104年第1學期-5127 研究方法 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Library assignments	20	Learning to use databases, find materials, ILL
Annotated bibliography	20	Research bibliography on a major author or topic
Oral presentations	20	Twenty minute presentation, conference style
Model thesis proposal	20	On any topic in British or American literature
Research essay	20	On any text studied in class

教育目標

This course aims to prepare the student to conduct graduate-level research necessary for course work, the drafting of a thesis proposal, and the research and writing of an MA thesis in British and American Literature. Students will begin by learning how to utilize basic databases available at Tunghai University and other universities, libraries, and research centers in Taiwan. An annotated bibliography, covering essential primary and secondary sources on a given topic, will be completed by each student. Finally, students will be required to draft a preliminary thesis proposal. This proposal may differ from the actual proposal the student submits for approval, but it is hoped that the ideas generated in “Research Methods” will lead directly and organically to a completed thesis at the end of the student’s study program.

課程概述

Giving the overview of Research Methods and insights into Research Methods components. Main topics include: 1.Clarifying the research question. 2.Research design strategy. 3.Data collection & preparation. 4.Data Analysis & interpretation. 5.Research reporting. 6.Management decision.

基本資料

必修課，學分數：3-0
上課時間：四/6,7,8[LAN212-2]
修課班級：外文學碩1
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：

參考書目

MLA Research Guide and Handbooks (several editions)
Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600)
Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1966)
Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1811)
Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury (1929)
Orwell, 1984 (1948)