課程介紹

課程簡述

In this course students will read, discuss, and explore selected prose of various topics and styles in both written and video form. The selection covers widely in themes, such as humor, ethnicity, animals, and disability; and in prose patterns, such as biography, narration, description, and argumentation. Students will cultivate their sensitivity to the written and spoken words as well as increase their knowledge of the world.

 

課程目標

In this course students will learn to understand the issues brought up in the selected prose readings, and at the same time appreciate the way these selections (including selected video) present an event, a place, an idea, or an argument, etc. Through extensive reading, intensive discussion, and response paper writing, students will improve their presentation skills as well as broaden their intellectual horizon.

 

教科書:

Muller, Gilbert H., and Harvey S. Wiener, eds. The Short Prose Reader. 13th ed. International Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013. (書林代理)

Muller, Gilbert H., and Harvey S. Wiener, eds. The Short Prose Reader. 10th ed. International Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

 

教學進度:

Week 1

 

Intro

2

Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue” (Muller, pp. 39-50)

Mother Tongue Amy Tan (Audiobook) - YouTube 13:13

3

Amy Tan Performs at the White House, Internet video, 7:56.陳春燕演講415

4

Elizabeth Wong, “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” (Muller 2005, pp. 142-149; 2013, pp. 144-151)./7涵.何菲(黃琪涵, 何健誠)

5

Double Tenth Day

6

Elizabeth Wong, “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” (Muller 2005, pp. 142-149; 2013, pp. 144-151)./7涵.何菲(黃琪涵, 何健誠)

7

10/24 簽到單 English Vinglish（《救救菜英文》、《印式英語》）1庭.嚴寒

8

10/31(四) 15:10-17:00興圖3樓多媒體中心簽到單 European Film Festival歐洲影展 狗奴人生 義大利/英文字幕102分 觀後討論

9

English Vinglish（《救救菜英文》）1庭.嚴寒(謝宜庭,顏涵) Midterm Exam week.

 

10

Maxine Hong Kingston (Muller 2005, pp. 112-118; Muller 2013, pp.114-18).吳晉福、林佳辰

Maxine Hong Kingston - YouTube 59:31 

11

Video: TED Talk, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Danger of a Single Story. 林琬婷、何秀軒

12

Michael Sandel, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do（正義：一場思辨之旅）陳傑斯可/陳世奕，游其維

13

Lopez, Apologia (辯解, 辯護) (Muller, pp.105-113) /段宜辰，賴玉嵐

14

12/19 Grandin, Temple Grandin, film (《星星的孩子》)陳如怡，簡怡安

15

Temple Grandin, film (《星星的孩子》)陳如怡，簡怡安

Stephen King (Muller, pp. 294-299) 這是備用講次.  individual presenter?

16

 individual presentation.  Stephen King (Muller, pp. 294-299) 這是備用講次不要選

17

1/2 term projects: individual presentation

18

(1/9)

Summarizing session: Justice to difference (cultural, racial, sexual orientation, etc.) and other species (roadkill of leopard cats, etc.) final Exam week.

 

學習評量方式

40%

Team work for guiding 1 reading or film screening from the syllabus, including a key point with key passages, short individual oral presentation with PPT outline, and review questions, etc.

40%

Written term paper.

Options:

  1. Write a guided essay.
  2. Choose another reading or film, and write a summary with analysis plus your comment and personal reflection/response.

20%

Attendance and participation. Class   attendence and participatiion are   essential.

Easy quiz on iLearning.
 

課程輔導時間

Thurs 13:10-15:00 and by appointment

 

核心能力

外語能力 (50%)、專業知識能力 (50%)

教學方法

討論、講授

評量方法

書面報告、出席狀況、口頭報告、作業、測驗、其他

班代：簡怡安

Class   attendence and participatiion are  essential.

教學進度:
1. suggested themes:
  1. Key points: Englishes, Minority, Chinese American, language, cultural difference/discrimination, food prejudice, shame
  2. Justice, justice to other species, justice to difference/LTGB
2. sign up oral presentation, team pair, your emphasis on literature or culture or language.
    handouts for 9/26's talk to be posted. See you at 414.
3. sign up term assignment. 
4  10/17四  課後沒有同學來變更導讀名單（導讀成績做為期中成績），則依原來每次教材2位同學負責進行
5   請假同學補交作業後才算完成請假手續
6   選擇課本以外教材導讀的同學，請依照課本的模式導讀：作家、單字、討論問題，etc.
 

