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課程名稱

小說選讀一
Fiction (Ⅰ)

開課學期

106-1

授課對象

外國語文學系

授課教師

廖勇超

課號

FL4001

課程識別碼

102 24110

班次

學分

3.0

全/半年

半年

必/選修

必修

上課時間

星期一6,7,8(13:20~16:20)

上課地點

新404

備註

本課程中文授課,使用英文教科書。戲劇與小說四科擇三必修。
限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限：40人

課程網頁

https://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/course/f5eac7/index.htm

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課程概述

This semester we will explore the topic of "monster." We will first discuss the concept of "monster" through the gothic tradition and then proceed to its cultural significance both as a concept that challenges the dominant cultural values AND as a cultural commodity that is easily subsumed under the logic of late capitalism. The first part of the course will center on Stephen King's masterpiece The Mist whereas in the second half of the semester we will read Bram Stoker's masterpiece Dracula and discuss the monstrosity that the work tries to convey. It is the instructor's intention to relate the idea of "monster" to contemporary cultural milieu and tease out its cultural significance.

課程目標

To enhance students’ ability to read novels and cultivate their sensitivity to contemporary cultural issues.

課程要求

Punctual attendance; group presentation; active participation in class.
Full Participation of the whole semester is strictly required.
第一周未出席者視同退選。

預期每週課後學習時數

Office Hours

每週三 13:00~15:00 備註：國青宿舍421室(by appointment)

指定閱讀

Angell, Katherine. "Joseph Merrick and the Concept of Monstrosity in Nineteenth Century Medical Thought." Rodopi, pp. 131-152.
Botting, Fred, ed. New Casebooks: Frankenstein. New York: MacMillan, 1995.
Darabont, Frank (dir.). The Mist. 2007.
Freeman, Barbara. "Frankenstein with Kant: The Monstrosity of Theory, or a Theory of Monstrosity." MacMillan, pp. 191-205.
Harford, Carolyn. "Domesticating the monstrous in a globalizing world." Levina and Bui, pp. 303-17.
Herzog, Werner (dir.). Nosferatu. 1979.
King, Stephen. The Mist. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007.
Levina, Marina, and Diem-My T. Bui. Monster culture in the 21st century: a reader. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
Rai, Amit S. "Ontology and monstrosity." Levina and Bui, pp. 15-31.
Stoker, Bram. Dracula. Eds. Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal. London: Norton, 1997.

參考書目

Baumgartner, Holly Lynn, and Roger Davis. Hosting the Monster. New York: Rodopi, 2008.
Botting, Fred, ed. New Casebooks: Frankenstein. New York: MacMillan, 1995.
Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome, ed. Monster Theory: Reading Culture. Minneapolis: U of
Minnesota P, 1996.
Ellis, Markman. The History of Gothic Fiction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Up, 2000.
Levina, Marina, and Diem-My T. Bui. Monster culture in the 21st century: a
reader. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

評量方式
(僅供參考)

No.	項目	百分比	說明
1.	Online participation	10%	One group presentation on monsters (ceiba). Those who respond to the presentation will be rewarded with extra points.
2.	Film Response	10%	Analyze and respond critically to two films (5% each)
3.	Attendance	5%
4.	Journal	20%	Two journals (10% each)
5.	Group Presentation	15%	One final presentation
6.	Term Paper	40%	No late submission.

課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第1週	09/11	Orientation / Grouping
第2週	09/18	Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)." 3-25
第3週	09/25	Rai, Amit S. "Ontology and monstrosity." 15-32. ; Harford, Carolyn. "Domesticating the monstrous in a globalizing world." 303-17.
第4週	10/02	Frankenstein with Kant / Joseph Merrick and the Concept of Monstrosity in 19th Century Medical Thought / Monster 1
第5週	10/09	Holiday
第6週	10/16	The Mist 10-190 / Monster 2 / 10.22 The Mist film response due
第7週	10/23	Ellis, Markman. "Vampires, Credulity, and Reason." 161-204. / Monster 3 / 1st journal due
第8週	10/30	Dracula 1-55; Gerard, Emily. "From Transylvanian Superstitions." 331-35. / Monster 4
第9週	11/06	Midterm (no class)
第10週	11/13	Dracula 56-122 / Monster 5
第11週	11/20	Dracula 123-73 / Monster 6
第12週	11/27	Dracula 174-218 / Monster 7
第13週	12/04	Dracula 219-72
第14週	12/11	Dracula 273-327; Craft, Christopher. "Kiss Me with Those Red Lips." 444-59; Arata, Stephen D. “The Occidental Tourist.” 462-69; Schaffer, Talia. “A Wilde Desire Took Me.” 470-82 / 2nd journal due
第15週	12/18	Watch Nosferatu (1979)/ 12.30 Nosferatu film response due
第16週	12/25	Group Presentation
第17週	2018/01/01	Holiday
第18週	2018/01/08	Final (no class) *Final Paper due on 1/10 13:00 p.m.