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 (16th Sep )
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Introduction
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After class: read Pride and Prejudice and the assigned essay
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Week 2 (23th Sep)
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Pride and Prejudice:
historical background and textual analysis (Philosophy)
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After class: read Pride and Prejudice and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 3 (30th Sep)
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Pride and Prejudice
historical background and textual analysis (Estates)
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After class: read Pride and Prejudice and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 4 (7th Oct)
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Critical essay: Duckworth, ‘Pride and Prejudice: the Reconstitution of Society’
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After class: read Pride and Prejudice and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 5 (14th Oct)
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Critical essay: Johnson, ‘Pride and Prejudice and the Pursuit of Happiness’
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After class: read Emma and the assigned essay
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Week 6 (21st Oct)
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Emma
historical background and textual analysis (Psychology)
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After class: read Emma and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 7 (28th Oct)
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Emma
historical background and textual analysis (Manners)
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After class: read Emma and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 8 (4th Nov)
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Critical essay: Stewart, ‘The Fools in Austen’s Emma’
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After class: read Emma and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 9 (11th Nov)
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Critical essay: Waldron, ‘Men of Sense and Silly Wives: the Confusions of Mr Knightley’
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After class: read Emma and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 10 (18th Nov)
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Critical essay: Byrne, ‘Emma: The Obliged and the Obligated’
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After class: read Persuasion and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 11(28th Nov)
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Persuasion
historical background and textual analysis (Gender)
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After class: read Persuasion and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 12(2nd Dec)
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Persuasion
historical background and textual analysis (Sociability)
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After class: read Persuasion and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 13(9th Dec)
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Critical essay: Mooneyham, ‘Loss and the Language of Restitution in Persuasion’
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After class: read Persuasion and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 14 (16th Dec)
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Critical essay: Steiner, ‘Persuasion: Developing an “Elasticity of Mind”’
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After class: read Persuasion and the assigned essay
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 15 (23th Dec)
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Critical essay: Kramp, ‘Imagining malleable masculinity and radical nomadism in Persuasion’
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After class: prepare for the mini-conference and start writing your term paper
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 16 (30th Dec)
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Mini-conference: present your term paper and respond to the works of your classmates
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After class: prepare for the mini-conference and start writing your term paper
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3+ 9 hours
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Week 17 (5th Jan)
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Mini-conference: present your term paper and respond to the works of your classmates Term paper due
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Week 18 (12th Jan)
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Individual supervision: return student essays to them and discuss students’ works with them
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