美國文學(二)

An introductory course of American Literature from 1865 to the present. n.b. the course lecture will be delivered in mandarin.

1. Students have to apply for a NCTU o365 account (which should appear like xxxx@o365.nctu.edu.tw) to join our course channel on Microsoft Teams (email with the suffix other than “@o365.nctu.edu.tw” will not be accepted by the NCTU Teams). The NCTU o365 account application page can be found at: https://g.nctu.edu.tw/signin.php 2. Use the code “u3hsw7u” to join the course channel on Microsoft Team.

1. intro 2. Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” 1, 3, 6, 17, 21, 27, 30, 50, 51, 52; Emily Dickinson, 260 [288], 269 [249], 320 [258], 339 [241], 340 [280], 365 [338], 446 [448], 479 [712], 591 [465], 620 [435]. 3. Mark Twain, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Ch. I, II, XXXI; Critical Controversy pp. 283-296 4. Henry James, "The Beast in the Jungle," Sui Sin Far, "Mrs. Spring Fragrance" 5. Kate Chopin, "At the 'Cadian Ball," "The Storm"; Willa Cather, "The Sculptor's Funeral" 6. optional 7. Sherwood Anderson, "Hands," "Mother"; excerpts from Donald Ray Pollock, “Knockemstiff” 8. mid-term exam 9. Robert Frost,”The Road Not Taken,” “Fire and Ice,” “Stooping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” “Deserted Places,” “Design”; T. S. Eliot, "The Waste Land" 10. Ernest Hemingway, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro”; Richard Wright, “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” 11. Jack Kerouac, "Big Sur"; Thomas Pynchon, “Entropy” 12. Toni Morrison, "Recitatif"; Maxine Hong Kingston, "No Name Woman" 13. John Updike, "Separating"; Raymond Carver, "Cathedral" 14. optional 15. Julia Alvarez, "¡Yo!" Jamaica Kincaid, "Girl"; Junot Díaz, "Drown" 16. final

weekly in-class oral report 20% weekly quiz 20% mid-term exam 30% final exam 30%

The Norton Anthology of American Literature, shorter eighth edition, Vol. 2. The textbook will be put on our Library’s reserved shelf for your reference. Other excerpts will be put on our Teams course channel.