107年第1學期-0174 文討：美國與黑奴遺魂 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Research Paper	30
Research Paper Presentation	10
Weekly Journals	20
Participation and attendance	10
Presentation on one week’s topic	20
Student lead discussion	10

教育目標

Course Objectives 1. Have a better understanding of the history of slavery and its impact on American literature. 2. Be aware of the problems of representation of black Americans in literature and how black authors, playwrights, and filmmakers have attempted to counter this. 3. Be introduced to and have a basic working knowledge of the ideas inherent in critical race theory. 4. Be able to apply these ideas to the problems of race and representation in Taiwan. 5. High levels of English language proficiency in listening, reading, speaking, and writing. 6. Academic writing skill in research.

基本資料

選修課，學分數：2-0
上課時間：四/8,9[LAN002]
修課班級：外文系3,4
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：5/14-5/31填文討申請單

參考書目

Course Materials
The two main texts for this course are:
Morrison, Toni. Home. New York: Vintage, 2012. Print.
Wilson, August. The Piano Lesson. New York: Plume, 1990. Print.
A course packet containing the following materials will also be provided:
Welty, Eudora. "A Worn Path." The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty. New York: Harcourt, 1980. 142-149. Print.
Faulkner, William. “That Evening Sun.” The Collected Stories of William Faulkner. New York: Vintage, 1995. 289-305. Print.
O’Connor, Flannery. “The Artificial Nigger.” The Complete Stories. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1971. 249-270. Print.
Wright, Richard. “The Man Who Lived Underground.” Eight Men. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. 19-84. Print.
Baldwin, James. “Notes on a Native Son.” The Norton Anthology of African American Literature 2nd Edition. Ed. Henry Louis Gates JR. and Nellie Y. McKay. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. 1713-27. Print.
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. The Norton Anthology of American Literature 7th Edition. Ed Nina Baym. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. 924-98. Print.
Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature 2nd Edition. Ed. Henry Louis Gates JR. and Nellie Y. McKay. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. 279-310. Print.
Washington, Booker T., “The Atlanta Exposition Address.” The Norton Anthology of African American Literature 2nd Edition. Ed. Henry Louis Gates JR. and Nellie Y. McKay. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. 594-601. Print.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. New York: Signet Classics, 2005. Print.
Chestnutt, Charles W.. The Marrow of Tradition: A Norton Critical Edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. Print.