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課程名稱 |
十九世紀美國文學
Nineteenth-century American Literature |
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開課學期 |
110-2 |
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授課對象 |
文學院 外國語文學系 |
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授課教師 |
曼紐爾 |
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課號 |
FL4004 |
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課程識別碼 |
102E43040 |
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學分 |
3.0 |
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全/半年 |
半年 |
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必/選修 |
必修 |
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上課時間 |
星期四2,3,4(9:10~12:10) |
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上課地點 |
新503 |
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備註 |
本課程以英語授課。英國文學與美國文學九科擇五必修。
限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生) 且 限學士班三年級以上
總人數上限：50人 |
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Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1102FL4004_ |
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課程概述 |
The course will be conducted as a major authors course, although we will try to keep in sight the historical backdrop of American literature in the 19th century. |
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課程目標 |
To gain a basic overview of the development of American literature through the 19th century, and read the representative works of representative writers. |
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課程要求 |
The teacher expects you to preview the readings at home and take part in class discussions. To encourage teamwork, the class will also be divided into groups which will be responsible for giving an oral presentation on assigned literary works. You will have to take one mid-term written exam and one final written exam. |
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預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
每週一 13:00~15:00 |
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參考書目 |
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評量方式
(僅供參考) |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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Week 1 |
2/17 |
INTRODUCTION [Online@NTU Cool]
Introduction to the course
The American Nineteenth Century Today |
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Week 2 |
2/24 |
SCIENCE, BEAUTY, AND LOVE [Online@NTU Cool]
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Birth-Mark” (651-55, 694-706) and “Rappaccini’s Daughter” (PDF@NTU Cool)
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Week 3 |
3/3 |
GOTHIC AMERICA
Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (731-35, 749-61) |
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Week 4 |
3/10 |
WALL STREET AND AMERICAN CAPITALISM
Herman Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener” (1154-83)
GROUP PRESENTATION #1 |
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Week 5 |
3/17 |
FRAMING SLAVE NARRATIVES
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (996-1017)
GROUP PRESENTATION #2 |
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Week 6 |
3/24 |
LIFE IN THE PLANTATION
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1017-1053)
GROUP PRESENTATION #3 |
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Week 7 |
3/31 |
SLAVERY AND FREEDOM
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1053-1066) and “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (1066-1069)
GROUP PRESENTATION #4 |
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Week 8 |
4/7 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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Week 9 |
4/14 |
THE SONG OF DEMOCRACY
Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” (1070-1073, 1088-1111)
GROUP PRESENTATION #5 |
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Week 10 |
4/21 |
THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS
Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” (1111-1132)
GROUP PRESENTATION #6 |
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Week 11 |
4/28 |
INTROSPECTION
Emily Dickinson (1246-50), the following poems in Norton: 39, 112, 124, 202, 207, 236, 320, 340, 372, 409, 479, 519, 591, 598, 620, 760, 788, 1096, 1263, 1773, and poem #49 “One need not be a chamber…” (PDF@NTU Cool)
GROUP PRESENTATION #7 |
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Week 12 |
5/5 |
CIVIL WAR
Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (326-333)
GROUP PRESENTATION #8 |
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Week 13 |
5/12 |
THE BLUE HOTEL
Stephen Crane, “The Blue Hotel” (PDF@NTU Cool)
GROUP PRESENTATION #9 |
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Week 14 |
5/19 |
WOMEN BETWEEN CENTURIES
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (509-523)
Optional reading: Theodore Roosevelt, “Address to the National Congress of Mothers” (PDF@NTU Cool)
GROUP PRESENTATION #10 |
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Week 15 |
5/26 |
*READING OF YOUR CHOICE*
• Reading assignment to be selected by vote in class
GROUP PRESENTATION #11 |
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Week 16 |
6/2 |
FINAL EXAM |
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