英國文學(一)
English Literature (1)
| 節 | 週二 |
|---|---|
5 13:20–14:10 | 英國文學(一) HB207 3 節連堂 |
6 14:20–15:10 | |
7 15:30–16:20 |
* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列
This course aims to enhance students’ knowledge of English history and literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the early eighteenth century. The reading list covers a variety of texts from different literary genres to familiarize students with the major literary conventions and their functions, and to increase students' understanding of the social, historical, cultural, and religious background of the medieval England in which these texts were produced. * * Students are required to respect the class and class rules. * Students are required to read the texts discussed in advance, come to class with sufficient knowledge of them, and participate in class actively. * The syllabus uploaded here is a tentative one, subject to changes depending on real class progress. A hard copy of the finalized syllabus will be provided in the first class.
Students who wish to take this course must first complete all of the three Literature courses listed below: Freshman English (I): Introduction to Literature Introduction to Western Literature (I) Introduction to Western Literature (II)
Attendance and Participation 30% Midterm exam 30% Final exam 40% * The instructor reserves the right to change the syllabus and the grading policies of this course. * No late assignments will be accepted. No make-up quizzes and exams will be given.
| 週次 | 主題 |
|---|---|
| 第 1 週 | Orientation and Course Overview |
| 第 2 週 | 臺大歷史系林美香教授演講(台北陽明校區) |
| 第 3 週 | The Middle Ages (to ca. 1485) Introduction; Bede (ca. 673-735) and Caedmon’s Hymn; Beowulf Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (ca. 1375-1400) |
| 第 4 週 | Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1343-1400): The Canterbury Tales |
| 第 5 週 | The Sixteenth Century (1485-1603) Introduction; Sir Thomas More (1478-1535): Utopia; The English Bible |
| 第 6 週 | Edmund Spenser (1552-1599): The Shepheardes Calender, The Faerie Queen; Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586): The Defense of Poesy |
| 第 7 週 | William Shakespeare (1564-1616): “Sonnet 18 – Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”, “Sonnet 116 – Let me not to the marriage of true minds”, “Sonnet 130 – My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”, Richard III |
| 第 8 週 | Midterm exam |
| 第 9 週 | Midterm exam review |
| 第 10 週 | The Early Seventeenth Century (1603-1660) Introduction; John Donne (1572-1631): “The Flea”, “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”; Ben Jonson (1572-1637): The Masque of Blackness |
| 第 11 週 | Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626): “Of Marriage and Single Life”, “Of Superstition”, “Of Plantations”; George Herbert (1593-1633): “Man”, “Death”, “Love (3)” |
| 第 12 週 | Andrew Marvell (1621-1678): “A Dialogue Between Soul and Body”, “To His Coy Mistress”, “The Definition of Love”; John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost |
| 第 13 週 | The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century (1660-1785) Introduction; John Dryden (1631-1700): “Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem”, “Mac Flecknoe”; John Bunyan (1628-1688): The Pilgrim’s Progress; Aphra Behn (1640?-1689): Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave |
| 第 14 週 | Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): Gulliver’s Travels; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762): Letters... Written during Her Travels |
| 第 15 週 | Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): “The Vanity of Human Wishes”, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; James Boswell (1740-1795): The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
| 第 16 週 | Final exam |
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 11/e edition. Package 1. Older or the latest editions are acceptable, but students must take FULL responsibility for finding all texts, lines, and paragraphs in their own edition, whether read or discussed in class or outside of it
- 地點
- 人社三館R410
- 時間
- By appointment
- 聯絡方式
- kchiu@nycu.edu.tw