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教學活動
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投入時間 |
課堂
講授 |
課程
前後 |
1 |
Introduction |
Organizational meeting and Introduction
Prepare questions for class |
Lecture and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
2 |
New Literature |
Literary movements in the 1920s
Lai Ho. "The 'Steelyard,'" pp. 15-24,
and "Making Trouble," pp. 25-40. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
3 |
Writings in Japanese |
Assimilation policy and Japanese writings
Lung, Ying-tsung. "The Town with the Papaya Trees,"
pp. 27-78. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
4 |
Modernist writers |
Modernist writings in the 1930s
Wu Yung-fu. "Head and Body," pp. 39-50, and
Weng Nao. "A Love Story before Dawn," pp. 13-34. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
5 |
Liberation and Split |
Liberation and Cross-strait issues
Lu Ho-jo. "Bright, Bright Moon-Before the Retrocession," pp. 191-198, and Huang K’o-chuan. "Old Mainlander, for You I Write," pp. 61-68. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
6 |
Incident of February 28 |
The 228 incident in literature
Lin Shuang-pu. "The Huang Su Chronicle," pp. 59-66, and Hu, Chang-sung. "The Commander’s Last Spring," pp. 109-142. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
7 |
White Terror |
White Terror in literature
Lee, Chiao. "The Informer," pp. 149-178.
Cheng, Ch’ing-wen. “The White Period,” pp. 18-35. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
8 |
Reconstructing “Home” |
Women’s fictions and new “home”
Chien, Chen. "Mothers," pp. 107-116, and Lin Hai-yin. "Memories of Old Peking,” pp. 19-48. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
9 |
Reflections on Patriarchal System |
Nativist discourses and literature
Li Ang, selections from The Butcher’s Wife, pp. 1-56. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
10 |
Midterm
Exam |
Exam covers class contents week 2-9 |
In-class exam |
3 |
4.5 |
11 |
Nativist Literature |
Nativist literature in the 1960-70s
Wang Chen-ho. “An Oxcart for Dowry,” pp. 75-100, and Huang Chun-ming. “A Flower in the Rainy Night,” pp. 195-241. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
12 |
Leftist and Anti-imperial |
Leftist writings
Chen Ying-chen. “The Comedy of Narcissa Tang,” pp. 121-158. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
13 |
History Revisited |
Literature after millennial year
Wu He, Remains of Life, pp. 85-104. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
14 |
Aboriginal Literature |
Canonical aboriginal literature
T’o-pa-ssu, The Last Hunter, pp. 13-36. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
15 |
Queer Literature |
Writing desire and sexuality
Chu Tien-hsin. “Of Butterflies in the Spring Wind,” pp. 69-86, and Chiu Miao-chin. “Letters from Montmartre 11,” pp. 123-134. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
16 |
Environmental Writings |
Ecological and environmental concerns
Liao Hung-chi. “Fish Blood,” pp. 81-86, and Wu Ming-yi. “The The Compass of the Seoul,” pp. 121-132. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
17 |
Wrap Up |
Class reports and conclusions/Questions and feedbacks. Discussing final projects. |
Lecture, Student Presentation and Discussion |
3 |
4.5 |
18 |
Final
Exam |
Exam covers class contents week 10-17 |
In-class Exam |
3 |
4.5 |