Mother Tongue Amy Tan (Audiobook) - YouTube 13:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bByzNAeWCVw
A reading of the nonfiction pierce/memoir "Mother Tongue" written by Amy Tan and read by Michael DuBon

 

Amy Tan Performs at the White House, Internet video, 7:56. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cihZKJRj8AA
Amy Tan performs at the White House as part of a Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community heritage month celebration

 

10  go through syllabus again, 確定報告人, need 1 more for Week 11 Adichie
      確定term projects, write a personal essay according to the guided writing.  *Do not write a critical essay!
      缺席和請假都要繳make-up report including 1. summary of the reading assignmenty,  2. personal reflection and response.
10  review quiz on iLearning
10  Maxine Hong Kingston - YouTube 59:31

 

11  Video: TED Talk, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Danger of a Single Story
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Danger of a Single Story. TED Talk, https://www.ted.com/playlists/62/how_to_tell_a_story

Anglophone lit & Francophone lit. Sinophone lit. 

The Danger of a Single Story: Webinar with Jill Baird—MOA原住民收藏演講會 https://www.facebook.com/events/861843384324821/?active_tab=about

Join MOA Curator of Education, Jill Baird, as she presents a webinar inspired by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s  TED Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story”, and about how we can apply its lessons to the collections and relationships held at MOA.

 

耶魯大學創校300年來最熱門的一堂課：「心理學與美好生活」，課程創辦人勞麗‧桑托斯（Laurie Santos）教授首次來台傳授快樂心法。

勞麗‧桑托斯（Laurie Santos）耶魯大學心理系教授，於2018年開設「心理學與美好生活」課程，口耳相傳之下選修人數高達1182人，成為耶魯大學創校300年來最受歡迎的一門課。在課程中，勞麗‧桑托斯（Laurie Santos）提倡用按部就班的方式，訂定行為與目標，並落實成生活習慣，以達到快樂目的；運用積極心理學與行為改變，帶領學生找回生活中快樂的契機，進而創造幸福與美好的生活。

12. Michael Sandel, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do（正義：一場思辨之旅）https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY
(optional)國際大師人文講座:邁克・桑德爾:人權、正義與美

The theme of our 60th Celebration on June 2nd was “Ethics, Equity, and Globalization.” Michael Sandel gave a brilliant presentation that ended with a call for more civil public discourse. You can find his interactive lecture at: https://goo.gl/9uVvon  intro+pension debate, 核電22:00 同婚same sex marriage 40:00
桑德爾在活動中引導全場觀眾進行一場集體思辨，每位聽眾都拿到一張黃色紙與紫色紙，在桑德爾一題皆一題犀利的提問下，以色紙表態進而發表個人看法。整場活動討論了年金改革、同性婚姻合法化與核廢料存放等重大議題，不同的意見交叉激辯，擦出精彩的火花。http://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5082851
http://www.pts.org.tw/leadership_and_ethics/
http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/2087289

 

13  Lopez, Apologia, rescheduled and swapped to:
【國際交流】演講
Ways of Seeing China through Issac Julien’s Ten Thousand Waves: Evocative Translocality, Fantastic Orientalism, Nameless Labor

演講人：張英進教授 (加州大學聖地牙哥分校視覺文學系教授)
主持人：邱貴芬 (中興大學台文所特聘教授)
時間：2019.12.5 (四) 13:10-15:00 (15:10-17:00 )
地點：圖書館3樓多媒體中心團體視聽室

影片： Isaac Julien, Ten Thousand Waves | MoMA https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/global-culture/global-art-architecture/v/isaac-julien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c8HH3v11jQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le4O0CXppF4

    1. 請簽到.
    2. 請拿一份”The Danger of a Single Story”複習題. Write as much as you can. Return it to me before you leave.-->Keep it for your review.
    3. 12/26開始上台期末報告,in English。依照名單順序,12/26有7位，1/9有6位。報告+outline要先上傳iLearning.
    4. 期中報告有做PPT，請上傳。
    5. 缺席補交讀書報告上傳。缺交沒有學期成績。

14  Temple Grandin, http://www.142mov.com/vod/14/6083play.html?6083-0-1

15  Review test: Temple Grandin.

      Temple Grandin Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds TED Talks - 2010年2月24日

   How to use Zouvio ?
      Hand in Adichie's review sheet.

16  Term essay presentation 

17  Term essay presentation 

 

 

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