100年第1學期-0153 小說選讀 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Attendance and Participation	15
Mid-term Exam.	30
Final Exam.	30
Individual Project	25

教育目標

This course introduces students to the literary works of two contemporary, award-winning authors: Jhumpa Lahiri and Yann Martel. The former, born in England, is a daughter of two Indian immigrants to the U.S., and the latter is a Canadian born in Spain and grew up in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, and Canada. Their cultural backgrounds and keen observations of human nature give a unique touch to their works, which explore big questions of life. Upon completion of this course, students are expected to develop an appreciation for fiction produced in different cultures and to enjoy wrestling with difficult questions posed by literature.

課程概述

Selected Fiction is an elective for second-year students and above. This course builds on Introduction in Literature 1 (fiction). This course will take into account several aspects of Narrative Fiction Studies and story telling by way of major writers (in English) over the past two centuries, including: 1: Narrative – the story itself and History of the novel 2: Narration – how the story is told 3: Narrator – the story teller 4: Narratology – the art of story telling. 5: Criticism - the different genres of fiction writing and criticism Students will first examine narrative elements of fiction—the story itself—and will examine such structural elements as characterization, plot structures (i.e. linear, episodic, etc.) and dramatic conflict. In addition students will explore a major school of critical thought aligned to the assigned reading such as selections from Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forester. Next, students will explore aspects of fictional narration and narrator and study voice, tone, narrator reliability, denouement and the sense of an ending. Finally, narratology will be investigated in relation to what students have read up to this point.

基本資料

選修課，學分數：2-0
上課時間：二/5,6[LAN014-1 ]
修課班級：外文系2,3,4
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：大二優先選課 預選期間 請洽莊助教

參考書目

Life of Pi by Yann Martel and The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.