NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 散文選讀(3003)
(Eng.) Prose
Offering Dept Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher JUDY,RONALD
Department Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate Language English Semester 2026-SPRING
Course Description This course is intended as a survey of the prose essay form from Montaigne to contemporary authors like David Foster Wallace and Ben Lerner.
Prerequisites
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

topic Discussion/Production
Discussion
Lecturing
Written Presentation
Attendance
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Montaigne, "Of Cannibals"
Week 2 Samuel Johnson, "On Idleness"
Week 3 Nietzsche, "On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense"
Week 4 Virginia Woolf, "The Death of the Moth"
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
self-directed
learning
   01.Participation in professional forums, lectures, and corporate sharing sessions related to industry-government-academia-research exchange activities.
   02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.

Evaluation
4 essays (25% each)
Textbook & other References
My pdfs
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
https://post-literal.blogspot.com
Office Hours
Thurs 10am-12pm
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
03.Good Health and Well-Being   08.Decent Work and Economic Growth   16.Peace and Justiceinclude experience courses:N
Please respect the intellectual property rights and use the materials legally.Please respect gender equality.
Update Date, year/month/day:2026/01/02 12:05:49 Printed Date, year/month/day:2026 / 1 / 09
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