課程介紹
This course gives first-year NCHU English majors the opportunity to explore some of the most enduring works of Western Literature from the Gilgamesh epic to the books of the Hebrew Bible to the Iliad. Participants are not expected to read these texts in their entirety but selectively and critically. It is designed to introduce the major concerns and conventions of western literary canon whilst encouraging students to think about what makes a literary text ‘classic’ and how it is still relevant to modern readers.
 
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Grades
15 % class participation
10 % Group Presentation
10% attendance
65% exams (quizzes 15%, 25% Midterm, 25% Final)

Bonus Written Assignment (0-5 points added to your final grade)
You have to print out and hand in a reflective essay (250-400 words) by the end of the semester. The topic of your essay is up to you. You can write up your oral report, trace your journey of learning in this course, analyze a short literary passage that interests you or simply find out more about the life of author or a topic.
 
教科書:
Textbook: The Norton Anthology of Western Literature (Ninth Edition)
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
教學進度:
Week 1 (9/10)
Introduction
Italo Calvino’s ‘Why read the classics?’
Week 2 (9/17) Mesopotamian Culture and Literature
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Headnote, pp. 54-58; Tablet I and II, pp. 58-71)
Week 3 (9/24)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Tablet VII, VIII and IX, pp.87-95)
Week 4 (10/1)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Tablet X and XI, pp.96-110)
Week 5 (10/8)
The Hebrew Bible (Headnote, pp. 110-114, The book of Genesis, pp. 117-125 )
Week 6 (10/15)
The Hebrew Bible (Headnote, pp. 114-116, The book of Genesis, pp. 126-127, The book of Job, pp.152-157)
Week 7 (10/22)
The Hebrew Bible (The book of Job, pp. 157-159, 169-177)
Week 8 (10/29)
Greek Gods and Heroes (Hamilton's Mythology, "The Gods" pp. 24-47)
Week 9 (11/5) Mid-Term
Week 10-16 Homer’s Iliad
Week 10 (11/12) Film: Troy
Week 11 (11/19) Headnote, pp. 181-188, Book 1 (pp.189-204)
Week 12 (11/26) Book 6 (pp. 205-215), Saphho ( Headnote, pp. 594-596; Poem 16 and 44, pp. 597-598)
Week 13 (12/3) Book 9 (pp. 215-231)
Week 14 (12/10) Book 16 (pp. 232-242)
Week 15 (12/17) Book 22 (pp. 258-271)
Week 16 (12/24) Book 24 (pp. 271-29)
Week 17 (12/31) Group Presentations
Week 18 (1/7) Final
 
 
 
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