Students will develop a comprehensive and critically informed perspective on course themes, including power relations and social structure, the freedom of the individual vs. societal conformity, the formation of new social identities, the resistance to political domination, the rights of the individual before the law, changes in gender roles and relations, and the concept of voice in literary studies. The course will further explore these concepts in the investigation of the individual in relation to religion, to particular social structures and conditions such as the state of nature, the social contract, the notion of individualized subjectivity, revolution, political ideology, encounters with the cultural other, etc. Students will give evidence of mastering this knowledge on quizzes, tests, and in written work.
Students will gain perspectives on European literature that will encourage an understanding of all human culture as a construct and thus foster critical thought regarding many aspects of the human experience such as, e.g., governmental systems; religion, myth, and ritual; gender roles; notions of social class and caste; race and ethnicity; etc.

Students will develop a comprehensive and critically informed perspective on course themes, including power relations and social structure, the freedom of the individual vs. social conformity, the formation of new social identities, the resistance to political domination, the rights of the individual before the law, changes in gender roles and relationships, and the concept of voice in literature studies. The course will further explore these concepts in the investigation of the individual in relation to religion, to particular social structures and conditions such as the state of nature, the social contract, the notion of individualized subjectivity, revolution, political idea, encounters with the cultural other, etc. Students will give evidence of mastering this knowledge on quizzes, tests, and in written work.
Students will gain perspectives on European literature that will encourage an understanding of all human culture as a construct and thus foster critical thought regarding many aspects of the human experience such as, e.g., governmental systems; religion, myth, and ritual; gender roles; notions of social class and caste; race and ethnicity; etc.

European Literature: 17th and 18th century is an elective for third- and fourth-year students. The course focuses on the 17th and 18th centuries in European Literature, including French Classicism, the early Romantic period, and the German Sturm und Drang Period. Students read relevant pieces of French, German, English Literature.

European Literature: 17th and 18th century is an elective for third- and fourth-year students. The course focuses on the 17th and 18th centuries in European Literature, including French Classicism, the early Romantic period, and the German Sturm und Drang Period. Students read relevant pieces of French, German, English Literature.

The Norton Anthology of Western Literature. Vol 2. Ed. Martin Puchner, et. al. 9th
Edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.


Students are warned that plagiarism is a violation of departmental and university regulations, and Taiwan laws and policy regarding Intellectual Property Rights. This will not be tolerated in any of my courses. Any instance of plagiarism discovered in any student writings for this course will result in a grade of 0 for the assignment involved. All sources used in research projects must be fully documented. Also, there is to be no illegal copying of any copyrighted material, including text books or other materials. This is also against Taiwan law regarding Intellectual Property Rights, and can result in severe penalties if discovered.

The Norton Anthology of Western Literature. Vol 2. Ed. Martin Puchner, et. al. 9th
Edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.


Students are warned that plagiarism is a violation of departmental and university regulations, and Taiwan laws and policy regarding Intellectual Property Rights. This will not be tolerated in any of my courses. Any instance of plagiarism discovered in any student writings for this course will result in a grade of 0 for the assignment involved. All sources used in research projects must be fully documented. Also, there is to be no illegal copying of any copyrighted material, including text books or other materials. This is also against Taiwan law regarding Intellectual Property Rights, and can result in severe penalties if discovered.