文學作品讀法

臺北科技大學 115-1 學期課程，課號 363114。

課程大綱

This course aims to help students enhance their comprehension and reading ability of literary works, with the expectation to provide students a better understanding of western literary works as well as to explore students’ interest in literature. It will be a reading-based course, and in addition to the cultivation of mind, students will be expected to improve vocabulary as well. The instructor intends to center on sixteen writers this semester, with the foci on the relationships between the genders in the first eight weeks, and human nature after the midterm exam. Through oral presentations and class discussion, students will have a broader view of how literature is on some level a reflection of “human” life and have the capability to interpret literary works.

課程進度

Week Content 1 Orientation Ernest Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants” (1927) 2 Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” (1891) William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” (1930) 3 William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” James Joyce, “Araby” (1914) 4 John Updike, “A&P” (1962) 5 Anton Chekhov, “The Lady with the Dog” (1899) 6 Sherwood Anderson, “Hands” (1919) 7 Flannery O’Connor, “Good Country People” (1955) 8 Mid-term exam 9 Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown” (1835) 10 Shirley Jackson, “The Lottery” (1948) 11 Poetry Sonnet: William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (1609) Metaphysical poetry: John Donne, “The Flea” (1633) Robert Herrick, “To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time” (1648) 12 Andrew Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress” (1681) Romanticism: William Blake, “The Lamb” (1789), “The Tyger” (1794) 13 William Wordsworth, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (1807) Emily Dickinson, “Because I could not stop for Death” (1890), “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” (1862) 14 Drama: Susan Glaspell, “Trifles” (1916) 15 Susan Glaspell, “Trifles” 16 Final exam

評量方式

Grading Categories weeks 1-16 10% Attendance and participation 10% Group presentation 5% Peer evaluation 30% Midterm exam 35% Final exam weeks 17-18 10% Group exercise

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：是 Coursepack.