104年第2學期-0182 文討：非裔美國文學黑人男性特質的探討 課程資訊

教育目標

The Majors program puts great emphasis on the literary tradition of the predominant White American Literature and gender oppression from the female perspective in Women's Literature. In order to further solidify the objective of enhancing students’ knowledge of diversity of culture, race, and gender and broadening their international perspective, it is believed that African-American Literature helps to provide various angles for the academic discussions of and lectures on American literature. Hence, instead of solely engaging in the discourses of female oppression, this course hopes to bring in a different viewpoint to the discussion of black lives with a major focus on the representation and characterization of black males in the selective African-American literary works. By the end of the semester, students should be develop a) high levels of English language proficiency in listening, reading, speaking, and writing, b) Academic writing skill in research, c) specific knowledge of the representation of black masculinity in selective African-American literary works, d) independent and critical thinking on social and gender identities of African-American men in the eras of slavery and racial segregation, e) knowledge of cultural and racial diversity and international perspective, and f) capability of making fair and humble judgment.

課程概述

This seminar aims to closely examine the theme of racial and gender inequality in African-American Literature and critically analyze how black masculinity is conceptualized and reconstructed in the selective literary works of James Baldwin, Earnest J. Gaines, Toni Morrison, and Solomon Northup with supplementary readings of Ralph Ellison and Richard Wright. Apart from the literary and logical discussion, the historical and socioeconomic backgrounds of slavery and racial segregation will be provided to deepen the comprehension of African-American men’s struggle in the face of unequal and dominant social systems in their time.