經典乃是流傳久遠，可以作為典範，且能發揮深遠影響的作品。本課程目標在啟發學生美的鑑賞與願意為善的藝術涵養，藉由閱讀中西小說經典，不僅理解中國現代小說經典發展的軌跡，了解相關社會歷史文化背景，更期能掌握文本背後的種種對於人的本質，人與人，人與社會、人與世界之關係，也就是對於人性、道德、以及歷史社會文化的重要意涵，成為更具有求真、慕善、賞美的人文素養的大學生。

Classics are works that have been around for a long time, can serve as models, and can exert far-reaching influence. The goal of this course is to inspire students to appreciate beauty and be willing to do good in art. By reading classics of Chinese and Western novels, they will not only understand the development trajectory of modern Chinese novels and the relevant social, historical and cultural background, but also hope to master the various relationships behind the texts about the nature of human beings, the relationship between people, people and society, and people and the world, that is, the important implications for human nature, morality, and history, society and culture, so as to become college students with more humanistic qualities of seeking truth, admiring goodness, and appreciating beauty.

1. 唐翼明、張堂錡（編），《大學短篇小說選》；
2. 游喚、張鴻聲、徐華中（編），《現代小說精讀》；
3. 講義（包括不在《大學短篇小說選》、《現代小說精讀》中的西方經典小說之譯本，如：霍桑，《年輕的布朗大爺》（Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown”），湯馬斯•曼，《魂斷威尼斯》（Thomas Mann, Death in Venice），佛克納，〈給艾蜜莉的一朵玫瑰〉（William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily”等）；
4. 佛斯特(E. M. Forster)，《小說面面觀：現代小說寫作的藝術》（台北：商周出版社，2009）；
5. 大衛•洛奇，《小說的五十堂課》（台北：木馬出版社，2006）；
6. 錢理群、溫儒敏、吳福輝等著，《中國現代文學三十年》（修訂本）（北京：北京大學出版社，1998）。

1. Tang Yiming and Zhang Tangqi (eds.), "Selected College Short Stories";
2. You Huan, Zhang Hongsheng, Xu Huazhong (eds.), "Intensive Reading of Modern Novels";
3. Lecture notes (including translations of Western classic novels not included in "College Short Story Selection" and "Intensive Reading of Modern Novels", such as: Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown" (Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown"), Thomas Mann, "Death in Venice" (Thomas Mann, Death in Venice), Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily" (William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily", etc.);
4. E. M. Forster, "Aspects of Novel: The Art of Modern Novel Writing" (Taipei: Shangzhou Publishing House, 2009);
5. David Lodge, "Fifty Lessons in Fiction" (Taipei: Trojan Press, 2006);
6. Qian Liqun, Wen Rumin, Wu Fuhui, et al., "Thirty Years of Modern Chinese Literature" (revised edition) (Beijing: Peking University Press, 1998).