美國文學(二)

American Literature (2)

學期

111-2

學分

3 學分

當期課號

514121

永久課號

HSFL20014

開課單位

外國語文學系

授課教師

辜崇豪

類別

必修

上課時間表

節	週三
2 09:00–09:50	美國文學(二) F110 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

This survey course introduces students to some major authors and literary works in American literature, from 1865 to the present. We will highlight texts related to issues such as realism and naturalism, local color, modernism and modernity, and the representation of social differences (age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, and so on) in postbellum American literature.

先修科目

N/A

教學方式

Policies Class Attendance and Participation 1. You have to sit in the same seat for this course. Our teaching assistant Rita 陳湘勻 (rita80579@gmail.com) will keep track of your attendance. 2. If you have to miss classes for legitimate reasons (official or sick leave), please let Rita and me know in advance/in person. I will not count your legitimate leave as absence unless there are more than THREE times. 3. Attending all classes does not necessarily mean that you will get all the points. You have to participate by asking/answering questions. Individual/Group Report 1. On our schedule, you will see a dual report system: the numeral in brackets ([1], [2], [3], and so on) are for group reports; the alphabetic in brackets ([A], [B], [C], and so on) are for individual reports. 2. Among the texts for group reports, some are for two people and others for three (marked with †). In a group report, the members have to introduce an author, summarize an assigned reading, and point out important themes in 15 minutes. In an individual report, one student needs to summarize the story and show us crucial topics in 10 minutes. Unless you report in a careless manner, you obtain 80–100 points for your one-time report. Response Papers You have to turn in two one-page (single-spaced) response papers. In each response paper, highlight one passage in our readings, contextualize the passage, and explicate the passage. You could write in Chinese or English. See E3 for more instructions. Mid-Term and Final Exams You might be asked to identify passages and interpret them, define literary terms, answer essay questions, and/or put your literary knowledge into practice.

評分方式

Class Attendance and Participation: 10% Individual/Group Report: 10% Two Response Papers: 10% each Midterm and Final Exams: 30% each

