恐怖小說:洛夫克拉夫特(文類課:小說)

The course provides a close reading of selected works by H. P. Lovecraft. Recognized as "the" horror writer between E. A. Poe and Stephen King in American literature, Lovecraft attracts ambivalent, if not controversial, responses from both critics and readers. Loved by his fans and hated by critics, Lovecraft nevertheless stays strong with uncanny charm whose secret of may lie only in his works. While not meant to solve the Lovecraftian mystery, the course is meant to let his texts unravel themselves to reveal a path to a dubious relation of horror, language, and experience. n.b. the course lecture will be delivered in mandarin.

1. Students have to apply for a NYCU m365 account to join the course channel on Microsoft Teams. The NYCU m365 account application page is located at https://it.nycu.edu.tw/it-services/cloud-services/microsoft-365/ 2. Use the code “z5k4t25” to join the course channel on Microsoft Teams.

01. intro 02. Martin Heidegger, “Being and Time” —— §29, §30 03. Edmund Burke, “A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and the Beautiful” —— Part II 04. H. P. Lovecraft, “Supernatural Horror in Literature” —— I, VII, VIII, IX, X 05. “The Statement of Randolph Carter,” “The Rats in the Walls” 06. “The Horror at Red Hook” 07. “The Colour Out of Space” 08. holiday 09. mid-term 10. “The Call of Cthulhu” 11. “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” 12. “At the Mountains of Madness” 13. Edmund Wilson, “Tales of the Marvellous and the Ridiculous”; Fritz Leiber, “A Literary Copernicus” 14. Michel Houellebecq, “Racial Hatred,” “How We Can Learn From Howard Phillips Lovecraft to Turn Our Spirit into a Living Sacrifice,” “Against the World, Against Life” 15. oral reports on final projects 16. final

in-class oral reports 30% mid-term 30% final projects 40%