課程簡述
This course aims to familiarize students with current ecocriticial theories and to enable them to employ these theories in original readings of literature and film in general as well as from Taiwan. It is divided into two parts: The first part of the semester will provide an introduction to current ecocritical theory, contextualizing ecocriticism within the larger field of critiques of modernity and paying special attention to linkages between ecocriticism and postcolonial theory. In the second part of the semester, these theoretical perspectives will be brought to bear on a selection of texts and films in general as well as from Taiwan.
課程目標
To familiarize students with current ecocriticial theories and to enable them to employ these theories in original readings of literature and film in general as well as from Taiwan.
教科書與參考書目
Critical essays and texts in weekly order:
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1. Introduction: Syllabus. |
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2. Leopold, Aldo. “Thinking like a Mountain.” Key Readings in Ecocriticism. Eds, Robin Chen-Hsing Tsai and Shiuhhuah Serena Chou. Taipei: Bookman Books, 2015. Print. Available at NCHU Cave Books. |
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3. Callicott, J. Baird. “Introduction.” The Great New Wilderness Debate. Eds, J. Baird Callicott and Michael P. Nelson. Athens: U of Georgia P, c1998. |
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4. Cronon, William. “Kennecott Journey: The Paths Out of Town.” http://www.williamcronon.net/writing/Cronon_Kennecott_Journey.pdf |
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5. Hau'ofa, Epeli. “Past to Remember.” We are the Ocean. Honolulu: U of Hawai’i P, 2008. 60-79. Utopian concept of ecological time. |
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6. Rose, Deborah Bird. “Introduction.” Wild Dog Dreaming: Love and Extinction. Charlottesville: The U of Virginia P, 2011. |
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7. Yaeger, Patricia. “Editor's Column: Sea Trash, Dark Pools, and the Tragedy of the Commons.” PMLA125.3 (May 2010):, 523–545 (23) |
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8. Keywords for Environmental Studies. Joni Adamson and William A. Gleason, eds. New York: New York UP, 2016. Print. |
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9. Keywords continued. |
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10. Chakrabarty, Dipesh. “The Climate of History: Four Theses.” Critical Inquiry, 35.2 (2009): 197-222. Guest talk 11/13/Wed/10-12:00周序樺414 |
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11. Nixon, Rob. “Introduction.” Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor. Harvard UP, 2011. 820.936 N654 |
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12. Chi, Po-Lin, dir. Beyond Beauty—Taiwan From Above (《看見台灣》). 2013. |
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13. Wu, Ming-Yi. “Limbo.” The Stolen Bicycle. Trans, Darryl Sterk. Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2017. 295-311. |
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14. Thoreau, Henry David. “Walking” and “Heckleberries.” The Great New Wilderness Debate. Ed. J. Baird Callicott and Michael P. Nelson. Athens: U of Georgia P, c1998. 31-47. |
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15. Hogan, Linda. “Dwellings.” Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World. New York :W.W. Norton, 1995. |
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16. Wright, Alexis. “Chapter 1 From time immemorial.” Carpentaria: A Novel. New York: Atria Books, 2010. 1-11. |
教學進度
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Week 1 |
Introduction |
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Week 2 |
Key Readings: Aldof, “Thinking like a Mountain” (Deep ecology. anthropocentrism vs. ecocentrism) |
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Week 3 |
Key Readings: Wilderness debate. |
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Week 4 |
William Cronon |
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Week 5 |
Epeli Hau'ofa |
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Week 6 |
Deborah Bird Rose |
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Week 7 |
Yaeger, Patricia. |
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Week 8 |
Keywords: cosmos, ethnography, indigeneity, nature writing, translation. +Anthropocene. Make-up class on 10/30, 31 or 11/1? |
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Week 9 |
Keywords continued. |
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Week 10 |
Chakrabarty, The Climate of History: Four Theses. Nature vs. culture. |
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Week 11 |
Selections from Rob Nixon, Slow Violence |
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Week 12 |
Selections from Week12: Documentary: Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above. On leave. Make-up class on 11/27, 28, or 29? |
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Week 13 |
Selections from Henry David Thoreau. |
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Week 14 |
Selections from Wu Mingyi 吳明益. |
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Week 15 |
Selections from Linda Hogan. |
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Week 16 |
Selections from Alexis Wright. |
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Week 17 |
New Year Day. |
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Week 18 |
Final presentation |
學習評量方式
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Class discussion |
25% |
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Oral presentation |
25% |
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Final paper |
50% |
課程輔導時間
Thursday 13-15
教學方法
習作、討論、專題探討/製作、講授、其他
評量方法
書面報告、出席狀況、口頭報告、作業
班代：待邀
