課程介紹
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.
 
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, will be offered in a course pack by the second week of class)
Muller, Gilbert H., and Harvey S. Wiener, eds. The Short Prose Reader. 10th ed. International Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
Optional readings:
教學進度:
Week1 (9/10) Course Introduction
Week2 Maxine Hong Kingston, “Catfish in the tub”. (Muller, pp.114-18).
Week3 Maxine Hong Kingston - YouTube 59:31
Week4 No Class (Moon Festival)
Week5 PTS video:《農村的遠見》美國舊金山「有機生活美學」 ep9.1.公視連結: 
https://www.ptsplus.tv/season/12887daa-7064-4ff3-9e33-de44e62fb063/episode-type/Episode/6c705e7b-fd39-4e2d-83ce-26ee9283f7cd
       Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue” (Muller, pp.39-50) 
Week6 (10/15) Guest Lecture: 劉嵩(紀錄片導演) 《農村的遠見》系列紀錄片製作分享, 人文大樓3樓317教室
Week7 Amy Tan, Mother Tongue (Audiobook) - YouTube 13:13, Amy Tan Performs at the White House, Internet  video, 7:56.
Week8 Elizabeth Wong, “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” (Muller, pp.123-129)
Week9 Elizabeth Wong, “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” (Muller, pp.123-129)
Week10 Film: English Vinglish（《救救菜英文》、《印式英語》）
Week11 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story”.
Week12 ,歐洲影展多媒體中心11/26/3:10-5:00四, 20烈愛天堂In the Fade德國106分
Week13 Michael Sandel, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do（正義：一場思辨之旅）
Lopez, “Apologia” (Muller, pp.105-113)
Week14 Lopez, “Apologia” (Muller, pp.105-113)
Week15 Grandin, Temple Grandin, film (《星星的孩子》)
Week16 Stephen King (Muller, pp. 294-299), TED Talk: Temple Grandin
Week17 (12/31) Stephen King (Muller, pp. 294-299)
Week18 (1/7) Term Essay due
 
Evaluation
1. 60% Teamwork+written term paper: Write a guided essay with no less than 600 words. Plagiarism is not allowed.
    Please hand in the essay in both paper (in-class submission) and digital form (upload to ilearning). For more      term paper requirements, refer to the paper sample in the document section.
2. 20% Close reading, attendance and participation.
3. 20% Easy quiz on iLearning.
 
Absence Policy
**For each absence, you should upload a make-up report to the make-up report section on iLearning. You may provide a textual analysis, or a summary of the text including your response/reflection. Note that plagiarism is not allowed.
**For every absence without make-up report, two points will be taken away from your final mark.
 
Class leaders
宋卓穎29/0968-889427    李坤翰45/0963-228921 
Back-up classrooms
312-1(40 seats), 203-1(50 seats)
204-1(50), 203-2(50)
317, 421, 422, 70seats
 
Notes for each week
9/10
1. Class leaders.
2. Choose topic for term paper.
3. about 13:10~15:00人文大樓102室 【人社演講】幽默理解的腦神經機制人文大樓1樓102室
 
9/17
1. Class leaders. 
2. Kingstong, sign up questions
3. 發言加分:4108012016
 
9/24
2. Kingstong. 
 
10/8
  • About European Film Festival
  • Evacuations underway in Napa, Sonoma counties due to 2,500 acre Glass Fire
  1. Guest Lecture: 劉嵩(紀錄片導演) 《農村的遠見》「加州有機生活美學」,人文大樓3樓317教室
劉嵩導演簡介 https://www.facebook.com/rhjuantw/posts/3850740418271032?comment_id=3850744591603948
劉嵩的觀點：連結
城市學訪談：連結
鏡週刊訪談：連結
 
