111年第1學期-5091 烏托邦文學 課程資訊
評分方式
評分項目 | 配分比例 | 說明 |
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Two major in class presentations | 20 | 2 x 10 % = 20 % (2nd presentation will be about final paper) |
Midterm essay | 20 | |
End of semester paper | 40 | |
Attendance and participation | 20 |
選課分析
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教育目標
Utopian writings use a variety of plots and settings to depict ideal communities in which the inhabitants live in harmony and happiness. This seemingly straightforward idea, that is, that a perfect or near-perfect human condition is possible on earth, has elicited very diverse responses from critics and readers. Oscar Wilde, for example, held that “A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing,” whereas Thomas Macaulay sneered “An acre of Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia.” This course surveys the history of utopian and dystopian (anti-utopian) literature from Plato’s The Republic, Thomas More’s Utopia, and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels to modern works by William Morris (News from Nowhere), Aldous Huxley (Brave New World), George Orwell (Nineteen Eighty-four), and Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale). We study the writings in their specific historical contexts and examine the literary, political and philosophical agendas which the utopian genre has served. Due attention is also paid to the connections between utopian writings and other genres such as the philosophical treatise, travel literature, satire, fantasy literature, and dream allegories. A number of important film interpretations of the utopian theme will also be covered, including, for example, Metropolis, Soylent Green, Blade Runner, Gattica, and so forth. Additional text and film selections will be made depending on student interest.
課程概述
Utopian writings use a variety of plots and settings to depict ideal communities in which all inhabitants live in harmony and happiness.
課程資訊
基本資料
選修課,學分數:3-0
上課時間:一/2,3,4[LAN212-2]
修課班級:外文碩1,2
修課年級:年級以上
選課備註:英美文學組
教師與教學助理
授課教師:Henk Vynckier
大班TA或教學助理:尚無資料
Office HourMonday: 8.10-9 AM; Wednesday: 8.10-9 AM; and by appointment.
Office B on FLLD 3rd FL.
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參考書目
In addition to the primary texts listed in the Cours objectives, we will also study relevant selections from the following secondary sources:
John Carey, ed., The Faber Book of Utopias (Faber, 2000).
Gregory Claeys and Lyman Tower Sargent, eds., The Utopia Reader Paperback (NY UP, 1999).
Gregory Claeys, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Utopian Literature (Cambridge UP; 2010).
Chris Ferns, Narrating Utopia: Ideology, Gender, Form in Utopian Literature (Liverpool UP, 1999).
Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature (ABC-CLIO Literary Companion,
1995).
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