美國文學(二)
American Literature(2)
學期
106-2
學分
3
學分
當期課號
1619
永久課號
DFL3004
開課單位
外國語文學系
授課教師
賈元鵬
類別
必修
上課時間表
| 節 | 週三 |
|---|---|
2 09:00–09:50 | 美國文學(二) F326 3 節連堂 |
3 10:10–11:00 | |
4 11:10–12:00 |
* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列
概述
A selective survey of American Literature from the end of the Civil War to the present. We will focus on the diversity that comprises American cultures and will include contemporary writers who work beyond the Norton canon.
評分方式
Class Attendance and Participation: 10 % Group Presentation: 10% Quizzes: 20% Midterm Exam: 30 % Final Exam: 30 %. Quizzes can be given without prior announcement. No laptops or cell phones allowed in class. Note taking required.
週次計畫
| 週次 | 主題 |
|---|---|
| 第 1 週 | Course Overview (No Class on 2/28) Read: Jack London, "To Build a Fire" [Norton Anthology 628-639]; Stephen Crane, "The Open Boat" [Norton Anthology]. Readings are to be done BEFORE class. Excerpts from American films today too. |
| 第 2 週 | 21st-Century US. How Did We Get Here? In-class Screening. Get Out (Jordan Peele 2017) |
| 第 3 週 | Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. |
| 第 4 週 | Charlotte Gillman Perkins. “The Yellow Wallpaper”. Henry James, "The Real Thing" and excerpts from "The Art of Fiction" |
| 第 5 週 | NO CLASS |
| 第 6 週 | Special Presentation on Asian American Literature Studies in Asia. |
| 第 7 週 | The Harlem Renaissance and Legacy. Claude McKay; Zora Neal Hurston; Langston Hughes; Countee Cullen. |
| 第 8 週 | In-Class Midterm Exam. |
| 第 9 週 | Poetic Avant-garde I. T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land [excerpts]; Gertrude Stein; Wallace Stevens |
| 第 10 週 | The Beats. Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac Screening: Howl (Rob Epstein and Jerry Friedman 2010) |
| 第 11 週 | Karen Tei Yamashita. Circle-K Cycles [excerpts] Letters to Memory [excerpts] Reader. |
| 第 12 週 | New York School: Frank O’Hara; John Ashbery; Barbara Guest. Screening: Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg 1991) |
| 第 14 週 | New Narrative I: Robert Gluck; Dodie Bellamy; Kevin Killian [Reader] Earl Jackson, “Scandalous Narratives” |
| 第 15 週 | New Narrative II: Dennis Cooper; Rob Halpern [Reader] |
| 第 16 週 | Reviewing American Literature. |
| 第 17 週 | In-Class Final |
教科書
Baym, Nina, et al, eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Shorter 8th ed. Vol. 2. New York: Norton, 2012; plus short Course Reader for later in the Semester.
Office Hours
- 地點
- Humanities Bldg #3, 405
- 時間
- Wednesdays. 13:30-15:30
- 聯絡方式
- cinemanianctu@gmail.com