週次計畫

週次	主題
第 1 週	Introduction
第 2 週	Realism and Naturalism WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (1837–1920): From "Editor's Study" (1887) HENRY JAMES (1843–1916): From "The Art of Fiction" (1884) FRANK NORRIS (1870–1902): "A Plea for Romantic Fiction" (1901) JACK LONDON (1876–1916): From "What Life Means to Me" (1906, 1909) CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860–1935): From "Masculine Literature" (1910, 1911) 9e: pp. 578–94; 10e: pp. 311–27 Individual Report \| JAMES: The Bostonians (1886) [A] [李修齊] Individual Report \| UPTON SINCLAIR (1878–1968): The Jungle (1906) [B][賴允芊]
第 3 週	MARK TWAIN (1835–1910): Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Preface, Chapters I–II, XXXI, XLI–the Last [1]†[賴芃秀、郭維珊] 9e: pp. 101–4, 108–15, 239–44, 280–90; 10e: pp. 79–82, 87–94, 219–24, 260–70 Individual Report \| TWAIN: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) [C][蘇意涵]
第 4 週	CHARLES W. CHESNUTT (1858–1932): "Po' Sandy" (1888); "The Wife of His Youth" (1899) [2][鄭覺欣、陳詠芯] 9e: pp. 479–81, 488–96; 10e: pp. 448–50, 450–57, 457–65 Reconstruction JOURDON ANDERSON: "Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master" (1865)* 10e: pp. 55–59 Individual Report \| CHESNUTT: The Marrow of Tradition (1901) [D][黃雲瑋]
第 5 週	KATE CHOPIN (1850–1904): "The Story of an Hour" (1895); "The Storm" (written in 1898; 1969) [3][張家瑜、王棋彩] 9e: pp. 441–42, 446–48, 455–59; 10e: pp. 415–16, 420–22, 422–26 Individual Report \| CHOPIN: The Awakening (1899) [E][許睿絜] LONDON: "To Build a Fire" (1902, 1908) [4] [陳畯田、何櫂珩] 9e: pp. 639–40, 641–52; 10e: pp. 592–93, 593–604 Individual Report \| THEODORE DREISER (1871–1945): Sister Carrie (1900) [F][黃筱芙]
第 6 週	SHERWOOD ANDERSON (1876–1941): "Hands" (1919); "Mother" (1919) [5][陳祥瑜、林承毅] 9e: pp. 761–63, 763–72; 10e: pp. 693–95, 695–704 ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899–1961): "The Killers" (1927)*[6][張若瑄、李亞恩] 9e: 1030–32; 10e: pp. 1058–60, 1060–63 Individual Report \| HEMINGWAY: The Sun Also Rises (1926) [G][王品禾] First Response Paper Due (on a Reading in Our Anthology between Week 2 and Week 6): Please Turn It in by 8:30 AM on E3
第 7 週	WILLIAM FAULKNER (1897–1962): "Barn Burning" (1938) [7][馮莘雅、郗恩美、陳侑均] 9e: pp. 1005–9, 1015–27; 10e: pp. 1036–39, 1046–58 Individual Report \| FAULKNER: Absalom, Absalom! (1936) [H][彭星榕、林純安、李沛恩]
第 8 週	Spring Break
第 9 週	Mid-Term Exam
第 10 週	RICHARD WRIGHT (1908–1960): From Black Boy (1945)* [8][廖俊宇、朱崇旭、王昱凱] 9e: pp. 1058–59; 10e: pp. 1086–88, 1088–94 Individual Report \| WRIGHT: Native Son (1940) [I][陳星彤、王大禎] RALPH ELLISON (1914–1994): Invisible Man (1952), chapter 1 [9]†[吳云涵、吳天心、柯郁琦、黃郁絜] 9e: pp. 1209–10, 1210–20; 10e: pp. 1156–57, 1157–67
第 11 週	JAMES BALDWIN (1924–1987): "Going to Meet the Man" (1965) [10][蕭歆潔、張郁雯] 9e: pp. 1330–1, 1331–43; 10e: pp. 1260–61, 1261–73 Individual Report \| BALDWIN: Giovanni's Room (1956) [J][張珈瑜]
第 12 週	TONI MORRISON (1931–2019): "Recitatif" (1983) [11][余嘉恩、蔡寬容] 9e: 1427–28, 1429–42; 10e: pp. 1483–84, 1484–98 Individual Report \| MORRISON: Song of Solomon (1977) [K][林新雨、黃錦釗] ALICE WALKER (b. 1944): "Everyday Use" (1973) [12][彭鈺純、簡正欣] 9e: 1567–68, 1568–74; 10e: pp. 1583–84, 1584–90
第 13 週	SUI SIN FAR (EDITH MAUD EATON) (1865–1914): "Mrs. Spring Fragrance" (1912) [13][邱宥寧、陳雯玲] 9e: pp. 549–50, 550–58; 10e: pp. 520–21, 521–29 MAXINE HONG KINGSTON (b. 1940): "No Name Woman" (1976) [14]†[劉建鋒、郭修平] 9e: pp. 1543–44, 1544–53; 10e: pp. 1556–57, 1557–66
第 14 週	SANDRA CISNEROS (b. 1954): "Woman Hollering Creek" (1991) [15][張巧芸、侯冠伊] 9e: pp. 1613–14, 1614–22; 10e: pp. 1634–35, 1635–43 JHUMPA LAHIRI (b. 1967): "Sexy" (1999) [16][張承奕、毛靖洧] 9e: pp. 1691–92, 1692–707; 10e: pp. 1703–4, 1704–19 Second Response Paper Due (on a Reading in Our Anthology between Week 10 and Week 14): Please Turn It in by 8:30 AM on E3
第 15 週	FLANNERY O'CONNOR (1925–1964): "Good Country People" (1955) [17][簡佑蓁、古佳儒] 9e: pp. 1366–67, 1367–80; 10e: pp. 1296–97, 1297–1311 ALISON BECHDEL (b. 1960): From Fun Home (2006)* [18][賴涵儒、柯雨霏] 10e: pp. 1672–73, 1674–82
第 16 週	Final Exam
第 17 週
第 18 週

教科書

The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Shorter 9th/10th ed., vol. 2, W. W. Norton, 2017/2023. You may use the 9th edition, but I will use the 10th edition when I teach. Please note that some assigned readings (marked with *) only appear in the 10th edition.

Office Hours

地點: HC409
時間: T. 9–11 AM or by appointment
聯絡方式: chku@nycu.edu.tw Tel: 03-5712121, ext. 58117