課程資訊
課程名稱
 馬克吐溫專題
Major Author: Mark Twain 
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
 FL4191 
課程識別碼
 102E45840 
班次
  
學分
 3.0 
全/半年
 半年 
必/選修
 必修 
上課時間
 星期四6,7,8(13:20~16:20) 
上課地點
 新301 
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/1082FL4191_ 
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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 Mark Twain Students will read, discuss, and write about a selection of Twain’s short stories and three of his novels:,Pudd’nhead Wilson, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Students will analyze the themes of these works and the literary artistry through which Twain develops these themes. Students will consider the historical, biographical, and cultural contexts for Twain’s work. 

課程目標
 Course Objectives:
Students will identify, describe, and compare the literary features of a variety of fictional techniques Twain developed as a 19th-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 11:00~13:00
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. “Samuel Clemens.” American Literature: The Makers and the Making, St. Martin's Press, 1973, vol. 2, pp. 1261 - 1292.
Hollenbach, John W. “Mark Twain: Story-Teller at Work.” College English, vol 7, no. 6, 1946, pp. 303-312.
Howe, Lawrence. “Race, Genealogy, and Genre in Mark Twain’s Puxx’nhead Wilson.” Nineteenth-Century Literature, vol 46, no. 4, 1992, pp. 495-516.
Howell, Elmo. “In Defense of ‘Tom Sawyer.” Mark Twain Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, 1970, pp. 17 - 19.
Kaplan, Fred. The Singular Mark Twain. Anchor Press, 2010.
Kiskis, Michael j. “Critical Humbug: Samuel Clemens’ ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.’” The Mark Twain Annual, no.3, 2005, pp. 13-22.
Morris, Roy. Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain. Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Scharnhorst, Gary. The Life of Mark Twain. University of Missouri Press, vols. 1 and 2, 2018, 2019.
Sheldon, Michael. Mark Twain: Man in White. Random House, 2010. 
評量方式
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課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
 3/05  Introduction, Background, Genre
 
Week 2
 3/12  "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” “The Story of the Bad Little Boy,” “ The Story of the Good Little Boy,” and “Journalism in Tennessee”
First Discussion-Forum Posting Due.  
Week 3
 3/19  “A Curious Dream,” “How I Edited an Agricultural Paper,” and “The Invalid’s Story”; First Non-Academic Sharing Due. 
Week 4
 3/26  “The Five Boons of Life,” “Was It Heaven or Hell?” and “A Dog’s Tale”; Essay One Due
 
Week 5
 4/02  Holiday 
Week 6
 4/09  Pudd’nhead Wilson, “Whisper” and Chapters 1 - 10; Second Discussion-Forum Posting Due
 
Week 7
 4/16  Pudd’nhead Wilson, Chapters 11 - 21 and “Conclusion”; Second Non-Academic Sharing Due
 
Week 9
 4/23  Mid-Term Exam 
Week 10
 4/30  “A Burning Brand,” “Playing Courier,” and “The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton” ; Essay Two Due
 
Week 11
 5/07  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 1-12; Third Discussion-Forum Posting Due
 
Week 12
 5/14  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 13 - 24; Third Non-Academic Sharing Due
 
Week 13
 5/21  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 25 - 33; Movie Adaptation. Fourth Discussion-Board Posting Due.
 
Week 13
 5/28  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 1 - 15; Fourth Non-Academic Sharing Due. 
Week 14
 6/04  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 16-30; Group Presentations; Fifth Discussion-Forum Posting Due.
 
Week 15
 6/11  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 31 - 43; Movie Adaptation;Essay Three Due 
Week 16
 6/18  Final Exam--Note Report on Out-of-Class Group Discussion due on June 29th.