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課程名稱

小說選讀一
Fiction (Ⅰ)

開課學期

101-1

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

全/半年

半年

必/選修

必修

上課時間

星期二7,8,9(14:20~17:20)

上課地點

新302

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。第一、二週皆缺席且未經核准者，視同退選。
限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限：45人

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http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1011liao

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課程概述

This semester we will explore the topic of "monster" by focusing on two of the most fascinating and obsessed species, namely, vampires and zombies. 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 "vampires" whereas the second half will put more emphasis on "zombie." It is the instructor's intention to relate these two popular monsters to contemporary cultural milieu and tease out their cultural significance respectively.

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; journal writing (2); group presentation; active participation in class.
Full participation of the whole semester is strictly required.

*those who fail to participate in grouping in the first class will be regarded as dropping the course.

預期每週課後學習時數

Office Hours

每週二 13:00~15:00 備註：國青宿舍421室。請先預約。

指定閱讀

Austen, Jane, and Seth Grahame-Smith. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2009.
廖炳惠。《關鍵詞200》。台北市:麥田出版，2003。
A coursepack will be prepared by the instructor.

參考書目

Cohen, Jeffrey Cohen. “Monster Culture (Seven Theses).” In Jeffrey Jerome Cohen,
ed. Monster Theory: Reading Culture. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1996.
3-25.
Ellis, Markman. The History of Gothic Fiction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2000.
Stacey, Jackie. "Desperately Seeking Difference." In Jessica Evans and Stuart
Hall, eds. Visual Culture: the Reader. London: SAGE Publications, 1999.
390-401.
Web, Jen and Sam Byrnand. "Some Kind of Virus: The Zombie as Body and as
Trope." Body & Society 14.2 (2008): 83-98.
Wolf, Leonard, ed. Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction. New York:Oxford
UP, 1997.

評量方式
(僅供參考)

No.	項目	百分比	說明
1.	Final Exam	35%	Final paper should be submitted on 1/8 (you are free to hand in an academic paper or a literary work that is strictly related to the topics discussed in class)
2.	Midterm Exam	35%	You are requested to hand in TWO journals on due dates. (one on vampire; the other on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)
3.	Group Presentation	25%	5% for a short oral presentation in class (On your favorite monster). 5% for movie response. due on 10/6 (online submission) 15% for a longer group presentation on 12/25.
4.	Attendance	5%

課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第1週	9/11	Orientation
第2週	9/18	Jeffrey Jerome Cohen. “Monster Culture (Seven Theses).” “Body”; “Border”; “Abjection” in《關鍵詞200》
第3週	9/25	Ellis, Markman. "Vampires, Credulity, and Reason."
第4週	10/02	film
第5週	10/09	The Classic Adventure Tale: M. R. James. "Count Magnus." F. Marion Crawford. "For the Blood Is the Life." "Self"; "Other & otherness."
第6週	10/16	The Psychological Vampire: Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman. "Luella Miller." Algernon Blackwood. "The Transfer." "Gender"; " Sex/Gender/Sexuality."
第7週	10/23	Fritz Leiber. "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes." Jackie Stacey. "Desperately Seeking Difference." “Gaze”; “Visual Culture/ Visuality”; “Voyeurism.”
第8週	10/30	The Science Fiction Vampire: Helen Cixous. "The Laugh of the Medusa." C. L. Moore. "Shambleau." “Masculinity”; “Ecriture Feminine”
第9週	11/06	Midterm
第10週	11/13	Web, Jen and Sam Byrnand. "Some Kind of Virus: The Zombie as Body and as Trope."
第11週	11/20	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Chapter 1-13 “Hybridity”; “Exoticism”
第12週	11/27	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Chapter 14-27 “Eurocentrism”; “Orientalism”
第13週	12/04	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Chapter 28-38 “Agency”; “Subject/ Subjectivity”
第14週	12/11	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Chapter 39-50 “Jouissance”
第15週	12/18	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Chapter 51-61
第16週	12/25	Group Presentation
第17週	1/01	Holiday
第18週	1/8	Final exam (final paper due)