0159 - 文討:非裔美國文學黑人男性特質的探討 英授 Taught in English

Seminar: Conceptualizing Black Masculinity in African-American

教育目標 Course Target

By the end of the course, you should be able to a) conduct an academic research on a topic regarding black masculinity/femininity in any African-American literary works covered in class, b) present your academic research and sound argument, c) engage in literary, socioeconomic, historical, and cultural discussions on the issue of racial and gender inequality, and d) fully develop your independent and critical thinking on this highly touchy issue.

By the end of the course, you should be able to a) conduct an academic research on a topic regarding black masculinity/femininity in any African-American literature works covered in class, b) present your academic research and sound argument, c) engage in literature, socioeconomic, historical, and cultural discussions on the issue of racial and gender inequality, and d) fully develop your independent and critical thinking on this highly touchy issue.

參考書目 Reference Books

Primary Readings:
1. Gaines, Earnest J. A Lesson Before Dying. 1st ed. New York: Vintage, 1994.
2. Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. New York: Vintage, 2004.

Secondary and Selective Readings:
1. Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Bantam, 1997. 93-111.
2. Baldwin, James. “Freaks and American Ideal of Manhood.” James Baldwin: Collected Essays. New York: Libr. of Amer., 1998. 815-29.
3. Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. New York: Vintage, 1995.
4. Hurston, Zora Neale. “How It Feels to be Colored Me.” The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. Ed. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay. New York: Norton, 1997. 1008-11.
5. Northup, Solomon. 12 Years a Slave. New York: Atria, 2013.
6. Prince, Mary. The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself. 2nd Revised Ed. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 1997.
7. Walker, Alice. “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens.” The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. Ed. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay. New York: Norton, 1997. 2380-2387.
8. Wright, Richard. The Ethics of Living Jim Crow, an Autobiographical Sketch. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. Ed. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay. New York: Norton, 1997. 1388-96.

Primary Readings:
1. Gaines, Earnest J. A Lesson Before Dying. 1st ed. New York: Vintage, 1994.
2. Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. New York: Vintage, 2004.

Secondary and Selective Readings:
1. Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Bantam, 1997. 93-111.
2. Baldwin, James. “Freaks and American Ideal of Manhood.” James Baldwin: Collected Essays. New York: Libr. of Amer., 1998. 815-29.
3. Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. New York: Vintage, 1995.
4. Hurston, Zora Neale. “How It Feels to be Colored Me.” The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. Ed. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay. New York: Norton, 1997. 1008-11.
5. Northup, Solomon. 12 Years a Slave. New York: Atria, 2013.
6. Prince, Mary. The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself. 2nd Revised Ed. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 1997.
7. Walker, Alice. “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens.” The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. Ed. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay. New York: Norton, 1997. 2380-2387.
8. Wright, Richard. The Ethics of Living Jim Crow, an Autobiographical Sketch. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. Ed. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay. New York: Norton, 1997. 1388-96.

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Attendance and class participation
Attendance and class participation
15 Being active in class discussions is required.
Literary responses
Literary responses
30 You are required to write an essay (500-800 words) on a topic of your choosing and complete short essay question sheets.
Oral presentations
Oral presentations
20 Throughout the semester, you will be asked to do 2 oral presentations with a partner. You will present on one or two selected African-American predominant figure(s) in the 20th century, either by handout or PowerPoint slides.
Creative Writing
Creative Writing
35 You and your group members will work together to creat a short story.

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外文系3,4 蔡佳蓉 三/5,6 2-0 詳細資訊 Details

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  • 課程代碼 Course Code: 0159
  • 學分 Credit: 2-0
  • 上課時間 Course Time:
    Wednesday/5,6[LAN012]
  • 授課教師 Teacher:
    蔡佳蓉
  • 修課班級 Class:
    外文系3,4
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