課程名稱 |
維多利亞小說與物質文化 Victorian Novels and Material Culture |
開課學期 |
108-1 |
授課對象 |
學程 歐洲暨歐盟研究學程 |
授課教師 |
李紀舍 |
課號 |
FL7136 |
課程識別碼 |
122EM5560 |
班次 |
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學分 |
3.0 |
全/半年 |
半年 |
必/選修 |
選修 |
上課時間 |
星期三2,3,4(9:10~12:10) |
上課地點 |
外研三 |
備註 |
本課程以英語授課。【專業課程】:A、B方案。 限碩士班以上 總人數上限:12人 |
Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1081novel |
課程簡介影片 |
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核心能力關聯 |
核心能力與課程規劃關聯圖 |
課程大綱
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課程概述 |
This seminar offers a survey of high Victorian fiction and in so doing also explores complex socio-historical issues of material culture textualized in novels. We will discuss the Victorian novel within a time of unprecedented material accumulations and, in particular, examine how novels sit between the reproduction of material culture and the reshaping of it. The nexus of novelistic texts and things requires an interdisciplinary approach that cuts across the boundaries of literary studies, historical studies, and material culture studies. Students are encouraged to pay attention to the surface of fiction in addition to the unfolding narrative. This course seeks to foreground the contextual dimensions of novel writing and raise some important questions regarding novel forms and functions: How are writings of objects deployed in the Victorian novels? How is “the realist vision” underpinned by contextual writing of things? What are some potential sociological roles assumed by realist novels to relate the material production and consumption to the ongoing of everyday life? By the end of the course, students are expected to be familiar with selected canonical texts and, furthermore, will demonstrate adequate research skills in conducting socio-historical studies of literature. |
課程目標 |
By the end of the course, students are expected to be familiar with selected canonical texts and, furthermore, will demonstrate adequate research skills in conducting socio-historical studies of literature. |
課程要求 |
a. Finishing designated readings before each session.
b. Attendance and class participation.
c. In-class presentation(s): Depending on the class size, each student will give one to two oral presentations to lead class discussions.
d. A term paper of 15 to 20 pages.
e. A proposal of the paper is due on Dec 4.
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預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
每週二 13:00~15:00 |
指定閱讀 |
a. Novels (The selected texts are available in Bookman. Preferably Norton or Oxford edition): Jane Eyre, Our Mutual Friend, Jude the Obscure
b. A course packet of selected readings
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參考書目 |
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評量方式 (僅供參考) |
No. |
項目 |
百分比 |
說明 |
1. |
Oral presentations |
20% |
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2. |
Term paper |
80% |
A proposal and the final version of the paper |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
9/11 |
Introduction |
第2週 |
9/18 |
Material Studies: Questions and Methods |
第3週 |
9/25 |
Jane Eyre |
第4週 |
10/02 |
Jane Eyre
"Material interiority” |
第5週 |
10/9 |
Jane Eyre
Chapter 1 (Freedgood) |
第6週 |
10/16 |
Our Mutual Friend
“1851”
“Dickens and His Urban Museum”
“The World Within the City"
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第7週 |
10/23 |
Our Mutual Friend
“A River Runs Through Him: Our Mutual Friend and the Embankment of the Thames.”
Excerpt from Cleansing the City |
第8週 |
10/30 |
Our Mutual Friend
“Dirt and Victorian Thing Culture”
“The City of London, Real and Unreal” |
第9週 |
11/06 |
Class starts at 15:00
Our Mutual Friend
Excerpt from Novel Behind Glass
Excerpt from Common Scent |
第10週 |
11/13 |
Not in session |
第11週 |
11/20 |
Jude the Obscure
“1870”
“Science and Culture”
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第12週 |
11/27 |
Not in session |
第13週 |
12/04 |
Jude the Obscure
“On Suffering and Sympathy:
Jude the Obscure, Evolution, and Ethics” |
第14週 |
12/11 |
Jude the Obscure
“Architecture and Obsolescence in Jude the Obscure” |
第15週 |
12/18 |
Jude the Obscure
"Going Local"
“’THEY KNOW EARTH-SECRETS’” |
第16週 |
12/25 |
symposium:
proposal due |
第17週 |
01/01 |
not in session |
第18週 |
01/08 |
Paper Due |
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