變身題材小說

Transformation is a recurring theme in literature and public culture. A high school student could turn into a woman warrior. A man could turn into woman, or a woman could turn into a man. A human being could turn into a nonhuman animal, a plant, a monster, or a robot. A ghost or spirit could turn into a human being or an immortal. An aged person could be rejuvenated, or a youth could age overnight. And a resident alien could turn into a citizen. Transformation might also take the form of possession, body swapping, and so on. In these seemingly fantastic works, we may notice the imagination of, realization of, or anxiety about the blurred boundaries between the human and the nonhuman, between the natural and the unnatural, between the male and the female, and/or between the self and the other. This course highlights a few literary works and some relevant theoretical readings, aiming to address keywords like human, nature, and gender in literary and cultural studies from transgender, transspecies, and transhuman perspectives. Throughout this term, we will reexamine the emphasis on interspecies differences and the omission of intraspecies difference in taxonomy. At the same time, we will embark on a series of trans studies in response to current scientific, technological, and medical developments. 「變身」是文學與大眾文化常出現的題材:從高中生變女戰士;從男變女;從女變男;從人類變非人的動物、植物、怪獸或機器人;從鬼靈精怪變成人或仙;返老還童或一夕白頭;從外國人身份變成公民;附身或交換身體等等。在這些看似奇幻的作品,我們可發現人與非人、自然與非自然、男與女或它與我等分界變模糊的想像、實現與焦慮。本課程著眼幾部文學作品,搭配相關論述,從跨性別、跨物種、與跨人類研究的角度,討論「人類」、「自然」、與「性別」等在文學與文化研究中常出現的關鍵詞。在學期過程中,我們會重新審思分類學強調物種間的差異,卻忽略物種中的差異,所造成的問題。同時,我們也會針對目前科技、醫療發展,展開一系列的跨研究。

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Participation If you have to miss classes for legitimate reasons (official or sick leave), please let me know in advance/in person. A doctor’s note must come with your sick leave. I will not count your legitimate leaves as absences unless there are more than THREE times. If you miss more than three classes (even for legitimate reasons), those absences will more or less affect your final score. In class, I will call on people at random after my lecture. You should come to class with a couple of questions or observations. Oral Report Whenever we have readings, you may volunteer to discuss the text(s) in 15-20 minutes. Please choose some quotes from our assigned text(s) and group them in terms of a certain topic or theme. Share your observations and raise questions for class discussion. Unless you report in a careless manner, you may expect to obtain 90-100 points (out of 100) for your one-time report. Alternative If you are interested in applying for the graduate school, you are encouraged to turn in a final paper (50%) in English instead. The final paper will replace the final review and oral report, and it could be on any of our four primary texts. Word count: 1500-2000 words.

上課參與:20% 口頭報告:20% 期中考(回家作業):30% 期末心得一篇(請針對期中過後的課堂閱讀小說;中、英文皆可;字數儘量控制在1200-1500字):30%

• 跨物種文學與研究
• 跨物種與跨性別文學與研究
• 跨性別與跨人類文學與研究

You need to have the following four texts with you in class: Mootoo, Shani. 1996. Cereus Blooms at Night. New York: Grove Press. Ovid. 2004. Metamorphoses. New York: Penguin. Shelley, Mary. (1818) 2018. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text. New York: Penguin. Winterson, Jeanette. 2019. Frankissstein: A Love Story. London: Jonathan Cape. The instructor will make the following texts available to you: Hayward, Eva. 2008. "More Lessons from a Starfish: Prefixial Flesh and Transpeciated Selves." WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly 36, nos. 3-4 (Fall/Winter): 64-85. Pettman, Dominic. 2017. Creaturely Love: How Desire Makes Us More and Less Than Human. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Stryker, Susan. 1994. "My Words to Victor Frankenstein Above the Village of Chamounix: Performing Transgender Rage." GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 1, no. 3: 237-54.

地點

HC409

時間

M. 14:00-16:00 or by appt.

聯絡方式

#58117 chku@nctu.edu.tw