◎系所教育目標：
本組主要在於培養具備基本語言學知識、英美文學素養與國際視野之優秀英(外語)溝通能力人才，並兼顧商務溝通、翻譯或學術研究等專業知能。 |
| ◎核心能力 | 關聯性 |
| 1.一般英語及專業英語之能力 | 5 關聯性最強 |
| 2.基本語言學知識 | 5 關聯性最強 |
| 3.基本英美文學素養 | 5 關聯性最強 |
| 4.翻譯或商務溝通之能力 | 5 關聯性最強 |
| 5.基本第二外語能力 | 3 關聯性中等 |
| 6.跨文化溝通知能 | 5 關聯性最強 |
◎本學科內容概述：
本課程旨在帶領學生對美國從殖民地時期到20世紀時期的文學作品有一個通盤的認識。課程的內容涵蓋四大文類：詩歌、散文、小說與戲劇，所選讀的作品取材自不同時期中，主流社會或少數族群的重要作家之代表作品。學生藉由以研讀文本為主，觀賞視覺媒體藝術為輔的學習方式，得以深入瞭解美國多元文化的精神、理念與價值觀，並且提升自身的英語能力。 |
◎本學科教學內容大綱：
1.殖民地時期重要作家的作品選讀。
2.革命時期重要作家的作品選讀。
3.浪漫時期重要作家的作品選讀。
4.寫實主義重要作家的作品選讀。
5.自然主義重要作家的作品選讀。
6.女性主義意識重要作品選讀。
7.少數族群重要作家的作品選讀。
8.二十世紀重要作家的作品選讀。 |
◎本學科學習目標：
The objective of this course is to guide students to make a survey of the diversity of American Literature. Aside from the works of the recognized white writers, black literature, Native American and Asian American’s works shall also be introduced and studied in order to help students recognize the achievement of the colored people and the cultural diversity in the U.S. |
| ◎教學進度： |
| 週次 | 主題 | 教學內容 | 教學方法 |
01
09/08 | Orientation & Introduction to American Lit. | Introduction to the course. | 講授。 |
02
09/15 | Study of Classic American essays and prose writing.
1. J. Hector St. John Crevecoueur, Letters from an American Farmer
(pp. 309-) | Introduction to the presentation of The American Dream and American identity. | 口頭報告、講授、討論。 |
03
09/22 | 2. Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The American Scholar” (pp. 536-) | Introduction to America's cultural identity and the role American intellectual should (or can) play. | 口頭報告、講授、討論。 |
04
09/29 | No class | No class | no class。 |
05
10/06 | No class | No class | no class。 |
06
10/13 | 3. Abraham Lincoln, “The Gettysburg Address” (pp. 747-)
4. Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (pp. 819-) | Introduction to America's core values expressed in president Lincoln's speech.
&
Introduction to the Black's slave narrative. | 口頭報告、講授、討論。 |
07
10/20 | 1. Walt Whitman,
"When Lilacs Last at the Dooryard Bloom’d” (pp1082-) &
2. Emily Dickinson,
"A Bird came down the Walk-" &
3. Amy Hsuan Chiu,
selective poems from Reborn: To heal, To believe, To love." (p. 1203) | Introduction to classic American poet and poetess and guided reading of their poems | 口頭報告、講授、討論。 |
08
10/27 | 3. Amy Hsuan Chiu,
selective poems from Reborn: To heal, To believe, To love." (p. 1203) | Guided reading of contemporary
American poet and reflection on social media as a tool and breed-bed for creative writing. | 口頭報告、講授、討論。 |
09
11/03 | 3. Amy Hsuan Chiu,
selective poems from Reborn: To heal, To believe, To love. | ditto | 口頭報告、講授、討論。 |
10
11/10 | Study of short stories:
1. Kate Chopin, “The Storm” (pp. 1618-) | Study of the issues of representation and narrative art. | 角色扮演、講授、討論。 |
11
11/17 | 2. Leslie Marmon Silko, “Lullaby”
(pp. 2728-) | Study of Native American literature. | 口頭報告、講授、討論。 |
12
11/24 | Study of contemporary American novel:
Julie Wu,
The Third Son
Chapters 1-7 | Introduction to Taiwanese American literature and Julie Wu's long historical novel The Third Son
and close reading | 口頭報告、講授、討論。 |
13
12/01 | chapters 10 & 18 | ditto | 口頭報告、講授、討論。 |
14
12/08 | chapters 21-22; 24 | ditto | 口頭報告、講授、討論。 |
15
12/15 | chapters 41-43 | ditto | 講授。 |
16
12/22 | ditto | ditto | 講授、討論。 |
17
12/29 | Discussion of group papers by students planning to apply for NSTC research projects. | Discussion | 討論。 |
18
01/05 | Discussion of term paper by students planning to apply for NSTC research projects. | Disucssion | 討論。 |
◎課程要求：
Requirements:
1.Whole English in class.
2.Active participation in class discussion. Extra point/s shall be given to students who raise questions, share ideas, make suggestions/interpretations to create brain-storming in class.
3.students must participate in assigned team works, discussion, papers and oral presentations.
4.Three absences without leaves will automatically NULLIFY the absentee’s final
score. |
◎成績考核
課堂參與討論30%
書面報告20%
口頭報告50%
補充說明：1. Tentative syllabus. Changes may happen as unexpected occasions might arise.
2. Students can choose to write 10-page-long term papers instead of taking midterm and final sit-in examinations. |
◎參考書目與學習資源
Reference: The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Shorter 8th ed.2013. |
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