| Course Name |
(中) 英國文學:二十世紀迄今(2006) |
| (Eng.) English Literatrue since the 20th Century |
| Offering Dept |
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures |
| Course Type |
Required |
Credits |
3 |
Teacher |
CHOU, HSING-CHUN |
| Department |
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate |
Language |
English |
Semester |
2025-SPRING |
| Course Description |
This course will introduce English literature of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries. Major writers such as Hardy, Yeats, Forster, Woolf, Joyce, Lawrence, Eliot, Rhys, Beckett, Auden, Lessing, Larkin, Naipaul, Heaney, Boland, and Rushdie will be discussed. |
| 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: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries; Thomas Hardy: “Hap” |
| Week 2 |
Thomas Hardy: “On the Western Circuit” |
| Week 3 |
W. B. Yeats: “The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” “Adam’s Curse,” “Easter, 1916,” “The Second Coming,” “Leda and the Swan” |
| Week 4 |
E. M. Forster: “The Other Boat” |
| Week 5 |
Virginia Woolf: A Room of One’s Own, "Modern Fiction,” “The Mark on the Wall” |
| Week 6 |
James Joyce: “The Dead” |
| Week 7 |
Holiday |
| Week 8 |
D. H. Lawrence: “Odour of Chrysanthemums” |
| Week 9 |
Mid-term Exam |
| Week 10 |
T. S. Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”; The Waste Land |
| Week 11 |
Jean Rhys: “The Day They Burned the Books” |
| Week 12 |
Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot |
| Week 13 |
Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot |
| Week 14 |
Doris Lessing: “To Room Nineteen” |
| Week 15 |
W. H. Auden: “In Memory of W. B. Yeats”; Philip Larkin: “Church Going”; Seamus Heaney: “Digging,” “Punishment”; Eavan Boland: “The Dolls Museum in Dublin” |
| 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 Anthology of English Literature, Package 2
(Tenth Edition)
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| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
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| Office Hours |
| Wed. 13:00-15:00 |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
| 04.Quality Education | include experience courses：N |
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