英文作文(二) B組

This course is designed to help students develop critical reading and writing skills, and to introduce some important aspects of the study of modern European literature. In focusing on the short story as a historical genre, we will consider the ways in which literary forms in general have come to be produced and consumed in European and American contexts. As we trace this history—from the 17th- and 18th-century literary and textual codification of earlier and more dispersed oral folk traditions up through the intensely self-conscious art of the modernist short story in the early and mid-20th century—we will think critically about what literary texts mean, but also how they come to have the meanings they arguably have. We will consider their meaning(s) as a field of contestation: open to interpretive debate. Strengthening our interpretive and argumentative skills by engaging in such interpretive debates will be a primary aim. Along the way, we will accrue a broad sense of the history of literature in the west as one of the modes whereby cultures represent themselves to themselves. The syllabus is subject to revision at the discretion of the instructor.

Attendance is necessary but not sufficient for success in this class. Active participation is mandatory; otherwise, your grade will suffer. No cell phones are allowed during classroom discussions. The weekly reading notes will be a record of your reactions and responses to the weekly reading. They can be very informal; they are merely a way to ensure that you engage scrupulously with the reading, and as a way to help you produce notes that will assist you as you prepare both for class discussions and for your essays. The weekly notes will be due at the end of each class and will be returned immediately—I will not grade them for their content (unless it is evident that they have no real substance), but merely will confirm that you have been taking diligent notes and making a record of your thoughts about each reading. The weekly reading notes that you take on each text should be prepared as a separate .doc or .pdf file, and should include the following: – Questions that you want to raise about the text, concerning both the meaning of the text and ways in which the language of the text produces that meaning – New or unfamiliar vocabulary (and your interpretations of how this vocabulary is contributing to the meaning of the story) – Interpretive reactions, assessments, and associations

Grading 1. Attendance and Participation: 25% 2. First Writing Assignment (interpretive argument - 3 paragraphs): 25% 3. Weekly Reading Responses: 25% 4. Final Exam / Second Writing Assignment (short essay - 2 pages): 25% Percentage of each grade category is subject to change. This syllabus is provisional and is subject to change.

Materials will be distributed by the professor

地點

R410 HC3

時間

By appointment

聯絡方式

cfs.creasy@gmail.com