課程資訊
課程名稱
科幻小說與電影專題
Seminar on Science Fiction and Film 
開課學期
107-1 
授課對象
文學院  外國語文學系  
授課教師
廖勇超 
課號
FL2182 
課程識別碼
102 24830 
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。小說群組(F群組)擇一必修。
限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限:30人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1071FL2182_liao 
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課程概述

The genre of science fiction and film (SF) has acquired cultural momentum in the past few decades, rising at it is from being a kind of pastime popular cultural form to one of the most influential literary/cultural genre in the current literary/cultural scene. SF often features far-fetched imagination combined with practical concerns that address contemporary critical issues, such as the influence of modern technology on human society (posthumanism, A. I., Big Data, etc.), the continuing exploitation of late capitalism and its complicity with the state apparatus (technocratic nationalism, bio-genetic capitalism, etc.), the threatening of nuclear weapons, the invasion of Others (alien invasion), and the termination of the world and its aftermath (Anthropocene, post/apocalypse, post-anthropocentrism etc.). This course offers to look into how these SF works have shed light on the critical issues in our contemporary globalized society with trenchant critiques: these imaginings and comments not only chart the roads that we have travelled, but may also lead us to an elsewhere that is full of potentialities, transversalties, and becomings. 

課程目標
1. To provide students with the ability to think critically about issues related
to science fiction and film.
2. To broaden students' knowledge of science fiction and film in history.
3. To help students engage with the academic research on science fiction and film.
 
課程要求
Punctual attendance
Active participation
Term paper and journals
 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
另約時間 
指定閱讀
Novels:
Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake. Anchor, 2014
Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A Space Odyssey. 1968. Penguin Books Australia, 2005
Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968. Del Rey, 2017.
Films:
2001: A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. 1968. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2001. DVD.
Alien: Covenant. Dir. Ridley Scott. 2017. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2017. DVD
Blade Runner. Dir. Ridley Scott. 1992. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2007. DVD.
The Skycrawlers. Dir. Mamoru Oshii. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2009. DVD.
 
參考書目
Booker, M. Keith and Anne Marie Thomas. The Science Fiction Handbook.
Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell Pub., 2009.
Liao Yung-chao. “From Prosthesis to the Ethics of Anxiety: On the Ethics of
Posthumanism in Mamoru Oshii’s Sci-Fi Trilogy.” The Wenshan Review of
Literature and Culture, vol. 8, no. 1, 2014, pp.181-217. 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
Attendance  
10% 
three absences without official leave taking will result in the failure of this course 
2. 
Journal  
30% 
2 journals are required 
3. 
Film responses  
20% 
2 film responses 
4. 
Forum report 
10% 
 
5. 
Term paper  
30% 
 
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
9/10  Orientation 
第2週
9/17  2001: A Space Odyssey. Film discussion. 
第3週
9/24  Holiday (2001 A Space Odyssey film response due:9/24 13:00)  
第4週
10/01  Booker, M. Keith and Anne Marie Thomas. "Science Fiction in Western Culture."

A. I. and Human:
Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A Space Odyssey. 1-105.
"The Space Opera." In Booker and Thomas.
 
第5週
10/08  Continue. 106-236. 
第6週
10/15  Posthumanism:
Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1-103.
"Cyberpunk and Posthuman Science Fiction." In Booker and Thomas.
 
第7週
10/22  Continue. 104-224. 
第8週
10/29  Blade Runner. Film discussion. (1st journal due) 
第9週
11/05  Mid-term exam (Blade Runner film response due: 11/5 13:00) 
第10週
11/12  Forum on Japanese SF Animation
(Forum report due:11/19 13:00) 
第11週
11/19  Post-apocalypse:
Atwood, Margret. Oryx and Crake. 1-92.
"Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic Fiction." In Booker and Thomas.
 
第12週
11/26  Continue.  
第13週
12/03  Continue.  
第14週
12/10  Alien Invasion
Alien: Covenant. Film discussion.
"The Alien Invasion Narrative." In Booker and Thomas..
 
第15週
12/17  AKIRA Film discussion.
(2nd Journal due) 
第16週
12/24  Bio-genetic Capitalism:
The Skycrawlers. Film discussion.
 
第17週
12/31  Holiday. (2nd film response due: 12/31 13:00) 
第18週
2019/01/07  Final Exam (term paper due)