Gendered Power Relations in Sylvia’s Lovers,’ The Gaskell Journal, 31 (2017): 55–70. 第8週 Topic: Impressment, Riot, and State Violence Key text: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Sylvia’s Lovers (1863) [Ch. 26–35] Secondary texts: Dick Watson, ‘Heroes and Heroines in Sylvia’s Lovers,’ The Gaskell Society Journal, 18 (2004): 50–59 第9週 Topic: Haunted Atlantic Waters, Whaling, and Betrayal Key text: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Sylvia’s Lovers (1863) [Ch. 36–45] Secondary texts: ‘Haunted Atlantic Waters: The Historic Traumas of Impressment, Slavery, and Whaling in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Sylvia’s Lovers,’ Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, 27.1 (2023). 第10週 Topic: Genre Intersections Key text: Thomas Hardy, The Trumpet-Major (1880) [Ch. 1–11] Secondary texts: Secondary texts: Richard Nemesvari, ‘The Anti-Comedy of The Trumpet-Major,’ Victorian Newsletter, 77 (1990); Linda Shires, ‘Introduction,’ in The Trumpet-Major, ed. Linda Shires (Penguin Classics), pp. xix-xxxiv. 第11週 Topic: Topic: Kinship Rivalry Key text: Thomas Hardy’s The Trumpet-Major (1880) [Ch. 12–22] Secondary texts: William J. Mistichelli, ‘The Trumpet Major’s Signal: Kinship and Sexual Rivalry in the Novels of Thomas Hardy,’ CEA Critic, vol. 56, no. 3 (1994): pp. 43–61. 第12週 Topic: Threatened Invasion Key text: Thomas Hardy’s The Trumpet-Major (1880) [Ch. 23–32] Secondary texts: Edward Neill, ‘Mixed Modes in The Trumpet-Major,’ Essays in Criticism, vol. 56, no. 4 (2006): pp. 351–369. 第13週 Topic: Militry Masculinities Key text: Thomas Hardy’s The Trumpet-Major (1880) [Ch. 33–41] Secondary texts: Aeron Hunt, ‘Military Relics: Soldiers and Sailors at Home in Thomas Hardy’s The Trumpet-Major,’ Journal of Victorian Culture, vol. 24, no. 4 (2019): pp. 521–534. 第14週 Topic: Boer and WWI Poetry: Hardy and Kipling Key texts: Thomas Hardy, “Embarcation,” “The Man He Killed,” “Men Who March Away,”; Wilfred Owen, “The Send-off” and “Strange Meeting”; Rudyard Kipling, “My Boy Jack,” and “The Children” Secondary texts: Oindrila Ghosh, ‘Quaint and Curious War is’: Hardy and the Poets of the First World War,’ The Thomas Hardy Journal, Autumn (2015): 45–62; Tim Kendall, ‘Civilian War Poetry: Hardy and Kipling,’ in The Cambridge Companion to the Poetry of the First World War, ed. Santanu Das (Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 198–209. 第15週 Topic: WWI Poetry: Hardy, Owen, and Edward Thomas Key texts：Thomas Hardy, “In Time of ’The Breaking of Nations”; Edward Thomas, ”A Dream,” and “As the Team’s Head-Brass” Secondary texts: Edna Longley, ‘The Great War, History, and the English Lyric,’ in The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War, ed. Vincent Sherry (Cambridge University Press, 2005), pp. 57–84. 第16週 Conference Presentation 自主學習 內容    01.參與專業論壇、講座、企業分享等產官學研相關交流活動 10/12(M) Guest Lecture from 10:30-11:30 Lecture topic: Space between: Women’s Writing, Travels, and Transnational Encounters from the late 19th Century to the Interwar Period Speaker:Prof. Klaudia Hiu Yen Lee
學習評量方式
Grades 20% Writing Assignments 10% Oral Presentations 15% attendance and participation (based on your speaking frequency and contribution to the I-learning discussion questions) 5 % Conference Paper Presentation 50% Research Paper (a paper of 3000-4000 words to be submitted by 12/23; first draft is due by 11/30) Your paper will be graded by the following criteria A. Articulate a clear argument/position B. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the topic C. Demonstrate subject knowledge in a logical structure D. Contain relevant and sufficient support for claim(s) or point(s) made. E. Offer adequate analysis of the primary texts. F. Appropriate use of citations for quotes and materials consulted G. Clarity of Writing (Grammar, Sentence Structure, Punctuation and Style) You should type and submit your assignments electronically on time. There is a 10 point penalty for each day late. Any homework that is copied from another source will receive a “0.”
教科書＆參考書目(書名、作者、書局、代理商、說明)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson. In Memoriam Third. Edited by Eric Gray, Third Norton Critical Edition, W.W. Norton, 2021. Augusta Wester: Portraits and Other Poems. Edited by Christine Sutphin, Broadview Press, 2000. Austen, Jane. Persuasion. Edited by James Kinsley, Oxford World Classics, 2008. Gaskell, Elizabeth. Sylvia’s Lovers. Edited by Shirly Foster, Penguin Classics, 1996. Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology. Edited by Tim Kendall, OUP, 2013. Hardy, Thomas. The Trumpet-Major (1880). Edited by Linda Shires, Penguin Classics, 1997.
課程教材（教師個人網址請列在本校內之網址）
Supplementary Materials and Online Resources via I-Learning
課程輔導時間
Monday 15:10:17:00 (by appointment)

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