經典文學選讀

The course will concentrate on a smaller body of literary texts either by particular authors, of specific periods, or under individual themes and genres. It is hoped that students can get a chance to read certain works from cover to cover, thus gaining deeper appreciation of the concerned texts.

Having taken the course "Introduction to Western Literature."

1. intro 2. ch.1 3. ch. 2, 3 4. ch. 4, 5 5. ch. 6, 7 6. ch. 8, 9 7. ch. 10, 11 8. ch. 12, 13 9. mid-term exam 10. ch. 14, 15 11. no class 12. ch. 16; “Fiction as History: The Bananeras and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude” 13. ch. 17; “Advancing in the Opposite Direction from Reality: Magical Realism, Alchemy, and One Hundred Years of Solitude” 14. ch. 18; “Translation and genealogy: One Hundred Years of Solitude” 15. ch. 19; “The humour of One Hundred Years of Solitude” 16. ch. 20; “One Hundred Years of Solitude: The Last Three Pages” 17. report on the final 18. final

final 40% mid-term 30% oral reports 30%

One Hundred Years Of Solitude by G. G. Marquez (which will be placed on the library's reserved shelf)