111年第2學期-0149 當代小說選讀 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Written reports, quizzes, homework	20
Class participation and discussion	20
Midterm exam	30
Final examm	30

教育目標

Course Objectives: at the conclusion of the course students will be expected to 1. Recognize major trends in contemporary short fiction 2. Be able to and present their conclusions in oral reports or presentations 3. Be able to analyze texts and draw their conclusions in cogent short essays 4. Become familiar with a number of modern and living authors and their works. Selected stories will including fiction drawn from a large pool of writers, including (but not limited to): Margaret Atwood (born 1939) Donald Barthelme (1931–1989) Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) Raymond Carver (1938–1988) John Cheever (1912–1982) Junot Díaz (born 1968) Philip K. Dick (1928–1982) Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967) Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929) Doris Lessing (1919–2013) Bobbie Ann Mason (born 1942) Alice Munro (born 1931) Tim O'Brien (born 1946) Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964) Frank O'Connor (1903–1966) John O'Hara (1905–1970) Grace Paley (born 1922) Philip Roth (born 1933) J. D. Salinger (1919–2010) George Saunders (born 1958) Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) Will Scott (1893−1964) Zadie Smith (born 1975) John Updike (born 1932) Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)

基本資料

選修課，學分數：0-2
上課時間：三/8,9[LAN111]
修課班級：外文系2-4
修課年級：2年級以上
選課備註：網路選課

參考書目

Contemporary Short Fiction