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Practice in English Expressions II: Anglo-American Culture 2017, "Romanticism"
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This course introduces students to the backgrounds and the critical methods of Anglo-American literature and culture, using a representative example of critical introduction. The emphasis is on acquiring advanced reading and analytical skills and achieving a higher level of English proficiency.
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This course gets students acquainted with the European and Anglo-American literature, music and art of the romantic era (Michael Ferber, Romanticism: A Very Short Introduction), the language of literary and cultural criticism, and contemporary literary theory. The classes will be conducted on the basis of student presentations on the text and the works mentioned in it. You will be exposed to the blasts of romantic music (Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and etc.), the serenity of the romantic art, and the beauty of the English and American romantic poetry (Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats, Dickinson, Whitman, and etc.). Students will also learn the practical aspects of the advanced level of English learning through the newspaper articles assigned every week at the beginning of the class as short quizzes.
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Anglo-American literature & culture; national literature; criticism; literary theory; newspaper English
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There will be fifteen classes in all, including two "active learning" sessions for the examinations. Grading will be based on the newspaper assignments(20%), the response papers(30%), the mid-term examination (25%), and the end-term examination (25%).
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1. Students should have read the assigned sections of the texts carefully with the assistance of GOOD dictionaries for each class. 2. Students are expected to research on the works mentioned in Ferber's texts. Subscribing to internet libraries such as "Questia" is highly recommended. 3. Students are expected to comment and write on the texts analytically in their presentations and response papers. 4. Students are required to prepare THOROUGHLY for the mid-term and end-term examinations. They should be familiar with all the words and phrases in the texts.
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1. This is a course for achieving a higher-level of understanding on language, culture and theory. 2. Full attendance and active participation are the minimum requirements. Low attendance and/or lack of active participation will lead to failures in taking credits. 3. Response papers are due in one week. 4. Consult dictionaries as often as possible in and out of classes. Students should use good dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster Online, Oxford Concise Dictionary, or Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English. Be aware of the information on etymologies in dictionaries. 5. Students are strongly recommended to use PCs or/and tablets. Electronic pads/tablets are very useful for quick search. Texts might be assigned in Kindle editions or PDFs.
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature
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M. H. Abram and Others
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Norton
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The Norton Anthology of American Literature
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Nina Baym and R. S. Levine
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Norton
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2011
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The Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Dinah Birch, Margaret Drabble and Others
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Oxford UP
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The Oxford Companion to Music
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Alison Latham
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Oxford UP
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2002
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The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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James David Hart
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Oxford UP
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1995
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The Oxford Companion to Western Art
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Hugh Brigstocke
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Oxford UP
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2001
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Concise Oxford Dictionary, Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English
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