美研课程简介2018年版-北京外国语大学.docVIP

英语学院硕士研究生培养方案（2016-2020） 美国研究中心课程简介 第一部分：必修课程 1. 美国文化研究/American Studies: Theories, Perspectives and Approaches 本课程旨在引导学生进入美国研究学科，包括1) 了解什么是美国研究,美国研究在美 的发展过程，中国与美国的美国研究的各自特点；2）介绍当代美国研究的主要理论 派和主要代表学者；3）介绍当代美国研究的主要研究视角和研究方法；4) 了解文学 历史、政治、社会、大众文化等不同学科的美国研究的主要特点。授课方式以教师讲授 学生报告和讨论相结合。学生需要阅读学术著作和文章，参与课堂讨论和小组调研活动 并撰写文献综述和期末论文等。其中课堂参与占20%，小组作业20%，期中论文占30% 期末论文占40%。主要教材包括 Crèvecoeur, St. John de. Letters from an American Farmer And Sketches of Eighteenth-Century AmericaPenguin Books, 1986, 1782; Lin, Yutang. The Wisdom of America. Parker Press, 2007. This seminar is designed to introduce students into the field of American Studies. Specifically, it will 1) inform what is American Studies and its historical development; 2) introduce major theoretical concepts, theories and scholars of the field; 3) discuss major perspectives and methods in American Studies research; and 4) to understand major features of research paradigm in literary, historical, political, social and mass cultural studies. The coursework consists of pre-class readings, class discussions, group projects, literature review and research paper. Grading is based on class participation (10%), group project (20%), mid-term paper (30%) and final paper (40%). The text books include Crèvecoeur, St. John de. Letters from an American Farmer and Sketches of Eighteenth-Century America. Penguin Books, 1986, 1782; Lin, Yutang. The Wisdom of America. Parker Press, 2007. 2．研究方法/Methodology 本课程将涉及到学术研究的要素和主要步骤，其中包括选题、资料查询、文献综述，以及理论应用、数据分析和基于研究结果的全文写作。本课程的主要目标是使学生能够了解研究方法，并且有能力进行硕士毕业论文的设计与写作。课程将涵盖定量和定性研究方法，尤其是人类学、调查问卷和内容分析的研究方法。主要教材包括：Babbie, The Practice of Social Research. 11thed., Tsinghua University Press, 2007; Lofland, John and Lyn H. Lofland. Analyzing Social Settings: A Guide to Qualitative Observation and Analysis. As an introduction to research methods, the course will cover the major components and steps of academic research, from topic selection, library research, literature review, and theoretical application/c