101年第1學期-0167 文討：抗議文學 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Response papers, study questions	15	Written to engage with the chapter readings and/or handouts
essays, shorter	25	response to an issue or topic
essay, longer	35	Research project
presentation	25	Based on research project

教育目標

1. Students will gain comprehension of the various historical, cultural and social conditions that gave rise to the specific pieces under examination. They will give evidence of this in response papers, discussions, presentations and essays. 2. Students will be able to recognize and explain various rhetorical modes typical of protest writing, including allegory, dystopian, jeremiad, parody, satire, invective, critical analysis, public address, manifesto, etc. They will give evidence of this in response papers, discussions, presentations and essays. 3. Students will analyze and critically interpret a variety of genres specific to protest literature, including novels, poems, essays, letters, short fiction, historical sketches, political tracts, philosophical works and personal writings. They will give evidence of this in response papers, discussions, presentations and essays. 4. Students will interpret, analyze and respond to the critical thinking present in the various readings, while applying their own critical thinking skills to assessing the effectiveness and significance of the various arguments of the selected authors. They will give evidence of this in response papers, discussions, presentations and essays. 5. Students will be able to explain how and why the authors under analysis were or are significant to the issues present in their societies, relative to their writings, criticism, rhetoric and beliefs. They will give evidence of this in response papers, discussions, presentations and essays.

課程概述

The literature of social protest is a broad and deep category that runs across multiple genres and includes various rhetorical modes and cultural and historical forms. Indeed, one might well claim that protest literature is at least as old as the Bible, given that one of its more expressive examples, the jeremiad, takes its name from the biblical prophet, Jeremiah. In more recent times, we have certainly witnessed a global firestorm of social and political protest, aimed at governments, banks, foreign policies, cultural customs, etc. This course will examine a broad overview of protest writings from various historical periods and different cultures, the better to understand how literature has served as a sounding board for social change and as a critical examination of a culture’s beliefs, practices and values.

基本資料

選修課，學分數：2-0
上課時間：四/1,2[LAN013-1]
修課班級：外文系3,4
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：1.畢業前須修兩門文討 2需填寫申請單

參考書目

Fire and Ink: An Anthology of Social Action Writing Eds. Frances Payne Adler, Debra Busman,
Diana Garcia. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2009.; American Protest Literature. Edition 1. John Harvard Library Series. Ed. Zoe Trodd. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2008. Film: The Fuck-it Point.