課程名稱 |
烏托邦專題 SEMINAR ON UTOPIA |
開課學期 |
98-1 |
授課對象 |
文學院 外國語文學研究所 |
授課教師 |
張惠娟 |
課號 |
FL7109 |
課程識別碼 |
122 M4870 |
班次 |
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學分 |
3 |
全/半年 |
半年 |
必/選修 |
選修 |
上課時間 |
星期二2,3,4(9:10~12:10) |
上課地點 |
外研三 |
備註 |
第2,3類.中英文授課 限碩士班以上 總人數上限:10人 |
Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/981utopia |
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課程概述 |
Utopian scholarship harbors a wide range of approaches and questions. Some of them seem easy to grasp, while others may entail perennial debates. In this course we will examine diverse approaches to the study of utopia and scrutinize various definitions, either explicit or implicit, of utopia. Special attention will be paid to the evolution of utopia as a literary genre. |
課程目標 |
To introduce current scholarship on utopian literature. |
課程要求 |
regular attendance and participation in class discussion |
預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
每週三 13:00~15:00 |
指定閱讀 |
Thomas More, Utopia.
H. G. Wells, The Time Machine.
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World.
George Orwell, 1984.
Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time.
Marge Piercy, He, She and It.
Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower. |
參考書目 |
Baccolini, Raffaella. “Gender and Genre in the Feminist Critical Dystopias of Katherine Burdekin, Margaret Atwood, and Octavia Butler.” Future Females: The Next Generation. Ed. Marleen S. Barr. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. 13-34.
---, & Tom Moylan, eds. Dark Horizons: Science Fiction and the Dystopian Imagination. New york & London: Routledge, 2003.
Ferns, Chris. Narrating Utopia: Ideology, Gender, Form in Utopian Literature. Liverpool University Press, 1999.
Goodwin, Barbara, ed. The Philosophy of Utopia. London & Portland, Or: Frank Cass, 2001.
Kumar, Krishan. Utopia and Anti-Utopia in Modern Times. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987.
---. Utopianism. Buckingham: Open UP, 1991.
Levitas, Ruth. The Concept of Utopia. New York & London: Philip
Allan, 1990.
Mohr, Dunja M. Worlds Apart? Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias. Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Jefferson, North Carolina & London: McFarland, 2005.
Moylan, Tom. Demand the Impossible: Science Fiction and the Utopian Imagination. New York and London: Methuen, 1986.
---. Scraps of the Untainted Sky: Science Fiction, Utopia, Dystopia. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 2000.
Shklar, Judith N. “What is the Use of Utopia?” Heterotopia: Postmodern
Utopia and the Body Politic. Ed. Tobin Siebers. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 1994. 40-57.
Wolmark, Jenny. “Staying with the Body: Narratives of the Posthuman in Contemporary Science Fiction.” Edging into the Future: Science Fiction and Contemporary Cultural transformation. Eds. Veronica Hollinger & Joan Gordon. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 2002. 75-89.
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評量方式 (僅供參考) |
No. |
項目 |
百分比 |
說明 |
1. |
Weekly summary and / or critique of an assigned reading |
30% |
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2. |
Oral reports |
30% |
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3. |
One term paper |
40% |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
9/15 |
Introduction & Course Description |
第2週 |
9/22 |
Utopia: Its Ontological Status |
第3週 |
9/29 |
Mapping the Terrain |
第4週 |
10/06 |
Problems of Definition |
第5週 |
10/13 |
Utopia |
第6週 |
10/20 |
Dystopia |
第7週 |
10/27 |
Critical Utopia |
第8週 |
11/03 |
Critical Dystopia |
第9週 |
11/10 |
Thomas More, Utopia |
第10週 |
11/17 |
H. G. Wells, The Time Machine |
第11週 |
11/24 |
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World |
第12週 |
12/01 |
George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four |
第13週 |
12/08 |
Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time |
第14週 |
12/15 |
Marge Piercy, He, She and It |
第15週 |
12/22 |
Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower |
第16週 |
12/29 |
Recapitulation / Individual consultation |
第17週 |
1/05 |
Presentation on Term Paper |
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