課號 Course Code

全英文授課

EMI

■是      □否

課程類別

Course Type

■人文關懷課程(Humanistic Care Course)    □競賽專題課程(Competition Specialized Course)

■問題導向課程(Problem-Based Course)     □專題導向課程(Project-Based Course)

□總整課程(Capstone Course)                □實作課程(Practical Course)

□實習(Lab)                      □其他(Others)

課程名稱（中文）

Chinese course Title

美國文學 I

課程名稱（英文）

English course Title

American Literature I

學年/學期

Academic year/

Semester

113學年度第 1學期

學分

Credits

3

學系（所）

Department

 外國語文學系

必/選修

Required/Selected

■必修    □選修

上課時間

Class hours

每週 Mon ， 13 :10 ~ 16 :00

上課地點

Classroom

R149

教師

Instructor

Dr Benjamin Heal

教師 Email

Instructor’s Email

folbjh@ccu.edu.tw

助教

Teaching Assistant

林阳

助教Email

TA’s Email

quelyang730@alum.ccu.edu.tw

先修科目或先備能力

Prerequisites

Junior or senior class standing

課程概述

Course Descriptions

American Literature I is designed to provide undergraduate students with a general background in English-language American poetry, prose, and fiction from their beginnings to 1865. Overall, the course uses literary works to help students develop a greater understanding of American history, society and culture, to better understand how the United States has become what it is today. The chosen writers therefore are those whose works best lend themselves to such an approach while also representing the most influential American literary themes and traditions.

Class time will be devoted primarily to considerations of the cultural, historical and social background as well as discussions of assigned reading selections. Movies and videos will be included as appropriate.

學習目標

Learning Objectives

1) To explore the development of American Literature. 

2) For students to gain knowledge in the intellectual and cultural background of American literature, and to become acquainted with the concepts and terminology used in the analysis of literary texts.

3) To equip the students with the necessary critical faculties, analytical approach, interdisciplinary vision and analytical, interpretative and inference skills for a successful understanding of the analysis of gender and sexuality in literature.

5) To equip the students with the knowledge of the canon of works of American Literature.

6) To understand the evolution of various themes, genres, literary traditions.

教科書及參考書

Textbooks and References

Students MUST purchase PRINT copies of the anthology below and bring to each class. The TA may be able to assist with purchasing copies. The campus bookstore will try to obtain copies, but students are encouraged to get their own copies and begin the reading during summer vacation.
You are expected to have a copy of the course book before the first class.

Students not bringing the textbook to class will be asked to leave. Ebook copies are only acceptable as an additional aid and will not be accepted as a substitute for the print copy.

Levine, Robert S. editor. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Shorter 10th edition in two volumes. New York: W. W. Norton, 2023.

Additional materials will be provided.

Please respect intellectual property rights and do not illegally photocopy or download the textbook.

教學要點概述

教材編選

Teaching Materials

n自製簡報(ppt)     n課程講義              n自編教科書

□教學程式         n自製教學影片          □其他

教學方法

Teaching Methods

n講述           n小組討論     n學生口頭報告      n問題導向學習

n個案研究       □其他

評量工具

Evaluation Tools

□期中考         □期末考        □隨堂測驗          □隨堂作業

□課後作業       n期中報告      □期末報告          n專題報告

□評量尺規       □其他

教學資源

Teaching Resources

n課程網站        n教材電子檔供下載       □實習網站

教師相關訊息

Instructor’s

 Information

Students that miss the first class will not be added to the register.
Attendance lower than 70% will be an automatic fail. Sick leave must be requested via email or in person, and be proven with a certificate.

Each student's final course grade will be based on the total percentage earned. Students whose scores indicate a clear improvement from the Mid-Term to the Final, however, will receive an appropriate bonus.

Mid-Term Examination —20% points possible.  This is an in-class, open book essay exam. Students should write a response essay to a topic/text encountered in the first part of the course.
Class test 1 – 10% - a multiple choice test to assess student’s knowledge of the reading.
Class test 2 – 10% - a multiple choice test to assess student’s knowledge of the reading.
Attendance – 10%
Group Presentation 20% By week 3 groups of 4-5 students will be formed, and expected to work together to produce an informative presentation on one of the texts studied. Presentations will be given after the mid-terms.
Final Essay — 30% points possible – a word-processed research essay (800 words), based on a topic/text covered on the course. Must differ from mid-term topic/text.

