Survey of Selected Western Classics Unit 1: The Story of an Hour

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1 Survey of Selected Western Classics Unit 1: The Story of an Hour
授課教師: 李欣穎副教授 【本著作除另有註明外，採取創CC「姓名標示－非商業性－相同方式分享」台灣3.0版授權釋出】

2 Syllabus 第1週 9/13 Introduction; Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour" (李欣穎副教授) 第2週 9/20 停課 (中秋節連假) 第3週 9/27 William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily" (李欣穎副教授) 第4週 10/4 美國文學簡介 (梁欣榮主任) 第5週 10/11 莎士比亞悲劇: 哈姆雷特、李爾王 (王淑華教授) 第6週 10/18 莎士比亞悲劇: 馬克白、奧賽羅 (王淑華教授) 第7週 10/25 聖經中的詩 (姜台芬教授) 第8週 11/1 耶穌說故事 (姜台芬教授) 第9週 11/8 如何讀莎劇 (邱錦榮教授) 第10週 11/15 停課 (校慶) 第11週 11/22 莎劇中的愛情 (邱錦榮教授) 第12週 11/29 西洋戲劇: Oscar Wilde, "The Importance of Being Earnest“ (王寶祥副教授) 第13週 12/6 西洋戲劇: Tennessee Williams, "A Streetcar Named Desire" (王寶祥副教授) 第14週 12/13 Emily Dickinson (曾珍珍教授) 第15週 12/20 Emily Dickinson (曾珍珍教授) 第16週 12/27 Mark Twain生平、筆名由來丶與終身成就 (王安琪教授) 第17週 1/3 Huckleberry Finn敘事策略、人物塑造、與主題 (王安琪教授) 第18週 1/10 期末考

3 Course Policy This is a team-taught introductory seminar. Attendance is absolutely mandatory. Your grade will suffer if you have three or more than three absences. This is a lecture-based seminar. Instructors may or may not give written assignments. You are responsible for completing and turning in all assignments on time. The language of instruction is Mandarin Chinese, although instructors can choose to teach in English. The entire seminar will be video recorded. The University may ask you to sign some papers. Instructors will prepare handouts and slide presentations. Individual instructors can choose to assign or not to assign grades for their own classes. There will be a final exam or a term paper.

4 Classic—something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read
MARK twain

5 Classic—A work of literature, music, or art of acknowledged quality and enduring significance or popularity. In extended use: something which is memorable and an outstanding example of its kind Oxford English Dictionary Says who?

6 The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin

7 Kate Chopin ( ) Born Katherine O’Flaherty in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Irish immigrant father died when she was four; brought up by mother of French Catholic heritage Graduated from St. Louis Academy of the Sacred Heart; read English and French writers Married Oscar Chopin and lived in New Orleans and Cloutierville, Louisiana, until his death in 1883, whereupon she returned to St. Louis to raise her 6 children Wrote local-color/regional fiction set in Creole and Cajun cultures

8 Major Works Bayou Folk (1894) A Night in Acadie (1897)
The Awakening (1899) “The Story of an Hour” (1894)

9 “The Story of an Hour” Form—short short story/flash fiction Economy of
Effect Plot Characterization Setting Irony Autobiographical?

10 版權聲明 頁碼 作品 版權圖示 來源/作者 4 Classic—something that…… nobody wants to read(by Mark Twain) WIKIPEDIA: 瀏覽日期: 2013/10/09 5 Classic—A work of literature, music,…… something which is memorable and an outstanding example of its kind. Oxford English Dictionary Online - OED 依 “Classic”為關鍵字檢索，依據著作權法第46、52、65條合理使用。

11 頁碼 作品 版權圖示 來源/作者 6 WIKIPEDIA: 瀏覽日期: 2013/10/09 8 臺大圖書館美國文學線上書房: 依據著作權法第46、52、65條合理使用。 9 Engelskspråklig litteratur og kultur: