| Course Name |
(中) 美國文學:二十世紀前(3022) |
| (Eng.) American Literature before the 20th Century |
| Offering Dept |
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures |
| Course Type |
Required |
Credits |
3 |
Teacher |
LIN, JIAN-GUANG |
| Department |
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate |
Language |
中/英文 |
Semester |
2024-FALL |
| Course Description |
This course is a survey of American literature, beginning with the colonial period to the end of American Civil War. 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.
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| 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 |
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.
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| 1.Foreign language skills |
| 2.Professional expertise |
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| Oral Presentation |
| Other |
| Attendance |
| Quiz |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
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Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Introduction
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| Week 2 |
Quiz 1
“Introduction: Beginnings to 1820”
Columbus: “Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella Regarding the Fourth Voyage”
John Smith: The General History; A Description of New England
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| Week 3 |
Quiz 2
William Bradford: Of Plymouth Plantation
John Winthrop: “A Model of Christian Charity”
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| Week 4 |
Quiz 3
Mary Rowlandson: A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration
Edward Taylor: “Huswifery”
Jonathan Edwards: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Film screening on the subject of early American history
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| Week 5 |
Holiday, no classes due
Watch The Last of the Mohicans (1992) （大地英豪）
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| Week 6 |
Quiz 4
Benjamin Franklin: “The Way to Wealth”; The Autobiography
Jean de Crevecoeur: Letters from an American Farmer
Thomas Jefferson: The Autobiography
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| Week 7 |
Quiz 5
Thomas Paine: Common Sense; “The Crisis”
Thomas Jefferson: The Autobiography
“Introduction: American Literature, 1820-1865”
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| Week 8 |
Quiz 6
Washington Irving: “Rip Van Winkle”
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| Week 9 |
Midterm exam |
| Week 10 |
Quiz 7
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature
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| Week 11 |
Quiz 8
Emerson: “The American Scholar”; “Self-Reliance”
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| Week 12 |
Quiz 9
Nathaniel Hawthorne: “The Minister’s Black Veil”; Edgar Allen Poe: “The Raven”; “Annabel Lee”
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| Week 13 |
Quiz 10
Poe: “The Purloined Letter”; “The Philosophy of Composition”
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| Week 14 |
Quiz 11
Henry David Thoreau: “Resistance to Civil Government”
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| Week 15 |
Quiz 12
Thoreau: Walden
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| Week 16 |
Final exam |
| Week 17 |
Self-directed learning
Watch a film related to American history
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| Week 18 |
Self-directed learning
Oral report (optional, for extra points)
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| Evaluation |
The final grade for this course will be determined based on your performance in the following:
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)
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| Textbook & other References |
Norton Anthology of American Literature (shorter tenth edition)
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| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
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| Office Hours |
Tuesday 10:00-11:00, and by appointment
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| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
| 04.Quality Education | include experience courses：N |
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