NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 加拿大當代女性主義小說(6027)
	(Eng.) Contemporary Canadian Feminist Novels
Offering Dept	Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type	Elective	Credits	3	Teacher	CHUNG-YI CHU
Department	Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Graduate	Language	English	Semester	2025-FALL
Course Description	深入介紹當代加拿大作家艾特伍(Margaret Atwood)及孟若(Alice Munro)的短篇故事。
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
Provide students with an in-depth reading opportunity with Atwood's and Munro's stories.			Exercises topic Discussion/Production Discussion Lecturing	Written Presentation Attendance Oral Presentation Assignment
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 Introduction & discussion From 10/05 through 11/02, the stories are to be found in A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968-1994. (Formerly simply Selected Stories.) Week 2 “Wilderness Tips” & “Death in Landscape” Week 3 “Bluebeard’s Egg”; in-class response paper Week 4 ”The Man from Mars” Week 5 ”My Last Duchess” Week 6 ”Moral Disorder” Week 7 “Wilderness Station”; in-class response paper Week 8 “Differently”; “Carried Away”; home response paper Week 9 “The Ottawa Valley”; “Friend of My Youth” Week 10 “My Mother’s Dream”; “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage” Week 11 “The Bear Came over the Mountain”; Away from Her (film adaptation) Week 12 “Runaway”; “Silence” Week 13 “Passion”; “Hired Girl” Week 14 ”To Reach Japan”; ”Amondesen” Week 15 term paper project outline presentation Week 16 individual consultation (in the instructor’s office) self-directed learning    02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.    03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.
Evaluation
Grades: 1. Classroom performance (discussion and presence). (25%) 2. Oral presentation (with two-page outline or ppt). (20%) 3. Final paper (including an abstract before the main text: 10+ pages). (40%) 4. Prepare questions (at least one for each short story) for every meeting. 5. Short response papers (1-2 pp.) (15%). 6. If you want to convent my final grade to letter grade, the following is the conversion chart American Universities usually adopt: A≒ over 90, A-≒ 86-90, B+≒ 80-85, B= 75-79, B-≒ 70-74, CDF≒ fail.
Textbook & other References
Texts: Atwood, Margaret. “Wilderness Tips.” Wilderness Tips. New York : Anchor Books, 1998. ---. “Death in Landscape.” Wilderness Tips. New York : Anchor Books, 1998 (1981). ---. “Bluebeard’s Egg.” Bluebeard’s Egg. New York : Anchor Books, 1998 (1983). Munro, Alice. Family Furnishings. Vintage International. ISBN-10: 1101872357 ISBN-13: 978-1101872352. (書林代訂) ---. A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968-1994. (Formerly simply Selected Stories.) Students are responsible to get hold of a copy of stories not ordered through 書林.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Office Hours
Thu. 13:30-15:30.
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.    03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.    10.Reduced Inequalities   16.Peace and Justice include experience courses：N

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