英國文學
British Literature (17-19th century)
3 hours/week-Junior students
Teacher: Dr. MONTONERI Bernard
Email: bmon@pu.edu.tw
Website: http://www1.pu.edu.tw/~bmon
Extension: 12228
Office number: room SP.109
Office Hours: Monday 11 am-1 pm; Tuesday 11 am-1 pm
(please make a reservation before coming)
The exams and the rules
3 grades:
1. Midterm exam: written exam, test during the class, 1 hour (11:10-12:00) on April 18. Exam questions about the writers and books studied since September 23 (short biography of the writers, information about the books and vocabulary). Be careful, this exam is about memorizing important information. It is easy to have a very good...or a very bad grade depending on your learning attitude.
2. Oral exam: you can choose between role playing or making a short movie or making a speech with Power Point. Beginning: March 07.
a. Oral exam: role playing. 2 to 4 students per group, 2 groups per week. Each group has 15 minutes. Dialogue between 2 famous characters. It can be writers or protagonists of one of their work. You can choose any writers or heroes, any period in History. You must memorize your text. Forbidden to use notes during the exam.
b. Students who make the 10 minutes movie will present their work on May 30. They can briefly present their subject before showing the movie to the class.
c. Power point presentation. Choose a book or an author to introduce. 15 minutes. 1 to 4 students together.
3. Final exam: written exam, test during the class, 1 hour (11:10-12:00) on June 13.
Behavior (don't be late or absent, don't cheat. Absolutely forbidden to speak during the exams.). Take this grade very seriously. Students who absent more than 4 times without excuse will be failed.
Syllabus
Second Semester 02/2012
Wednesday 9:10-12 Room SP. 322
No textbook. Documents provided by the teacher. Please print and read documents before the class. Be prepared for class discussions.
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Date |
Files to print |
Themes to discuss |
Content and readings |
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February 15
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Chapter 8 | Self-improvement | Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Great Expectations. King James |
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February 22
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Chapter 3 | Supernatural | Emily Jane Brontë (1818-1848) Wuthering Heights |
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February 29
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Chapter 3 | Alcoholism | Anne Brontë (1820-1849) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. |
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March 07 |
Chapter 14 | Gender Relation and social class | Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) Jane Eyre. Oral exam begins. |
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March 14 |
Chapter 10 | Science vs. Superstition | Stoker (1847-1912) Dracula 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. |
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March 21 |
Movie and discussion: Van Helsing | ||
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March 28 |
Chapter 1 | Gender differences | Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882-1941). Orlando |
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April 04 |
自我學習日 No class | ||
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April 11 |
Chapter 1 | Technology to Control Society | Brave New World, Huxley 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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April 18 |
Mid term: test during the class 1 hour (11:10-12:00) | ||
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April 25 |
Chapter 3 | Free will, making the right decision | Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) The Time Machine 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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May 02 |
Movie and discussion: Frequency | ||
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May 09 |
Chapter 32 | Elegy to the pirate life | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Treasure Island |
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May 16 |
Chapter 1 | Anthropomorphism | Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) The Jungle Book |
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May 23 |
Chapter 58 | Injustice of life | Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) Tess of the d'Urbervilles |
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May 30 |
First Act | Political corruption | Oral exam: short movie. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) An Ideal Husband |
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June 06 |
Chapter 2 | Corruption of the soul, redemption | Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, Tolkien 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Power Point |
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June 13 |
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Final exam: test during the class 1 hour (11:10-12:00) |
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