課程名稱 |
當代英美劇場中的精神失能 Mental Illness on Contemporary British and American Stages |
開課學期 |
103-2 |
授課對象 |
文學院 外國語文學系 |
授課教師 |
施純宜 |
課號 |
FL2159 |
課程識別碼 |
102 25010 |
班次 |
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學分 |
2 |
全/半年 |
半年 |
必/選修 |
必修 |
上課時間 |
星期五5,6(12:20~14:10) |
上課地點 |
外教101 |
備註 |
第一堂課缺席視同退選。中英文授課、英文教材。 總人數上限:15人 |
Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1032FL2159 |
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課程概述 |
Course Description:
Representations of mental illness have been predominant on British and American stages. Yet the uses of mental illness differ widely. Traditional depictions are sensationalized, exaggerated, or exploitative; they contribute to stigmatization and obfuscation of the realities faced by those who suffer from mental illness. In large part, mental illness functions primarily as a metaphor, a literary trope embodying resistance, revelation or dissolution of society's conventions and bonds. Nevertheless, transforming perceptions of mental illness emerge in new plays, plays that strive to offer detailed and truthful portrayals of mental disease with their associated etiologies, attendant symptoms, and varying behaviors. In other words, the new plays deal with mental illness as a subject in its own right. The writers of the plays give voice to a wide array of experiences of mental illness. This course will explore the dynamics of five new works representing madness, melancholia, schizophrenia, trauma, and dementia: Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis (1999), David Auburn's Proof (2000; 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange (2000), David Linsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole (2005; 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), and Tanika Gupta's Mind Walking (2013).
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課程目標 |
Course Objectives:
◆ To analyze the characterizations and dramaturgies presenting specific mental illness
◆ To think upon some issues related to mental illness, such as identity,
social pressures, free will and determinism, community and individual responsibility
◆ To develop a working knowledge of mental illness that effects vast numbers
of people in contemporary societies
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課程要求 |
Requirements:
Class discussions
Reading notes
A 1000-word term paper
A 10-minute presentation
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預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
另約時間 |
指定閱讀 |
待補 |
參考書目 |
References:
*Boles, William C. The Argumentative Theatre of Joe Penhall. London:
McFarland, 2011.
*Davis, Geoffrey V. and Anne Fuchs, eds. Staging New Britain: Aspects of Black
and South Asian British Theatre Practice. Berlin: P.I.E. Lang, 2006.
*De Vos, Laurens and Graham Saunders, eds. Sarah Kane in Context. Manchester:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
*Kaplan, Ellen W. and Sarah J. Rudolph, eds. Images of Mental Illness Through
Text and Performance. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2005.
*Oyebode, Femi. Madness at the Theatre. London: RCPsych Publications, 2012.
*Saunders, Graham. Love me or kill me: Sarah Kane and the Theatre of Extremes.
Manchester: Manchester UP, 2002.
*Saxon, Theresa. American Theatre: History, Context, Form. Edinburgh:
Edinburgh UP, 2011.
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評量方式 (僅供參考) |
No. |
項目 |
百分比 |
說明 |
1. |
Class discussion |
20% |
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2. |
Reading notes |
30% |
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3. |
A 1000-word term paper |
30% |
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4. |
A 10-minute presentation |
10% |
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5. |
Participation |
10% |
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