課程資訊
課程名稱
 薇拉凱瑟專題
Major Author: Willa Cather 
開課學期
 108-2 
授課對象
 文學院  外國語文學系  
授課教師
 柯瑞森 
課號
 FL4190 
課程識別碼
 102E45830 
班次
  
學分
 3.0 
全/半年
 半年 
必/選修
 必修 
上課時間
 星期三6,7,8(13:20~16:20) 
上課地點
 綜201 
備註
 本課程以英語授課。
限學士班三年級以上
總人數上限：25人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
 http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1082FL4190_ 
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課程概述

Course Description:
As a course focused on a major American writer, this course will explore the fiction of Willa Cather. Students will read, discuss, and write about a selection of Cather’s short stories and three of her novels:,O Pioeers! Death Comes for the Archbishop, and My Antonia . Students will analyze the themes of these works and the literary artistry through which Cather develops these themes. Students will consider the historical, biographical, and cultural contexts for Cather’s work. 

課程目標
 Course Objectives:
Students will identify, describe, and compare the literary features of a variety of fictional techniques Cather developed as a 20th-century American literary artist. 2) Students will evaluate how perspective and background inform the reading experience. 3)Students will conduct research and apply a range of literary theories and critical perspectives through close readings and analysis. 4) Students will articulate critical positions and interpretations. 
課程要求
 Requirements:
three short (4-5 page) essays, one group presentation, sharing of literature in non-academic settings, regular attendance, Mid-term and Final Exams. 
預期每週課後學習時數
  
Office Hours
 每週四 12:00~13:00
每週三 11:00~13:00
每週二 10:00~12:00 備註： Guo Ching Building 311 
指定閱讀
  
參考書目
 References:
Brooks, Cleanth, R.W. B. Lewis, and Robert Penn Warren. “Willa Cather.” American Literature: The Makers and the Making, St. Martin's Press, 1973, vol. 2, pp.. 1961 - 1964.
Charles, Peter Damian. “Love and Death in Willa Cather’s O Pioneers!” CLA Journal, vol.9, no. 2, 1965, pp. 140-150.
Dinn, James M. “A Novelist’s Miracle: Structure and Myth in Death Comes for the Archbishop.” Western American Literature, vol. 7, no. 1, 1972, pp. 39 - 46.
Harris, Jeane. “A Code of Her Own: Attitudes Toward Women in Willa Cather’s Short Fiction.” Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 36, no.1,1990, pp. 80-89.
Millington, Richard H. and Anne L. Kaufman, editors. Willa Cather and the Nineteenth Century. Univ. of Nebraska Pr., 2015.
Moseley, Ann, John J. Murphy, John J. and Robert Thacker,editors. Willa Cather at the Modernist Crux, Univ. of Nebraska Pr., 2017.
Schneider, Lucy. “Artistry and Instinct: Willa Cather’s ‘Land Philosophy.’” CLA Journal, vol. 16, no. 4, 1973, pp. 485-505.
Stuckey, William J. “My Antonia: A Rose for Miss Cather.” Studies in the Novel, vol. 4, no. 3, 1972, pp. 473-483.
Thacker, Robert, Franc?oise Palleau-Papin, and John J. Murphy, editors. Willa Cather: A Writer’s Worlds. Univ. of Nebraska Pr., 2010.
Thomas, Susie. Willa Cather, Macmillan, 1989. 
評量方式
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課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
 3/04  Introduction, Overview, Genre.  
Week 2
 3/11  “Flavia and Her Artists," “The Garden Lodge," and “A Wagner Matinee.” 
Week 3
 3/18  “The Sculptor’s Funeral," “A Death in the Desert," and “A Gold Slipper." First Discussion-Forum Posting Due 
Week 4
 3/25  “Scandal," “The Enchanted Bluff," and “Paul’s Case." First Non-Academic Sharing Due  
Week 5
 4/01  O Pioneers! , Chapters 1-10. Second Discussion-Forum Posting Due.
 
Week 6
 4/08  O Pioneers!, Chapters 11-20; Essay One Due
 
Week 7
 4/15  O Pioneers!, Chapters 21 - 30; Movie adaptation. Second Non-Academic Sharing Due. 
Week 8
 4/22  Mid-Term Exam  
Week 9
 4/29  “The Marriage of Phaedra,” “Two Friends,” and "Before Breakfast"; Third Discussion-Forum Posting Due. 
Week 10
 5/06  Death Comes for the Archbishop, Books 1 - 3; Second Essay Due.
 
Week 11
 5/13  Death Comes for the Archbishop, Books 4 - 6; Third Non-Academic Sharing Due.
 
Week 12
 5/20  Death Comes for the Archbishop, Books 7 - 9; Fourth Discussion-Forum Posting Due. 
Week 13
 5/27  My Antonia, Books 1 and 2; Group Presentations. Fourth Non-Academic Sharing Due.
 
Week 14
 6/03  My Antonia, Books 3 and 4; Group Presentations. Fifth Discussion-Forum Posting Due. 
Week 15
 6/10  'My Antonia,' Book 5. Movie Adaptation. Essay Three Due.  
Week 16
 6/17  Final Exam--Note Group Discussion Report due on June 29th.