2014 Fall EL2019
Introduction to Literature
DING Naifei
Thursday 1400-1650, A108
Office hours: Thursday 1300-1400 & by appointment (subject: EL2019)
Class schedule:
| 09.18 |
“What if…” (Stephen King) |
| 09.25 |
“What Is a Play? + August Strindberg, “The Stronger” (pp. 1093-1100) |
| 10.02 |
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll House: Act 1 (1879); “Reading, Thinking, and Writing about Drama” pp. 1101-1107 |
| 10.09 |
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll House: Act 2; “The Elements of Drama” pp. 1110-1125 |
| 10.16 |
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll House: Act 3; Aristotle, “On the Elements and General Principles of Tragedy” (excerpt) pp. 1173-1178; Oral Presentations |
| 10.23 |
“What Is a Short Story? + Close Reading Short Fiction” (9-17) |
| 10.30 |
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis: I (1915); “Reading, Thinking, and Writing about Short Fiction” pp. 14-17 |
| 11.06 |
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis: II; “Plot and Point of View” pp. 25-39 |
| 11.13 |
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis: III; “Character and Setting” pp. 40-64; “A Hunger Artist” 322-339; Oral Presentations |
| “They are here because you were there…” (Stuart Hall) | |
| 11.20 |
NO CLASS |
| 11.27 |
Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy: “Poor Visitor” and “Mariah” (1991) |
| 12.04 |
Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy: “The Tongue” and “Cold Heart” |
| 12.11 |
Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy: “Lucy” |
| 12.18 |
Oral Presentations |
| 12.25 |
顧玉鈴，《我們》(2007) |
| 01.01 |
NO CLASS |
| 01.08 |
吳永毅，＜無HOME可歸：公私反轉與外籍家勞所受之時空排斥的個案研究＞，台灣社會研究期刊，66期; Oral Presentations |
| 01.15 |
FINAL EXAM |
Evaluation:
Pop quizzes (20%)
Reading Journals (20%)
Group oral presentations (30%)
Final exam (30%)