國立中興大學教學大綱
課程名稱 (中) 小說導讀(2043)
(Eng.) Introduction to Fiction
開課單位 外文系
課程類別 選修 學分 3 授課教師 鄭朱雀
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 1141
課程簡述 This course equips undergraduates with the terms and tactics to understand forms and contents of fiction so that they are able to express their thoughts fluently both in spoken and written forms. They, too, learn the rules of academic writing so as to prepare themselves for advanced studies.
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 course aims to strengthen students’ speaking and writing abilities in articulating their views of literature. They will learn the tactics of essay writing and paper delivery for formal occasions such as conferences and seminars. Its ultimate goal is to prepare students for advanced literary studies.
1.外語能力
2.專業知識能力
50
50
討論
其他
講授
專題探討/製作
出席狀況
口頭報告
作業
書面報告
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
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
第2週 Group-1 Presentation
Eudora Welty “A Worn Path” (pp. 839-845) (Welty, An Interview, p.898 & Susan Dodd on Eudora Welty’s ”A Worn Path” p.921)
第3週 Group-2 presentation
Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper”(pp. 327-338)
Group-3 Presentation
Margaret Atwood “Death by Landscape” (pp. 28-40)
第4週 Teacher’s Day
第5週 Mid-Autumn Festival
第6週 Group-4 Presentation
Flannery O’Connor “Good Country People” (pp. 622- 636)
Author in Depth; Flannery O’Connor (pp968-972)
第7週 Group-5 Presentation
Bharati Mukherjee ”The Management of Grief (pp. 538-550 & pp.922-923)
第8週 Review of previous stories. Mid-term Exam
第9週 Students present their mid-term Essays.
第10週 Group-6 Presentation
Frank Kafka “The Metamorphosis” (pp. 399-433) (pp. p885 & p920)
第11週 Group-7 Presentationerman
Melville “Bartleby the Scrivener (pp.511)
Leo Marx Melville’s Parable of the Walls” (pp. 931-934)
第12週 Group-8 Presentation
Leo Tolstoy “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” (pp.765-804)
Tolstoy “What Is Art” (pp. 895- 897)
Gary Saul Morson “The Reader as Voyeur” (pp933-936)
第13週 Group-9 Presentation
John Steinbeck “The Chrysanthemums” (pp.749-756)
第14週 Group-10 Presentation
Guy de Maupassant “An Adventure in Paris” (pp. 493-498) (pp. 887-888) 12/2
第15週
Final Exam
Students present their final answers.
第16週 Students check grades and give suggestions.
自主學習
內容
   03.製作專題報告
   05.參與本校各單位舉辦之各類工作坊活動

學習評量方式
20% Attendance
20% Contribution
20% Group Presentation
20% Mid-term exam
20% Final exam
Attendance Policies:
1. Arriving 5 minutes after the class starts is considered tardiness; arriving 20 minutes after the class begins is considered one absence.
2. For tardiness, one point is deducted from your final grade; for absence, five points are deducted from your final grade.
3. A make-up exam will only be given if you can justify your absence on the exam day.
4. All leaves must be proven with valid documents.
教科書&參考書目(書名、作者、書局、代理商、說明)
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
Eds. Richard Bausch and R. V. Cassill.
ISBN978-0-393-93776-3
Textbook available at Caves Bookstore on campus
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
Wednesday 10-12am
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