國立臺灣師範大學通識教育課程綱要

國立臺灣師範大學英語學系 通識課程綱要

科目代碼		0HUG447
科目名稱(中)		恐怖文學導讀
科目名稱(英)		Approaches to Gothic Literature
全/半年	半年	必/選修	選修
總學分數	2學分	每週上課時數	2hr
授課教師		邵毓娟

教師專長背景

教學目標

The goal of this course is to provide students with a reasonably compact introduction to the study and appreciation of Gothic literature. The selected American Gothic tales will be studied in terms of basic aesthetic elements and Gothic elements to enhance students’ meaningful reading of Gothic literature and to heighten their sensibility and appreciation of the Gothic as a genre and as an expression of unique social, political, and cultural conditions and of psychological complexity. Gothic conventions, terminology, and critical approaches to Gothic literature will also be introduced in this course.

本課程希望透過閱讀一系列美國恐怖短篇故事，帶領同學認識迷人又深邃的恐怖文學以及此文類所反映的複雜人類社會狀態。除了介紹恐怖文學中的基本美學元素，並探討恐怖文學背後所牽涉的複雜的政治、宗教、種族、階級、與性別等與社會、歷史與文化攸關的面向。此外也將探討恐怖文類中所呈現的如恐懼、仇恨、焦慮等涉及主體心理狀態的議題。

教材內容

? Tentative Syllabus:
Meeting Date Contents
1 2/27 Orientation
A Brief Introduction to American Gothic Fiction
2 3/5 Stephen King (1947— ): “The Reach”
3 3/12 William Faulkner (1893—1962): “A Rose for
Emily”
4 3/19 Charles Brockden Brown (1771—1810): from
Wieland, or The Transformation
5 3/26 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804—1864): “Young
Goodman Brown”
6 4/2 Edgar Allan Poe (1809—1849): “The Black Cat”
7 4/9 Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860—1935): “The
Yellow Wallpaper”
8 4/16 Henry James (1843—1916): “The Romance of
Certain Old Clothes”
9 4/23 Midterm Exam
10 4/30 Video-viewing: Rope
11 5/7 Sherwood Anderson (1876—1941): “Death in the
Woods”
12 5/14 Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904—1991): “The
Reencounter”
13 5/21 John Cheever (1912—1982): “The Enormous Radio”
14 5/28 Sylvia Plath (1932—1963): “Johnny Panic and the
Bible of Dreams”
15 6/4 Don DeLillo (1936— ): “Human Moments in World
War III” (study journal due)
16 6/11 Joyce Carol Oates (1938— ): “The Temple”
17 6/18 John L’Heureux (1938— ): “The Anatomy of
Desire” Raymond Carver(1938—1988): “Little
Things”
18 6/25 Final Exam

實施方式

1.每週討論一位作家的一篇作品,同學必須在課前讀過作品.課堂帶讀主要以英文進行,並以中文處理太過抽象的觀念.
2.本課程將包含期中與期末考, 期末要繳交一篇報告.
3.每週必須書寫閱讀筆記.筆記內容以申論題形式回答兩個與作品相關的題目,筆記中另可書寫與作品或作者相關的想法.
4.評量方式: 出席與課堂討論 40%; 期中與期末考試 30%; 作業 30%.

參考書目

1.Finish each reading assignment in advance of each class meeting. Each week you are required to write a few words on the designated reading(s).