“英美小说欣赏”课程教学大纲.docx
“英美小说欣赏”课程教学大纲教研室主任:王莉 执笔人:林瑛一、课程基本信息开课单位:外国语学院课程名称:英美小说欣赏课程编号:英文名称:Understanding English Novels课程类型:专业方向限选课总学时:36学 分:2开设专业:英语语言文学专业英美文学先修课程:无二、课程任务目标(一)课程任务本课程是英语语言文学专业,英美文学方向专业限选课。本课程的任务为提高学生.的英美小说 欣赏能力与理论分析能力。(-)课程目标在学完本课程之后,学生能够了解西方文学批评理论的基本术语与概念,并能够将其运用于小 说解读中。三、教学内容和要求Week 1: Introduction: Reading the Short Story to Discover Meaning学生通过阅读Anton Chekhov's 44A Wicked Boy”能够了解英语小说解读的基本切入点,理解“A Wicked Boy”的深层文本,掌握panopticon这一术语。Week 2: Desire: "My Oedipus Complcx学生通过阅读Frank O'Connor's t4My Oedipus Complex",能够了解精神分析批评的基本观点,理解“My Oedipus Complex”的深层文本,掌握Oedipus complex这一术语。Week 3: Desire: “Feuille d'Album”学生通过阅读Katherine Mansfield's "My Oedipus Complex",能够了解后精神分析批评的基本观 点、,理解“My Oedipus Complex”的深层文本,掌握mirror stage这一术语。Week 4: Man and Woman: "The Chaser”学生通过阅读John Collier'srhe Chaser",能够了解女性主义的基本观点,理解“The Chaser" 的深层文本,掌握patriarchy这一术语。Week 5: Marriage and Family: "The Story of an Hour”学生通过阅读Kate Chopin's tvThe Story of an Hour",能够了解女性主义基本观点,理解“The Story of an Hour”的深层文本,掌握point of view这一概念的运用。Week 6: Marriage and Family: "Unstuck”学生通过阅读John Updike's “Unsnick",能够了解女性主义基本观点,理解“Unstuck”的深层文 本,掌握 Luce Irigaray's concept of male sexuality.Week 7: Capital and Commodity: "Love Is a Fallacy学生通过阅读Max Shulman's “Love Is a Fallacy'',能够/解马克思主义批评理论关于资本与商品 的基本观点,理解“Love Is a Fallacy”的深层文本,掌握以下术语:use value, exchange vale and sign-exchange value.Week 8: Capital and Commodity: “The £ 1,000,000 Bank-Note”学生通过阅读Mark Twain's “The £ 1,000.000 Bank-Note”,能够了解马克思主义批评理论关于资 本与商品的基本观点,理解“The £ 1,000,000 Bank-Note”的深层文本,掌握以下术语:alienated labor and consumption.Week 9: Capital and Commodity: "The Rocking-Horse Winner”学生通过阅读D. H. Lawrence's “The Rocking-Horse Winner",能够了解马克思主义批评理论关 于资本与商品的基本观点,理解“The Rocking-Horse Winner”的深层文本,掌握theme这一概念的运 用.Week 10: Society and Tradition: "The Boarding House学生通过阅读James Joyce's “The Boarding House",能够了解马克思主义批评理论关于社会与传 统的基本观点,理解'4The Boarding House”的深层文本,掌握characterization这一概念的运用。Week 11: Society and Tradition: 4tSenor Payroir学生通过阅读William E. Barrett's “Senor Payroll",能够了解马克思主义批评理论关于社会与传 统的基本观点,理解“Senor Payroll”的深层文本,掌握hierarchiacal structure of power这术语。Week 12: Society and Tradition: "The Lottery”学生通过阅读Shirley Jackson's叮he Lottery",能够(解马克思主义批评理论关于社会与传统的基本观点,理解"The Lottery”的深层文本,掌握ideological mechanism这一术语。Week 13: Racial Conflict: “Mr. Know-All”学生通过阅读Somerset Maugham's t4Mr. Know-All",能够了解后殖民主义的基本观点,理解“Mr. Know-All”的“The Loiiery”的深层文本,掌握 non-European Stereotypes 这一术语。Week 14: Reality and Representation: “The Last Leaf,学生通过阅读0. Henry's “The Last Leaf',能够了解后现代文论的基本观点,理解'"The Last LeaF'的深层文本,掌握以下问题:Comment on Mr. Behrmans masterpiece as an artistic representation of reality. What may be Sue's definition of true art?Week 15: Reality and Representation: "Jacob's Chicken学生通过阅读Milos Macourek tJacob's Chicken",能够了解后现代文论的基本观点,理解 “Jacob's Chicken”的深层文本,掌握 power-knowledgez 这一术语。Week 16: Reality and Representation: Continuity of Parks”学生通过阅读Julio Cortazar's "Continuity of Parks",能够了解后现代文论的基本观点,理解 “Continuity of Parks”的深层文本,掌握以下术陪:reader/text and Mobius strip.Week 17: Man v.s. Nature: “To Build a Fire”学生通过阅读Jack London's "To Build a Fire”能够了解生态批评的基本观点,理解“To Build a Fire”的深层文本,掌握以下问题:The theme of the story is related to reason v.s. Instinct or man v.s. Nature. Defend either Milne's or Bowen's argument and support it with textual evidence from the story.Week 18: Review四、学时分配章次各教学环节学时分配小计讲 授实 验上机习题讨论课外备注Introduction2Desire4Man and Woman2Marriage and Family4Capital and Commodity6Society and Traditon6Racial Conflict2Reality and Representation6Man vs. Nature2Review2合计36五、考核说明本课程采用过程性评价与终结性评价相结合,口试与笔试相结合的方式。学生口头汇报占总成绩的20斩 每周论文占30%,学期论文占50机六、主要教材及教学参考书目(-)主要教材张在新,英语短篇小说解读,北京:外语教学与研究出版社,2009年。(-)主要参考书目1 .Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell, 1983.Beijing: FLTRP,2004.2 .Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: A User-friendly Guide. New York: Garland, 1999.