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 Literatrue 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 英文/EMI 開課學期 1122
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
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18週)
週次 授課內容
第1週 Course introduction; Whitman: Song of Myself
第2週 Quiz 1; Dickens: poems; Mark Twain’s “The Notorious Jumping Frog”; Huckleberry Finn
第3週 Quiz 2; Huckleberry Finn; Henry James
第4週 Quiz 3; Henry James
第5週 Quiz 4; Booker T. Washington
第6週 Quiz 5; W. E. B. Du Bois
第7週 運動會補假
第8週 Quiz 6; Stephen Crane, “The Open Boat”
第9週 Midterm exam
第10週 Quiz 7; E. A. Robinson/Amy Lowell / Robert Frost
第11週 Quiz 8; Carl Sandburg/ Wallace Stevens
第12週 Quiz 9; William Carlos Williams / Pound / H. D.
第13週 Quiz 10; O’Nell’s Long Day’s Journey into Night
第14週 Quiz 11; O’Nell’s Long Day’s Journey into Night
T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Pruffrock”
第15週 Quiz 12; T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land
第16週 Final exam
第17週 Self-directed learning (read Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire or watch its film adaptation)
第18週 Self-directed learning; report on Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire or its film adaptation (optional; additional points for the term grade)
學習評量方式
1. Midterm exam: 30%
2. Final exam: 30%
3. Class discussion and participation (including activities in Zuvio): 20%
4. Quiz:10% (The quiz will cover the reading materials of the week. The quiz coverage will also be announced at “I-Learning.”)
5. Attendance: 10% (Students who are absent for more than five times will fail in the course)
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.
課程輔導時間
Tuesday 13:00-15:00, and/or by appointment.
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