短篇小說

The aim of this course is straightforward: to introduce to students a few short story writers and their works, and to encourage perceptive observations of textual and narrative subtleties. Part of the focus is on reading these works from a crafty perspective rather than a scholarly one. Students are welcome to have their creative works in-progress as the final projects. n.b. the course lecture will be delivered in mandarin

1. Students have to apply for an NYCU m365 account to join the course channel on Microsoft Teams. The account application page can be found here: https://it.nycu.edu.tw/it-services/cloud-services/microsoft-365/ 2. Use the code “9kpc1vz” to join the course channel on Teams

01. Intro 02. Stephen King, “The Reach” 03. H. P. Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu” 04. Arthur C. Clarke, “The Nine Billion Names of God,” “The Star”; Issac Asimov, “The Billiard Ball” 05. Ted Chiang, “Story of Your Life” 06. Cixin Liu, “The Wages of Humanity” 07. Selected Stories 08. mid-term 09. Kazuo Ishiguro, Two Stories; Yasunari Kawabata, “The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket” 10. Raymond Carver, “The Bath,” “A Small, Good Thing” 11. Sherwood Anderson, “Hands“; Donald Ray Pollock, “Dynamite Hole” 12. Amos Oz, “The King of Norway,” “Between Friends” 13. Amos Oz, “Two Women,” “Esperanto” 14. Selected Stories 15. oral report on the final project 16. final

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

Various handouts.