課程資訊
課程名稱
 十九世紀美國文學
Nineteenth-century American Literature 
開課學期
 107-2 
授課對象
 文學院  外國語文學系  
授課教師
 曼紐爾 
課號
 FL4004 
課程識別碼
 102E43040 
班次
  
學分
 3.0 
全/半年
 半年 
必/選修
 必修 
上課時間
 星期四2,3,4(9:10~12:10) 
上課地點
 新502 
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 
Ceiba 課程網頁
 http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1072FL4004_ 
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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. 

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. 
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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課程進度
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單元主題
Week 1
 2/21  Introduction to the course
The American Nineteenth Century Today
 
Week 2
 2/28  Peace Memorial Day (no class) 
Week 3
 3/07  SCIENCE, BEAUTY, AND LOVE IN THE MODERN ERA
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Birth-Mark” (651-55, 694-706) and “Rappaccini’s Daughter” (PDF@Ceiba) 
Week 4
 3/14  GOTHIC AMERICA
• Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (731-35, 749-61) 
Week 5
 3/21  WALL STREET AND AMERICAN CAPITALISM
• Herman Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener” (1154-83) 
Week 6
 3/28  FRAMING SLAVE NARRATIVES
• Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (996-1017) 
Week 7
 4/04  Spring Break (no class) 
Week 8
 4/11  LIFE IN THE PLANTATION
• Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1017-1053) 
Week 9
 4/18  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) 
Week 10
 4/25  Midterm Exam 
Week 11
 5/02  THE SONG OF DEMOCRACY
• Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” (1070-1073, 1088-1111) 
Week 12
 5/09  THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS
• Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” (1111-1132) 
Week 13
 5/16  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@Ceiba)  
Week 14
 5/23  CIVIL WAR
• Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (326-333) 
Week 15
 5/30  REALISM
• Stephen Crane, “The Blue Hotel” (PDF@Ceiba) 
Week 16
 6/06  WOMEN BETWEEN CENTURIES
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (509-523)
• Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” (441-42, 446-47)
o Optional reading: Theodore Roosevelt, “Address to the National Congress of Mothers” (PDF@Ceiba)
 
Week 17
 6/13  Course Recap  
Week 18
 6/20  Final Exam