Semester | Fall Semester, 2017 | ||
Department | Freshman Class B, Department of English | ||
Course Name | Introduction to Western Literature | ||
Instructor | |||
Credit | 3.0 | ||
Course Type | Required | ||
Prerequisite |
Course Objective |
Course Description |
Course Schedule |
Teaching Methods |
Teaching Assistant |
Grading quizzes Helping proctor exams Managing Moodle Providing extra help to individual students |
Requirement/Grading |
Midterm and final exams, two art projects, a myth writing project, weekly quizzes on reading assignments, various exercises, and regular attendance. The final grade is an average of all graded assignments. Absenteeism will have a negative effect on the final grade. |
Textbook & Reference |
Required Texts: The Norton Anthology of Western Literature, Vol. 1, 9th edition Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. Bookman Publ. Co., Taipei. Useful References (purchase not required): Buck, Pearl, the Story Bible Volume I: The Old Testament and Volume II: The New Testament. Taipei: Bookman, 1995. Fulghum, Walter B. Jr. A Dictionary of Biblical Allusions in English Literature. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. Horton, Rod W. and Vincent F. Hopper. Backgrounds of European Literature. Bookman, Taipei. Lass, Abraham H. et al. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Classical and Literary Allusion. Wordsworth Reference. Thrall, W. F., Hibbard, A., and C. H. Holman. A Handbook to Literature. Odyssey Press, New York. Zimmerman, J. E. Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Bantam Publ. |
Urls about Course |
Important websites: http://moodle.nccu.edu.tw http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ http://classics.mit.edu/index.html http://unbound.biola.edu |
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