The problem of universals is an issue that has been much discussed in metaphysics. Debates are still going on in contemporary times. Realists and nominalists have proposed various arguments, and have developed their own systemized philosophical theories to deal with the problem. This course aims to discuss these arguments and philosophical systems by reading the works of such metaphysicians as D.M. Armstrong. College of Liberal Arts Shuiyuan Campus Duen-Min Deng 3 Monday 5 Phl7864 (124EM5930) 1 (College of Liberal Arts) Graduate Institute of Philosophy
*Majors-only (including minor and double major students).
*Registration eligibility: graduate students. http://www.philo.ntu.edu.tw/en/ann/

The course is a survey of British literature of the twentieth century. While we will begin at the turn of the century with the poetry of Hardy and Housman and the prose of Conrad, the course will focus primarily on the Modernist period, especially on Joyce, Woolf, and Eliot, as well as on the artistic ferment of the avant-garde in the teens and the poetry that resulted from the disaster of the Great War. We will then survey some important poetry from the 30s through the 60s. The aim of the course is the introduce students in the lectures to the cultural and historical context of Modernist literature in England (more or less). The idea is to focus on key texts (and passages within texts) with an eye to literary form, tradition, and close reading, but also to place these texts in the larger cultural climate that gives them meaning, that is, what is called Modernism. Students should get a good sense of what this might actually mean as far as British literature is concerned. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus Regular Attendance, in-class note taking, two major exams. Duncan Chesney 50 Friday 2,3,4 FL3004 (102E23190) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature,
Non-degree Program: European Studies Program
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*Registration eligibility: juniorss and above. http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en

An introduction to the English literary tradition of the sixteenth century, covering poetry and prose works; the course will be especially interested in investigating English knowledge about the rest of the world during this period.
Grading: Paper assignment 30% Midterm exam 30% (1 hour) Final exam 40% (2 hours)
Syllabus: Week 1 – Introduction Week 2 – Precursors in Chaucer and Skelton Week 3 – Wyatt and Surrey Week 4 – Wyatt and Surrey Week 5 – Sidney Week 6 – Sidney Week 7 – Spenser Week 8 – Spenser Week 9 – 。ハMid-term exam。ヒ Week 10 – England and the Wider World Week 11 – England and the Wider World Week 12 – Selected prose works Week 13 – Selected prose works Week 14 – Shakespeare’s narrative poems Week 15 – Shakespeare’s narrative poems Week 16 – Shakespeare’s sonnets Week 17 – Shakespeare’s sonnets Week 18 – 。ハFinal Exam。ヒ To give students a solid grounding in English literature and culture of the sixteenth century. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus Michael Keevak 60 Tuesday 8,9 Friday 6 FL2003 (102E23150) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature,
Non-degree Program: European Studies Program

*Majors-only (including minor and double major students).
*Registration eligibility: sophomores and above. http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en

Course Description: This course is an introduction to rapid reading of Latin prose authors. Extended passages will be read from the works of Caesar, Cicero, Seneca, and Tacitus. The course focuses especially on linguistic analysis of sentence patterns and on developing the techniques needed to read accurately and quickly. Course Objectives: At the end of the course students should be able to read about five hundred words per day. They should also be able to identify stylistic elements, including sentence patterns and diction, characteristic of each of the authors read during the course of the semester. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus Prerequisite:
Latin (Ⅱ)(1).

Course Requirements: Students must have completed a thorough study of the Latin grammar (usually two semesters), but they need not have had much reading practice beyond exercises. Wells S. Hansen 20 Monday 10,A,B,C FL3020 (102E32622) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature,
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This course introduces students to fictional and other cultural perspectives from the postcolonial world. This semester, we will focus on selected texts from postcolonial Asia. Our course will be structured around the concept of the nation–what Benedict Anderson has famously called “an imagined community.” We will explore this concept by reading and discussing texts representing the complexities of imagined communities in locations such as Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, the Philippines, and Tibet. We will ask: why should these ideas and texts matter to us now? Students are expected to attend regularly, to read with care and curiosity, and to bring an open mind to course assignments and class discussion. We will reflect on our previously held commonsense ideas and test them against our course readings. Please note that while this course extends some of the ideas that were developed in our section of Fiction I in Fall 2011, it is also designed to be coherent as a stand-alone course. No prior knowledge of postcolonial studies is required. Please note that the above details may be slightly adjusted as the instructor fine-tunes the syllabus. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus Assignments: Attendance and participation 10% Group presentation 20% In-class writing exercise 20% Mid-term exam 25% Final exam 25% Total 100% The specific nature of these assignments will be discussed in the first week of classes. Please note again that these assignments may change as the instructor fine-tunes the syllabus. Guy Beauregard 40 Tuesday 8,9,10 FL4002 (102E24120) 3 *Majors-only (including minor and double major students).

(College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en