週次
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課程內容與指定閱讀
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教學活動與課前、
課後作業
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學生學習投入時間
（含課堂教學時數）
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Week 1
(12th September)
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Introduction
複習essay的基本結構
In-class reading and discussion: An eloquent speech from 《琅琊榜》
In-class reading and discussion: ‘Jane Austen’ from the Norton Anthology of English Literature
Brain-storm exercise 1
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Class time: 3 hours
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Week 2
(19th September)
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Definition essay
In-class reading and discussion: A model definition essay: ‘What is Language?’
In-class reading and discussion: Pride and Prejudice (hereafter PP)
chapter 1
Brain-storm exercise 2
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 3 (26th September)
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In-class reading and discussion: Ellen Goodman’s essay: ‘Its Failure, Not Success?’
Brain-storm exercise 3
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After class: read PP chapter 2~3
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 3 hours
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Week 4 (3rd October)
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Topic of the week: 你/妳真的有喜歡他/她嗎?
In-class reading and discussion: ‘A Three-Component View of Love’ by Robert Sternberg
In-class reading and discussion: a love story about 阿居和彧子; excerpted from 藤井樹《B棟11樓》
Brain-storm exercise 4
課外延伸閱讀: 「戀愛模型」by台灣「自信教練」Mr. P
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 5 (10th October)
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National holiday
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Week 6 ( 17th October)
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First assignment: A definition essay due
Peer review
PP chapter 2~3
Brain-storm exercise 5
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 7 (24th October)
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The Comparison and Contrast essay
In-class reading and discussion:
A model comparison and contrast essay: ‘The Naturally Inferior Choice’
Brain-storm exercise 6
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After class:
Read PP chapter 4~5
Write an cause and effect essay
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 3 hours
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Week 8 (31st October)
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In-class reading and discussion:
Roger Rosenblatt’s essay ‘The Silent Friendship of Men’
Brain-storm exercise 7
繳交course pack
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 9 (7th November)
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Individual supervision: return assignments to students and discuss their works with them
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 10 (14th November)
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Topic of the week:
一見傾心是好事嗎?
In-class reading and discussion:
Matthew Hussey’s essay ‘Premature obligation’
In-class reading and discussion: Mr P’s 「一見鍾情的錯覺」
In-class reading and discussion: Passages about instant attraction in Jane Eyre (1847)
Brain-storm exercise 8
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 11
(21st November)
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Second assignment: A comparison-and-contrast essay due
Peer review
In-class reading and discussion: Sarah Ellis’s The Women of England (1839)
In-class reading and discussion: Passages about Jane Eyre’s marital life in Jane Eyre.
In-class reading and discussion: PP chapter 4~5
Brain-storm exercise 9
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After class:
Read PP chapter 6~7
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 12
(28th November)
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The argumentative essay
In-class reading and discussion: A model argumentative essay ‘Why Girls Should Learn Alone’
In-class reading and discussion:PP chapter 6~7
Brain-storm exercise 10
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 13 (5th December)
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In-class reading and discussion: Carol Tavris’s essay ‘Love Story’
In-class reading and discussion: PP chapter 8-9
Brain-storm exercise 11
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After class: write a comparison and contrast essay
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 3 hours
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Week 14 (12th December)
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In-class reading and discussion :
Pamela Regis’s ‘The Romance Novel and Women’s Bondage’ in her book The Natural History of Romance
In-class reading and discussion:
九把刀《等一個人咖啡》節錄(老闆娘的等待)
Brain-storm exercise 12
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 15
(19th December)
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The 3rd assignment due: the argumentative essay
Pamela Regis’s ‘In defense of the romance novel’ in her book The Natural History of Romance
藤井樹《B棟11樓》節錄(藝君的等待)
Peer review
Brain-storm exercise 13
繳交course pack
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 16 (26th December)
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Individual supervision: return assignments to students and discuss their works with them
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After class:
Write an argumentative essay ; read PP chapter 8-9
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 3 hours
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Week 17 (3th January)
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Read Pride and Prejudice or Jane Eyre
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 18 (10th January)
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Read Pride and Prejudice or Jane Eyre
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