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課程名稱	早期美國文學 Early American Literature
開課學期	102-2
授課對象	文學院外國語文學系
授課教師	蔡秀枝
課號	FL4003
課程識別碼	102 43030
班次
學分	3
全/半年	半年
必/選修	必修
上課時間	星期四@,5,6(~14:10)
上課地點	共406
備註	英國文學與美國文學九科擇五必修。中英雙語授課。限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生) 總人數上限：40人
Ceiba 課程網頁	http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1022FL4003_earlyAmLi
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課程概述	Course Description A variety of works selected from those written by early European explorers of the North American continent to those by eighteenth century American writers. The literary trends within this long period and the historical, philosophical, and social aspects of the literary movements will be introduced accordingly. Class discussions are related to the changes, responses and adaptations in the literary circles.
課程目標	Course Objectives 1. Intensive reading on American literary masterpieces; 2. Encourage critical thinking and discussion through class presentation and discussion.
課程要求	Class Discussion; Mid-Term Exam; Final Exam
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指定閱讀	Textbook: Textbook: The Norton Anthology of American Literature, shorter 8th edition (Nina Baym, general editor. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013)
參考書目	待補
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課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第1週	2/20	Beginnings to 1700: Introduction 3
第2週	2/27	John Smith (1580-1631): The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles 59; The Third Book. Chapter 2. What Happened till the First Supply 59; The Fourth Book [Smith’s Farewell to Virginia] 68; A Description of New England 69
第3週	3/06	William Bradford (1590-1657): Of Plymouth Plantation 74 [Book I; Book II]
第4週	3/13	Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612-1672): Contemplations 112; To My Dear and Loving Husband 120; A Letter to Her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment 121; In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet 121; Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House 122; To My Dear Children 123
第5週	3/20	Mary Rowlandson (ca. 1637-1711): A Narrative of the Captivity of Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson 127
第6週	3/27	1. American Literature 1700-1820: Introduction 157; 2. Sarah Kemble Knight (1666-1727): The Private Journal of a Journey from Boston to New York 171
第7週	4/03	Spring Break
第8週	4/10	No Class
第9週	4/17	Mid-Term Exam
第10週	4/24	Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758): A divine and Supernatural Light 196; Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God 209
第11週	5/01	Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758): A divine and Supernatural Light 196; Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God 209
第12週	5/08	Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790): The Way to Wealth 236; The Speech of Polly Baker 242; Remarks Concerning the savages of North America 244
第13週	5/15	J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur (1735-1813): Letters from an American Farmer: Letter III. What Is an American 309; Letter IX. Description of Charles-town; Thoughts on Slavery; on Physical Evil; A Melancholy Scene 319
第14週	5/22	1. Philip Freneau (1752-1832): The Wild Honey Suckle 399; The Indian Burying Ground 399; On the Religion of Nature 400; 2. Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753-1784): On Being Brought from Africa to America 403; To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth 403; To the University of Cambridge, in New England 404; Thoughts on the Works of Providence 406; 3. William Apess (1798-1839): An Indian’s Looking-Glass for the White Man 499
第15週	5/29	Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): Nature 508
第16週	6/05	Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): Nature 508; The American Scholar 536
第17週	6/12	Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): Self-Reliance 549