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課程名稱

小說選讀一
Fiction (Ⅰ)

開課學期

102-1

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：40人

Ceiba 課程網頁

http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1021liao

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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 "vampires" whereas in the second half of the semester we will read Mary Shelley's masterpiece Frankenstein and discuss the monstrosity that the work tries to convey.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.

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

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York: Norton, 1996.
Herzog, Werner (dir.). Nosferatu.
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.
Baldick, Chris. In Frankenstein's Shadow: Myth, Monstrosity, and Nineteenth-century Writing. New York: Clarendon Press, 1987.
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.
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.	Attendance	5%
2.	Group Presentation	25%	5% for your favorite monster 5% for film response 15% for final presentation
3.	Midterm Exam (2 journals)	30%	each 15%; no late submission
4.	Final Exam (1 term paper)	40%	no late submission

課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第1週	9/10	Orientation: Monster, Monstrosity, and Postmodern Ethics
第2週	9/17	Jeffrey Jerome Cohen. “Monster Culture (Seven Theses).” “Body”; “Border”; “Abjection” in《關鍵詞200》
第3週	9/24	Chris Baldick. In Frankenstein's Shadow. 10-29.
第4週	10/01	Ellis, Markman. "Vampires, Credulity, and Reason."
第5週	10/08	The Classic Adventure Tale: M. R. James. "Count Magnus." F. Marion Crawford. "For the Blood Is the Life." "Self"; "Other & otherness."
第6週	10/15	The Psychological Vampire: Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman. "Luella Miller." ; "The Transfer" "Gender"; " Sex/Gender/Sexuality."
第7週	10/22	Fritz Leiber. "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes." Jackie Stacey. "Desperately Seeking Difference." “Gaze”; “Visual Culture/ Visuality”; “Voyeurism.”
第8週	10/29	Film: Nosferatu by Werner Herzog
第9週	11/05	Midterm exam
第10週	11/12	Suzy McKee Charnas. "Unicorn Tapestry"
第11週	11/19	con.
第12週	11/26	The Science Fiction Vampire: Helen Cixous. "The Laugh of the Medusa." C. L. Moore. "Shambleau."“Masculinity”; “Ecriture Feminine”
第13週	12/03	Frankenstein, part one
第14週	12/10	Frankenstein, part two
第15週	12/17	Frankenstein, part three
第16週	12/24	Discussion on Frankenstein: Ellen Moers, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, Barbara Johnson, and Marilyn Butler. In Frankenstein.
第17週	12/31	Group Presentation
第18週	1/07	Final exam (Final Paper Submission)