| Course Name |
(中) 文學作品讀法(1056) |
| (Eng.) Approaches to Literature |
| Offering Dept |
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures |
| Course Type |
Required |
Credits |
2 |
Teacher |
CHOU, HSING-CHUN |
| Department |
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate |
Language |
English |
Semester |
2025-SPRING |
| Course Description |
This course aims to help students understand the approaches to literature; cultivate their skills in literary appreciation, interpretation, and analysis; and enhance their overall English reading skills. The course centers on the three major genres of literature: fiction, poetry, and drama. The second semester will focus on works of poetry and drama. Literary elements and techniques, such as speaker, situation and setting, theme and tone, language, visual imagery and figures of speech, symbol, the sounds of poetry, the elements of drama, etc., will be introduced, so that students can learn the ways and skills of reading works of literature. |
| Prerequisites |
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self-directed learning in the course |
Y |
| Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
| Course Objectives |
Competency Indicators |
Ratio(%) |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
1. Develop students' skills in literary appreciation, interpretation, and analysis.
2. Enhance students' imagination, cultural awareness, and critical thinking.
3. Improve students' overall English reading skills. |
| 1.Foreign language skills |
| 2.Professional expertise |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Introduction: “Sir Patrick Spens,” “The Ruined Maid,” “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”; 10 Speaker: “We Real Cool” |
| Week 2 |
“My Last Duchess”; 11 Situation and Setting: “The Flea,” “Dover Beach,” “Morning Song” |
| Week 3 |
“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”; 12 Theme and Tone: “Barbie Doll,” “London,” “How Do I Love Thee?” |
| Week 4 |
13 Language: “The golf links lie so near the mill,” “At the San Francisco Airport”; 14 Visual Imagery and Figures of Speech: “A Red Red Rose,” “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” “Ode on a Grecian Urn Summarized” |
| Week 5 |
15 Symbol: “The Sick Rose,” “One Perfect Rose,” “The Vacuum”; 16 The Sounds of Poetry: “The Raven” |
| Week 6 |
“The Raven”; 18 External Form: “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,” “Buffalo Bill’s” |
| Week 7 |
Day off |
| Week 8 |
“When I consider how my light is spent,” “That time of year thou mayst in me behold,” “Design”; Haiku; 21 Cultural and Historical Contexts: “Harlem” |
| Week 9 |
Mid-term Exam |
| Week 10 |
23 Elements of Drama: A Doll House |
| Week 11 |
A Doll House |
| Week 12 |
A Doll House |
| Week 13 |
26 Critical Contexts: Antigone |
| Week 14 |
Antigone |
| Week 15 |
Antigone |
| Week 16 |
Final Exam |
| Week 17 |
Self-directed learning: Presentation |
| Week 18 |
Self-directed learning: Presentation |
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| Evaluation |
Quizzes: 30%
Mid-term exam: 30%
Final exam: 30%
Attendance and participation: 10% |
| Textbook & other References |
The Norton Introduction to Literature
(Shorter Tenth Edition)
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| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
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| Office Hours |
Wed. 13:10-15:00
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| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
| 04.Quality Education | include experience courses：N |
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