推想小說中的種族、性別與非人類（文類：小說）
Race, Gender, and the Inhuman in Speculative Fiction (Genre: Fiction)
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2 09:00–09:50 | 推想小說中的種族、性別與非人類（文類：小說） HC404 3 節連堂 |
3 10:10–11:00 | |
4 11:10–12:00 |
* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列
This graduate course (open to undergraduates) examines speculative fiction as a mode for reimagining race, gender, sexuality, reproduction, and humanity in relation to the nonhuman. The selected texts trace a historical and thematic trajectory: H. G. Wells’s The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) extrapolates from late Victorian vivisection to imagine a world in which species boundaries can be surgically rewritten; George Schuyler’s Black No More (1931) satirizes Depression-era racial ideologies through speculative science; John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids (1951) depicts ecological catastrophe and mutant plant life amid Cold War fears about human survival; and Torrey Peters’s Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones (2016) envisions trans futurity and community in an altered, post-apocalyptic world. Students will read these works alongside theoretical and critical essays in order to explore how speculative writing mirrors, critiques, and reconfigures dominant social and scientific imaginaries. The readings are subject to change. The final version will be updated in mid-February.
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Weekly Responses Students are required to submit ten brief responses (50–100 words each, in different weeks) to the assigned primary and/or secondary readings. Each response must be posted on Dropbox at least twelve hours before class. Responses may offer observations, raise questions, or analyze specific passages. Please include page numbers when you refer to the text. Class Participation Active participation is expected from everyone. You may elaborate on your weekly responses, raise new questions, and respond to others’ observations during class discussions. Short Essays You will submit two short essays (1000–1250 words each, double-spaced) in response to our primary readings. Each essay should highlight passages from the text and use them to develop a clear argument. You do not need to cite secondary sources, but they may help you contextualize historical settings, theoretical frameworks, or broader cultural debates. Final Paper The final paper (8–10 pages, double-spaced) should not duplicate your response essays. You may write on the same text(s), but your topic and argument must be substantially different. You are encouraged to build on ideas from your weekly responses or class discussions.
Weekly Responses: 20% Class Participation: 10% Two Short Essays: 20% each Final Paper: 30%
| 週次 | 主題 |
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| 第 1 週 | Peace Memorial Day (Compensatory) |
| 第 2 週 | Introduction |
| 第 3 週 | Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Chapters 1–14 |
| 第 4 週 | Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Chapters 15–22 |
| 第 5 週 | Kalkan, Fatmanur. 2025. “The Island of Doctor Moreau: The Notion of the Island through Posthumanism.” IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies 5, no. 2: 43–58. https://doi.org/10.62352/ideas.1658012. |
| 第 6 週 | Spring Break |
| 第 7 週 | Schuyler, Black No More, Chapters 1–6 |
| 第 8 週 | Schuyler, Black No More Chapters 7–13 |
| 第 9 週 | First Short Response Paper Due by 9 AM on April 23 (PDF, sent to my email account) Adams, Kim. 2022. “‘Electrical Nutrition and Glandular Control’: Eugenics, Progressive Science, and George Schuyler’s Black No More.” Twentieth-Century Literature 68, no. 2: 113–50. https://doi.org/10.1215/0041462X-9808065. |
| 第 10 週 | Labor Day |
| 第 11 週 | Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Chapters 1–8 |
| 第 12 週 | Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Chapters 9–17 |
| 第 13 週 | Adamson, Joni, and Catriona Sandilands. 2017. “Insinuations: Thinking Plant Politics with The Day of the Triffids.” In The Language of Plants: Science, Philosophy, Literature, edited by Monica Gagliano, John C. Eyan, and Patrícia Vieira, 234–52. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Stock, Adam. 2015. “The Blind Logic of Plants: Enlightenment and Evolution in John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids.” Science Fiction Studies 42, no. 3: 433–57. Also discuss the 1963 film version of The Day of the Triffids |
| 第 14 週 | Peters, Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones Malatino, Hil. 2019. “Future Fatigue: Trans Intimacies and Trans Presents (or How to Survive the Interregnum).” TSQ 6, no. 4: 635–58. Sharp, Sabine. 2024. “Science Fiction as Trans Literature.” Routeldge Handbook of Trans Literature, edited by Douglas A. Vakoch and Sabine Sharp, 311–20. New York: Routledge. |
| 第 15 週 | Second Short Response Paper Due by 9 AM on June 4 (PDF, sent to my email account) Individual Conferences |
| 第 16 週 | Final Paper Due by 5 PM (PDF, sent to my email account) |
Peters, Torrey. (2016) 2025. Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones. In Stag Dance, 1–48. New York: Random House. Schuyler, George S. (1931) 2018. Black No More. New York: Penguin. Wells, H. G. (1896) 2005. The Island of Doctor Moreau. New York: Penguin. Wyndham, John. (1951) 2008. The Day of the Triffids. New York: Penguin. Other readings will be available online.
- 地點
- HC409
- 時間
- F. 1–3 PM
- 聯絡方式
- chku@nycu.edu.tw #58117