SemesterFall Semester, 2025
DepartmentJunior Class A, Department of English Junior Class B, Department of English
Course NameTraumatic Literature
Instructor
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Schedule



Week 1    Class orientation (and group division).  

Week 2    Introduction (and group division) / “Trauma Theories”/ "Telling Time: Literature, Temporality and Trauma"  

Week 3    "Telling Time: Literature, Temporality and Trauma" The Unclaimed Experience (excerpt )

Week 4   The Unclaimed Experience (excerpt)--continued

Week 5   The Unclaimed Experience (excerpt)--continued;  Loss, Melancholy and Mourning



Week 6     Loss, Melancholy and Mourning; “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”as a Trauma Narrative

Week 7   “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”--continued; “The Lady of Shalott”; "The Raven"

Week 8    “How to Tell a War Story" plus“In the Field”& Oral Report

Week 9      "Vandals"& Oral Report



Week 10    Mid-term Exam 

Week 11    "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" & Oral Report



Week 12    "Pale Horse, Pale Rider"; The Final Solution & Oral Report

Week 13    The Final Solution--continued The Shawl & Oral Report



Week 14    The Shawl--continued

Week 15    Beloved/[The Pale View of the Hills]



Week 16   Beloved] ; term paper due!



Week 17   National Holiday



Week 18    National Holiday


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

NA


Requirement/Grading

Mid-term Exam & Term paper (5 pages with bibliography) 40%



Oral presentation 20% (with ppt.)



Written report 20% (about two pages with a specific focus)



Attendance and Discussion (including critical responses—the topics will be given in class) 20%


Textbook & Reference
Urls about Course
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