104年第1學期-0167 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
Presentation	15
Pop Quizzes	10

教育目標

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to do the followings: 1. Understand the genre of fiction, its history, and its unique characteristics. 2. Know the differences and similarities between the short story and the novel. 3. Appreciate the cultures that produce various forms of short stories and novels.

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：二/3,4[LAN011]
修課班級：外文系2
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：大二優先選課 如有餘額 大三大四開學後人工加選

參考書目

1. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
2. Through the Arc of the Rain Forest by Karen Tei Yamashita