一、內容：
本課程除帶領學生閱讀不同文類之英美文學作品(短篇小說、詩歌、戲劇
等)，亦將引介若干當代文學理論(如精神分析、女性主義、解構主義等)之基本概念，期能使學生在以傳統的閱讀方式賞析及詮釋文本之外，亦學習以其他策略掌握文本之意義與脈絡、文本對作者以及做為讀者的我們所處之時代具備何種不同意義等等。以文學的賞析與詮釋為重點，但亦將帶領學生思考文學所牽引出之社會文化議題。
This course is intended to offer students a variety of ways of looking at a piece of literature, ranging from traditional approaches through the psychoanalytic, the deconstructive, and into some of the most helpful and rewarding approaches in contemporary criticism, including the feminist approach and that of cultural studies.
It will introduce students to a diverse constellation of writer and broad range of essays, stories, poems, and plays. In addition, the students will be ushered to literary theories, in the hope of showing how different approaches offer different insights and enrich understanding of the individual work. The objective is to enable students to appreciate literature and further, to gain insights into (and critiques of) broader areas: language, society, history, and the human condition. This means that students are supposed to gain the knowledge related to reading and interpretation, and on general theories that pertain to human action and social interaction.

二、教科書：
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

三、成績評量方式：
期中期末考佔70%；平時成績佔30% (課堂發言或課後繳交閱讀心得皆為可接受之課堂參與形式)
Students are asked to preview all reading assignments before class and participate in class activities. Final grade will be based on class participation (30%), mid-term exam (30%) and final exam (40%).