NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 英國文學:中古與文藝復興時期(2031)
(Eng.) English Literature :Medieval and Renaissance Periods
Offering Dept Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type Required Credits 3 Teacher HSIEH,HSIN-YI
Department Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate Language English Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description This is a one-semester course, open to second-year (and above) undergraduates. The subject devotes to a historical and cultural survey of English Literature from Medieval Ages to the early seventeenth century. It aims to guide students towards a critical exploration of the continuities as well as the changes in language, genre, content, form, style, et cetera that had occurred to certain literary works composed during the said periods.
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
The instructor will encourage and help students to preview the chosen texts ranging from Anglo-Saxon Beowulf to the masterpieces by Geoffrey Chaucer and English Renaissance writers. Both in-class and out-class individual or group activities will take students through some interactive tasks for lectures so as to help them uncover a picture of the past and rethink its connection to the present.
1.Foreign language skills
2.Professional expertise
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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 (W1)
A. General Introduction & Course Orientation
B. Introduction: The Middle Ages to ca. 1485

Ps. A more detailed version of syllabus will be introduced in class and uploaded to NCHU iLearning when the new semester commences.
Week 2 (W2)
Holiday: No Class
Week 3 (W3)
A. Bede (ca. 673-735) and Caedmon’s Hymn
B. The Dream of the Rood
C. Beowulf
Week 4 (W4)
Beowulf
Week 5 (W5)
A. Beowulf
B. The Wanderer
C. The Wife’s Lament
Week 6 (W6)
A. Irish Literature: Introduction
B. The Myth of Arthur’s Return
~ Geoffery of Monmouth: From the History of the Kings of Britain
~ Wace: From Roman de Brut
~ Laymon: From Brut
C. Tristan and Ysolt
D. Romance
Week 7 (W7)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Week 8 (W8)
A. Midterm Progress Review
B. Geoffrey Chaucer: Introduction
C. Canterbury Tales:
“The General Prologue”
Week 9 (W9)
A. Midterm Project Presentation
B. Canterbury Tales:
“The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale”
Week 10 (W10)
Everyman (after 1485)
Week 11 (W11)
Introduction to the Sixteenth Century
(1485-1603)
Week 12 (W12)
A. Sir Thomas More: Introduction
B. Utopia: Selected Passages
Week 13 (W13)
A. Christopher Marlowe: Introduction
“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”
B. Sir Walter Ralegh:
“The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”
C. William Shakespeare: Introduction
“Sonnet 18”
“Sonnet 138”
Week 14 (W14)
A. Christopher Marlowe:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus: Selected Lines
B. Final Progress Review Preparation
Week 15 (W15)
A. Final Progress Review
B. Final Project Preparation
Week 16 (W16)
Final Project Presentation
Week 17 (W17)
A. Final Result (On-Line)
B. Self-directed Learning: Queen Elizabeth I (Videos)
Week 18 (W18)
Self-directed Learning: Twelfth Night (Videos)
Evaluation
A. Attendance, Class Participation, and Pop Tasks 40%

B. Midterm Project & Midterm Progress Review 30%

C. Final Project & Final Progress Review 30%
Textbook & other References
1. Greenblatt, Stephen, gen. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 10th ed. Vols. A & B. New York: Norton, 2018. (available at the Caves Books on campus or on the website~ http://www.mytb.com.tw/)
2. Some supplementary materials will be available on iLearning.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
NCHU iLearning (https://lms2020.nchu.edu.tw/)
Office Hours
15:00-17:00, Tuesday
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The second-hand book website:http://www.myub.com.tw/