98年第1學期-0179 文討：末日現象之呈現 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
One short paper (20%)	20
one longer research paper (30%)	30
one discussion leading session (15%)	15
one discussion leading session (15%)	15
daily work (15%)	15

教育目標

1. Students will acquire knowledge of and be able to explain the origins of apocalyptic traditions, both Eastern and Western. They will demonstrate this historical and culturally specific knowledge on written assignments, in discussions and in presentations. 2. Students will become familiar with the genre, language, modes of discourse and specific rhetorical strategies informing apocalyptic representations. They will be able to analyze and critique these linguistic and semantic forms in discussion, on written work, and in presentations. 3. Students will analyze and interpret the similarities and differences regarding apocalyptic beliefs, ideas and representations across cultures, and thereby recognize the specific meanings these hold for the peoples of these respective societies. This will include analyzing and interpreting the “cultural politics” of these societies. They will demonstrate comprehension of same in discussion, in written work, and in presentations. 4. Students will learn to distinguish the differences and similarities between various genres of popular culture discourse and more formal modes of cultural expression treating apocalyptic themes, relative to art, science fiction, fantasy, drama, documentary, docudrama, fiction, poetry, religious texts, video games, popular music, scientific and historically realistic forms. They will provide evidence of this understanding in discussion, in written work, and in presentations.

課程概述

Representing Apocalypse is a seminar for third- and fourth-year students. This seminar will discuss the idea of the end of the world which is specific to many cultures, both Eastern and Western. In recent years, there has been a virtual explosion of various representations portending an impending global apocalypse, present in contemporary literature, film, music, on the internet, and in various other media and popular culture forms. This course will examine the origins of apocalyptic thought and representation, with selections from ancient texts such as the Bible, the Book of the Hopi, etc. The course will also look at post-apocalyptic popular representations concerning the aftermath of an expected global catasptrophe. Finally, the issue will be considered from a cautionary mode.

基本資料

選修課，學分數：2-0
上課時間：二/8,9[FL214]
修課班級：外文系3,4
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：1.畢業前須修兩門文討 2需填寫申請單

參考書目

Selections from the Bible, the Koran, the I Ching, the Book of the Hopi, Hindu writings, and the Mayan Popul Vuh.

Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake. New York, Anchor Press, 2004. ISBN-10: 0385721676;
ISBN-13: 978-0385721677

Cormac McCarthy, The Road. Mti edition. New York: Vintage, 2008. ISBN-10: 0307472124;
ISBN-13: 978-0307472120

Lawrence E. Jospeh, Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation into Civilization’s End. San Francisco:
Morgan Road Books, 2007. ISBN-10: 0767924479; ISBN-13: 978-0767924474