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Chinese
Literature 3E Prof. Hsieh |
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Modern
Drama: From Ibsen to the Theatre of Absurd 3E Prof. Cecilia Liu |
Translation 3E Fr. Daniel Bauer LC304 |
The
City in American Literature: Enlightenment to Modernity 3E Dr. Joseph Murphy |
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TESOL 3E Dr. Rebecca Yeh SF 550
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Postmodern
Fiction 3E Bro. Nicholas Koss LC 302
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Shakespeare Dr. Raphael Schulte LC302 |
English Writing II 2R Dr. Raphael Schulte LC302 |
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Shakespeare Dr. Raphael Schulte AV213 綜E |
Required Courses
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Senior Thesis/4 credits |
Third- and fourth-year students must take this course. Be sure to record this course on the registration form.
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English Writing II/2 credits/Dr. Raphael Schulte |
There is no description for this course. Please feel free to contact the teacher if you have any questions.
Elective Courses
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The purpose of the translation seminar is to offer graduate students the opportunity 1) to become knowledgeable about some amount of theory about the translation of literature for reading audiences of a different language and culture; 2) to actually practice skills important in literary translation by doing translation for class homework and presentations; 3) and to develop a consciousness of how to improve one's own translation work by a careful study of the work of other translators. Students will read a handful of articles on theory, study several samples of published Chinese-English translation, and themselves translate portions of literary works for class discussions. Although the majority of translation done by students will be from Chinese into English, approximately two weeks of the classes feature English to Chinese translation practice. Homework assignments are frequent, and each student offers a 10-15 page translation sample, with analysis and class presentation at the end of the course.
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Modern
Drama: From Ibsen to the Theatre of Absurd/3 credits |
In this class we will study plays from Ibsen through 1950's from the vantage point of the end of the twentieth century, mindful of the role of current knowledge and opinion in shaping our view of the major achievements in modern drama. The plays we are going to read have been selected primarily for their artistic greatness. I make no arbitrary distinction between historical importance and intrinsic excellence. The most vital and significant plays of the modern repertoire must necessarily have a special historical importance. These plays are landmarks in the contemporary theatre, not only because they broke new ground at the time they were performed, but because reader and theatre-goers of a latter time can return to them again and again with new understanding and enjoyment.
Texts: Masters of Modern Drama (Eds. Block and Shedd); Drama in the Modern World (Ed. S.A. Weiss); various collections of drama
Requirements: a final paper, a review essay on secondary readings for each playwright, and class presentations
Suggested Reading Assignments
Ibsen:
Peer Gynt (1867)
*Hedda Gabler (1890)
The Wild Duck (1884)
Strindberg:
A Dream Play (1906)
*Miss Julie (1888)
The Ghost Sonata (1907)
Chekhov:
Uncle Vanya (1899)
Three Sisters (1901)
*The Cherry Orchard(1904)
Shaw:
Heartbreak House (1913-16)
*Major Barbara (1905)
Rostand:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)
Yeats:
*At the Hawk's Well (1916)
Synge:
*The Playboy of the Western World (1907)
Lorca:
The House of Bernarda Alba (1936)
Blood Wedding (1933)
O'Casey:
*Juno and the Paycock(1924)
Pirandello:
Six Characters in Search of An Author (1921)
*Henry IV (1922)
Sartre:
No Exit (1944)
*Camus: Caligula (1938)
Brecht:
Mother Courage (1939-41)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1945)
*The Good Woman of Setzuan(1940)
Beckett:
Endgame (1957)
*Waiting for Godot(1953)
All That Fall & Krapp's Last Tape
Ionesco:
The Chairs (1952)
*Rhinoceros (1960)
Duerrenmatt:
The Visit (1956)
Muller:
Hamletmachine (1979)
* Plays with asterisk sign are recommended readings
Students planning to take the course please send me a list of plays s/he prefers to study by Nov. 29.
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Because this will be a seminar course, most of
our class time will be spent in discussion.
Each student will be responsible for three in-class presentations and
will have the option of doing two medium length papers—the first due at
mid-term—or one longer paper due at the end of the semester.
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The
City in American Literature: Enlightenment to Modernity/ |