短篇故事選讀

臺北科技大學 114-2 學期課程，課號 359271。

• 學期：114-2
• 授課教師：葉采青
• 學分：3
• 選修
• 上課時段：週一 2 節；週三 5、6 節

課程大綱

本課程旨在引導學生閱讀英美短篇故事，探討其敘事技巧、情節、人物、觀點和語言等，如何在故事中建構意義，並著重故事所傳達的文化意涵。

課程進度

Week 1 Orientation; Guy de Maupassant, “The Diamond Necklace” (1884) Week 2 Guy de Maupassant, “The False Gems” (1883) Week 3 William Dean Howells, “Editha” (1905) Week 4 Raymond Carver, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” (1981) Week 5 Kate Chopin, “The Storm” (1898) Week 6 Margaret Atwood, “Happy Endings” (1983); Group practice Week 7 Richard Wright, “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” (1961) Week 8 Jack London, “To Build a Fire” (1908) Week 9 Mid-term exam Week 10-11 F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Winter Dreams” (1922) Week 12-13 Herman Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener” (1853) Week 14-15 Franz Kafka, “The Metamorphosis” (1915) Week 16-17 Postmodernism and Donald Barthelme, “The School” (1974) Week 18 Final exam

評量方式

Attendance and participation: 15% Assignment: 20% Midterm exam: 30% Final exam: 35%

教材

【遵守智慧財產權觀念，請使用正版教科書，不得使用非法影印教科書】 使用外文原文書：否 Coursepacks