10/22
  • Assignment: “Sunset is to nightfall as __cough___ is to __cold___.” Group 3 please help review the assignment.
  1. Report to me who posed question to Director Liu 10/15.
  2. Group 2 please upload your ideas for guided writing.
  3. Group 3 please help nevigate the computer, and help answer and find the questions in the text.
  4. Quiz: Eternal Farm Village
  5. Elizabeth Wong
  6. Asian Americans: PBS documentary series | KQED YouTube · KQED
  7. 「第四话 4」所以我到底算不算"亚裔美国人"? - 棠喃犀 ...
    matters.news › 第四话-4-所以我到底算...
    2020年5月19日 — Cathy Park Hong. “Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning.” Minor feelings定义：“被种族化的情绪——消极、烦躁、不能言说('上不了电视') ...
  8. Amy Tan Audiobook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkgGOR09ZmM
  9. Amy Tan performs at the White House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cihZKJRj8AA
  10. What is so fun in Tan's speech?
  11. What did she say about "heritage?"
  12. You may answer in either English or Chinese.
10/29
 
Bereavement leave.
  1. Vinglish的同學觀影後隔週做比較，每位對應一位作家Kingston,   Tan,   Wong   + guided writing
  2. Quiz: Kingston, Amy Tan
  3. Elizabeth Wong
11/5
Bereavement leave.
 
11/12 
Week 9 Elizabeth Wong
 
11/19
schedule
guided writing of Eternal farm village
title of your term essay
Wong: P. 144-145, P.146, 9
quiz: Kingston and Tan
Week10 Film: English Vinglish（《救救菜英文》、《印式英語》）
 
11/26
Week12 ,歐洲影展多媒體中心11/26/3:10-5:00四, 20烈愛天堂In the Fade德國106分
 
12/3
預警系統即將於11/27關閉
Please find the last page of Wong's essay in the handout. 
film: Vinglish
quiz: Wong + In the Fade 
discussion: in the Fade.

12/10
quiz: Vinglish & Adichie
discussion: Vinglish. Guided writing.

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.

 

12/17
Week13 Michael Sandel, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do（正義：一場思辨之旅）

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

12/24 
Week15 Grandin, Temple Grandin, film (《星星的孩子》)
Temple Grandin, film (《星星的孩子》)http://www.142mov.com/vod/14/6083play.html?6083-0-1
 
12/31
  1. discussion: Temple Grandin
    Temple Grandin Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn_9f5x0f1Q
  2. Reading and discussion: Week14 Lopez, “Apologia” (Muller, pp.105-113)
  3. Reading: Week16 Stephen King (Muller, pp. 294-299)
  4. sample for make-ups: 4105012031,黃琦恩, Eternal village-Liu Song.docx (14 KB)
  5. Quided writing: Mostly too analytical. Sample: 4105012053_Ideas for guided writing by 陳俞均
  6. For report and term essays (not papers): both soft and hard copy. filename and subject.
  7. 註冊組「109學年第1學期學生成績登錄」：
    1.依本校學業成績考核辦法之規定，學期成績考核應於學期考試後一週內完成(110/1/15)。
    2.成績登錄完成後即不得更改，若確有更正之必要，請依相關規定於學期考試後四週內完成更正事宜(110/2/5)。
    3.若逾學期考試四週後仍未登錄/補送成績，該生該科成績將以零分計算。
    敬請老師依來函說明，最晚請於110/2/5前完成109-1成績登錄事宜，謝謝老師的協助!
1/7
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2 scholarships
Week17 (12/31) Stephen King (Muller, pp. 294-299)
Amy Tan performs at the White House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cihZKJRj8AA
About quiz Grandin:
both animals or animal accepted:Temple hardly understands people. She gets along better with animals.  She can sees things in their eyes.
review: 
2. Temple does not think in language. She thinks in  s (spell the whole word).

3.  Temple says, “I am  different, not less.” 

3.10 分
Temple says, “I am   , not less.” 
quiz Justice: 
Those who opt to save 1 person on the side track act on the moral principle
of ______.
 C. categoricalism
 
 
 
 
 
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