You will need to bring a pen and pad to make notes, and be prepared to make contributions to discussions. You MUST prepare for each seminar by reading the text or texts set – if you appear to have no knowledge of the text, and are unable to contribute to discussions you may be asked to leave the class and will receive no attendance mark.

每週課程內容Weekly Scheduled Contents

Week 1

Introduction to the course
The Pocahontas-John Smith Story – John Smith's Letter to Queen Anne Regarding Pocahontas; Movie: The New World

Week 2

Colonization of America - Beginnings to 1820, pp. 3-10
First Encounters between English and Native Americans; John Smith, pp. 62-78 (Read the introduction to John Smith before reading what he wrote. Do this for every writer we study throughout the semester.)
Beginnings of English Language Literature in America
“Literary New England,” pp. 13-17
William Bradford, from "Of Plymouth Plantation," pp. 81-100; Mayflower Compact

Week 3

Puritan Culture and Religious Doctrine
John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity," pp. 101-113
The Beginnings of Dissent in America
Roger Williams, from The Bloody Tenent of Persecution (1644); "A Plea for Religious Liberty"

Week 4

Individual Struggles with Puritan Culture and Religious Doctrine
Anne Bradstreet, "The Prologue," pp. 120-23; "The Author to Her Book, ” pp. 130-31; "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," pp. 131-32; "To My Dear and Loving Husband," p. 132, ". . . Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, . . ." pp. 133-34
Edward Taylor, “Prologue,” pp. 159-61; “Upon Wedlock and the Death of Children,” pp. 163-64; “Huswifry,” p. 164

Week 5

The End of the Puritan Theocracy; Cotton Mather, from Wonders of the Invisible World, pp. 165-71; Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch Trials; Salem Witchcraft Trials (Smithsonian); Movie: The Crucible

Week 6

The American Enlightenment; Enlightenment Ideals, pp. 17-20
Benjamin Franklin, “The Way to Wealth,” vol. 1, pp. 185-94; “Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America,” pp. 197-201; The Autobiography, pp. 201-64

Week 7

The Melting Pot;J. Hector St. John de Creveceour, From Letters from an American Farmer, pp. 288-304
Slavery and the Beginnings of the Abolitionist Movement; Olaudah Equiano, From The Interesting Narrative of the Life..., pp. 338-405

Week 8

Essay writing/Presentation workshop

Week 9

Mid-Term Examination

Week 10

Introduction to Romanticism; Romantic Views of Man's Place in Nature; The Noble Savage; James Fenimore Cooper, From The Last of the Mohicans, pp. 477-86; Movie: The Last of the Mohicans

Week 11

Cultural Independence, Romantic Individualism and Self-Reliance; Ralph Waldo Emerson, pp. 500-502, "The American Scholar," pp. 532-45, "Self-Reliance," pp. 546-63; Walt Whitman, "A Noiseless Patient Spider"

Week 12

Romantic Individualism and Self-Reliance; Henry David Thoreau, "Resistance to Civil Government," pp. 879-97; From Walden, or Life in the Woods: “Economy,” pp. 899-940; “Where I Lived and What I lived For”, pp. 941-51; "Conclusion," pp. 961-969

Week 13

Romanticism and the Dark Side of the Soul: Nathaniel Hawthorne, 600-603, “Young Goodman Brown,” pp. 617-26; Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven," & “Annabel Lee” pp. 660-68; “The Tell-Tale Heart," pp. 691-695; “The Purloined Letter,” pp. 701-714

Week 14

Romanticism and the Dark Side of the Soul: Herman Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” pp. 1128-57
Slavery and Abolition: Frederick Douglass, From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass . . . , pp. 970-1040, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" pp. 1040-43;

Week 15

Presentation week

Week 16

Romantic Poetry: Walt Whitman, pp. 1044-47 "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," pp. 1122-28; Preface to Leaves of Grass, pp. 1047-61; From Leaves of Grass, pp. 1062-1106; From Drum Taps, pp. 1119-22
"O Captain! My Captain!",

Week 17

Emily Dickinson, 1220-1245 Poems #39, 112, 202, 340, 359, 372, 479, 591, 1096, 1263, 1773,; Letters to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, pp. 1248-49

Week 18

Final Essay due

核心能力Core Competency

註：關聯強度以五點量表標示，1表示沒有關聯，5表示非常有關聯。