NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 小說專題(一)(3073)
	(Eng.) Topics in Fiction(I)
Offering Dept	Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type	Elective	Credits	2	Teacher	鄭朱雀
Department	Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate	Language	中/英文	Semester	2026-FALL
Course Description	This course consists of lectures, group reports, in-class discussion and occasional film watching.
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
This course encourages undergraduates to read novels of different genres and apply literary theories to their analysis. Its ultimate goal is to equip undergradutes with the vocabulary and methodology to do advanced literary research .			Discussion Lecturing	Written Presentation Attendance Oral Presentation Assignment
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 2/17 Orientation Week 2 2/24 Literary Terms & Literary Theory Ch6 Week 3 3/03 Animal Farm Presentation-1 Journal-1 Week 4 3/10 Animal Farm & Literary Theory Ch6 Week 5 3/17 Movie Watching and Discussion Week 6 3/24 Animal Farm (the Novel vs. the Film) Week 7 3/31 Spring Break Week 8 4/07 Lucy Presentation-2 Journal-2 Week 9 4/14 Lucy & Literary Theory Ch7 Week 10 4/21 The Outsider Presention-3 Journal-3 Week 11 4/28 Conference for the proposal of Term Paper Week 12 5/05 The Outsider; Literary Theory Ch8 Week 13 5/12 The Fox Presentation-4 Journal-4 Week 14 5/19 The Fox; Literary Theory Ch8 Week 15 5/26Term Paper Due Conference for Term Paper Week 16 6/02 Reflection & Suggestionsj/9 Individual conferencing at Professor's office 1028 j/16 Students participate in various workshops or events organized both on and off campus. self-directed learning
Evaluation
20% Final Paper 20% Four Journal Entries 20% Oral Presentation 20% Attendance & Contribution 20% Two Conferences
Textbook & other References
The Outsider by Albert Camus Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid The Fox by D. H. Lawrence Animal Farm by George Orwell Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler Books available at Caves Bookstore
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Office Hours
10-12 Wednesday
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