By the end of the course students should be able to:
• Have a better understanding of the impact of space on literature and film and the theories and concepts related to it.
• Be aware of the multitude of American spaces and the ideology and culture inherent to each.
• Have a greater knowledge of specific American authors and filmmakers and how their work is influenced by the American spaces they are a part of.
• Be able to apply the ideas on space theory to the varied spaces of Taiwan.
• High levels of English language proficiency in listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
• Academic writing skill in research.

By the end of the course students should be able to:
• Have a better understanding of the impact of space on literature and film and the theories and concepts related to it.
• Be aware of the multiitude of American spaces and the idea and culture inherent to each.
• Have a greater knowledge of specific American authors and filmmakers and how their work is influenced by the American spaces they are a part of.
• Be able to apply the ideas on space theory to the varied spaces of Taiwan.
• High levels of English language proficiency in listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
• Academic writing skill in research.

Required Texts (a course pack will be provided):

Cheever, John. The Stories of John Cheever. New York: Vintage International, 2000. Print.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Nick Adams Stories. New York: Scribner, 1972. Print.
Welty, Eudora. The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty. Orlando: Harcourt, 1994. Print.
Manhattan (1979). Dir. Woody Allen.
American Beauty (1999). Dir. Same Mendes.
Deliverance (1972). Dir. John Boorman.
Wild (2014). Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée.
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012). Dir. Benh Zeitlin.
Sling Blade (1996). Dir. Billy Bob Thorton.

Required Texts (a course pack will be provided):

Cheever, John. The Stories of John Cheever. New York: Vintage International, 2000. Print.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Nick Adams Stories. New York: Scribner, 1972. Print.
Welty, Eudora. The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty. Orlando: Harcourt, 1994. Print.
Manhattan (1979). Dir. Woody Allen.
American Beauty (1999). Dir. Same Mendes.
Deliverance (1972). Dir. John Boorman.
Wild (2014). Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée.
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012). Dir. Benh Zeitlin.
Sling Blade (1996). Dir. Billy Bob Thorton.