週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
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September 5: Introduction to course objectives |
Week 2 |
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September 12: On “Doing English”
• Readings: Robert Eaglestone 11-33; critical response #1 due (a response to Eaglestone) |
Week 3 |
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September 19: MLA Style: Overview, plus in-text citations
• Readings: selections from MLA Hanbook, 9th edition (95-103; 227-86) |
Week 4 |
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September 26: MLA Style: Building a list of Works Cited
• Readings: selections from MLA Handbook, 9th edition (105-225; 303-46 for specific examples) |
Week 5 |
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October 3: Introduction to MLA International Bibliography/EBSCOhost and other library resources (plus a visit from library Ms Su if it is safe to do so)
• Readings: selections from MLA Handbook, 9th edition (287-91; 226) |
Week 6 |
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October 10: Class cancelled (national holiday) |
Week 7 |
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October 17: Entering the Conversation
• Readings: selections from “They Say / I Say”; documentation exercise due |
Week 8 |
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October 24: Ways of Responding (NTU anniversary—class permission needed)
• Readings: selections from “They Say / I Say”; critical response #2 due (a summary of any article published in Profession in 2012 or after) |
Week 9 |
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October 31: Tying it Together
• Readings: selections from “They Say / I Say” |
Week 10 |
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November 7: Theory; Criticism
• Readings: Jonathan Culler 1-16; Terry Eagleton 194-217; critical response #3 due (a summary of and a response to the article you selected from Profession) |
Week 11 |
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November 14: Argument; Literary Studies
• Readings: Eric Hayot 59-73; David Damrosch 1-11; critical response #4 due |
Week 12 |
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November 21: Audience; Cultural Studies
• Readings: Eric Hayot 36-40 and 164-66; Stuart Hall and Kuan-Hsing Chen 392-408; critical response #5 due |
Week 13 |
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November 28: Literature, Globalization, the Environment
• Readings: Rob Nixon 1-32; plus poetry by Rita Wong; critical response #6 due |
Week 14 |
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December 5: COVID-19 and After
• Readings: Arundhati Roy; critical response #7 due |
Week 15 |
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December 12: Review, plus consultation; critical response #8 due |
Week 16 |
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December 19: Wrap-up; annotated bibliography due at the beginning of class |