EL1203 – 國立中央大學英美語文學系 Department of English at NCU

開課單位	英美語文學系		課　號	EL1203
授課教師	英文系教師		學分數	3
課程名稱(中文)	殖民現代性
課程名稱(英文)	Colonial Formations of Modernity
上課時間
課程基本資料	□必修　　■選修	□全學年　　■半學年
特殊條件	英語授課 ■是(■全英語 □部份英語) □否	接受社會人士修課 □是 ■否		接受校際學生修課 □是 ■否
分發條件 (授課對象限制條件說明、先修及擋修課程、人數限制…等)	Please attend the first class. Or contact the instructor before the first class in case you are planning to enroll. Freshmen as the first priority.
密碼卡	■不使用 □部份使用(條件外加選用) □全部使用(加、退選皆須使用)
辦公時間
課程目標： (Course objectives): This course aims to introduce critical approaches to the study of modernity in relation to colonial histories. Its goal is to equip students with critical knowledges and analytical skills: 1) to examine how (Anglo-European) modernity is represented as a universalized teleology of historical progress for all humanity; 2) to develop decolonial perspectives of reconsidering our historical relationship to the colonial formations of modernity in the mediated everyday life by our social practices, political ideas, economic life, and cultural expressions. This introductory course gives students an understanding of the historical conditions out of which the English department has developed in non-Anglophone societies and is designed to prepare students with essential knowledge and skills for critical Anglophone studies in the department.
授課內容：(Course contents): Over the course of the semester, students will read select literary and cultural texts on colonialism from different historical periods and social perspectives. Students will also read excerpts from influential cultural theory on the colonial formations of modernity, and will be asked to apply this theory to the texts. Students will be expected to complete assigned readings before class, and be prepared to discuss the readings in group activities. W1 Course Introduction Cultures of Colonialism W2 Defoe, excerpts from Robinson Crusoe; excerpts from A Dying Colonialism W3 Eagleton, “The Rise of English”; Azim, excerpts from The Colonial Rise of the Novel Liberalism, Slavery, and Autobiography W4 Equiano, excerpts from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano W5 Lowe, from Intimacies of Four Continents, “Autobiography Out of Empire” Nationalism, Decolonization, Diaspora W6 Fanon, “On National Culture” and “The Pitfalls of National Consciousness” from The Wretched of the Earth W7 John Akomfrah, The Stuart Hall Project (documentary film) Anderson, excerpts from Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism Aphasia and Colonial Modernity W8 Ching, excerpts from Becoming Japanese; Barlow, “Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia” W9 Wu, Orphan of Asia; Lai,“Mr. Snake” Postcolonial Migrations and Labor W10 Truong, The Book of Salt W11 Voung, excerpts from On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous W12 Bang,“Time to Eat Lobster”; Chen,“Roses in June” Pax Americana and Decolonizing the Pacific W13 Ku, Our Stories Part I; Chudori, excerpts from Home W14 Ku, Our Stories Parts II and III W15 Review W16 Final Exam W17 Arranged Individual Meetings W18 Arranged Individual Meetings
教科書/參考書：(Reference book): Academic Sources: Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. New York: Verso, 2016. Appadurai, Arjun. Modernity At Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996. Azim, Firdous. The Colonial Rise of the Novel. London: Rutledge, 1993. Barlow, Tani E. Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia. Durham: Duke University Press, 1997. Chatterjee, Partha. The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Ching, Leo. Becoming Japanese: Colonial Taiwan and the Politics of Identity Formation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. Eagleton, Terry. “The Rise of English.” In Literary Theory: An Introduction, 15-46. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008. Fanon, Franz. The Wretched of the Earth. Trans, Richard Philcox. New York: Grove Press, 2005 [1963]. Fanon, Frantz. A Dying Colonialism. Trans, Haakon Chevalier. New York: Groove Press, 1994 [1965]. Jelly-Schapiro, Eli. Security and Terror: American Culture and the Long History of Colonial Modernity. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2018. Kwon, Nayoung Aimee. Intimate Empire: Collaboration and Colonial Modernity in Korea and Japan. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015. Lowe, Lisa. The Intimacies of Four Continents. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015. Melamed, Jodi. Represent and Destroy: Rationalizing Violence in the New Racial Capitalism. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. Robinson, Cedric. Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition. London: Penguin Classics, 2021. Scott, David. Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004. Senior, Emily. The Caribbean and the Medical Imagination, 1764–1834: Slavery, Disease and Colonial Modernity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Watt, Ian. The Rise of the Novel. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2001 [1957]. Van der Veer, Peter. Imperial Encounters: Religion and Modernity in India and Britain. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Cultural Texts: Akomfrah, John. (Dir.) The Stuart Hall Project. London: 2013. Bang, Hyun-seok. Time to Eat Lobster: Contemporary Korean Stories on Memories of the Vietnam War. Trans, Seung-Hee Jeon. Portland: MerwinAsia, 2015. Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. London: Service & Paton, 1897 (1847). https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1260/1260-h/1260-h.htm Chen, Ying-chen. “Roses in June.” In Exiles at Home: Stories by Ch’en Ying-chen. Trans, Lucien Miller. Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies (2002): 149-168. Chudori, Leila S. Home. Dallas: Deep Vellum Publishing, 2015. Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. London: William Taylor, 1719. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/521/521-h/521-h.htm Equiano, Olaudah. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. London: 1789. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15399/15399-h/15399-h.htm Ku, Yuling. Our Stories: Migration and Labour in Taiwan. Trans. Agnes Khoo. Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, 2011. Lai, He. “Mr. Snake.” The Taiwan-Minpo, January, 1930. Rhys, Jean. The Wide Sargasso Sea. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Co, 1982 (1966). Truong, Monique. The Book of Salt. Boston and New York: Mariner Books; Reprint edition: June 15, 2004. Vuong, Ocean. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. New York: Penguin, 2019. Wu, Zhuoliu. Orphan of Asia. Trans. Ioannis Mentzas. New York and London: Columbia University Press, 2008.
授課方式：　■講授　■研討（分組討論）　□實習/實驗　□個別指導　□其他
評量配分比重： Attendance and Participation 20 % More than three unexcused absences during the semester may result in a failing grade. If you must miss a session, you are responsible for the material covered during that session. Come to class prepared to engage with the ideas, concepts, and theories from the texts and from lecture. Oral Presentation 20 % With 4 persons in a group, you are responsible for a 20-25 min in-class presentation on one of the assigned readings from any of the weeks. You should focus your presentation on the main ideas or arguments followed by the questions and critiques that you have. Your presentation shall show your critical analysis by discussing, for example, the overarching questions that are raised in the text, the body of literature that the author engages with, the political stakes, and the interventions or the limitations of the text. You are strongly encouraged to make an appointment with me to discuss about your presentation before the assigned date. Midterm Exam 30 % In your midterm exam, you will be asked to incorporate the ideas, concepts, and theories from the texts and lectures to answer a prompt. Final Project 30 % This class encourages students to make world-building interventions in creative, engaging, and critical projects. Your project shall reflect your critical thinking about power relations, and careful consideration of ideas. You must demonstrate what you have learned in the class by combining the thoughts and ideas with the literary, cultural and social texts emerging from the histories of political economy, social relations, and colonial modalities. Your project should show how your intervention works and why it matters, in the context of our class discussion and learning. You must complete all assignments to pass the course.
課程所屬學制：　■學士班　　□碩士班　　□博士班　　□碩博同修
課程領域：□語言訓練 □語言學與英語教學 ■文學 ■文化研究
跨系課程領域：(不需填寫)

本課程培養學生具備核心能力之強度指數：

強度指數系所核心能力	1 非常低	2 低	3 普通	4 高	5 非常高	評量方式
英文閱讀解析與寫作論述 English critical reading and analytical writing					✔	■紙筆測驗/會考(Test/Exam) ■作業練習(Assignments) ■口頭報告/口試(Presentation/Oral Exam) □專題研究報告(書面)(Research Report(printed on paper)) □實作/實驗(Practices/Experiments) ■出席/課堂表現(Attendance/Performance) □學習檔案評量(Portfolios Assessment) □自我評量/同儕互評(Self Assessment/ Peer Assessment) □作品/創作展演(Products/Creative Performance) □其他(Others) □無(No assessment)
英語溝通與文化跨越 English oral communication and cultural crossing				✔		■紙筆測驗/會考(Test/Exam) ■作業練習(Assignments) ■口頭報告/口試(Presentation/Oral Exam) □專題研究報告(書面)(Research Report(printed on paper)) □實作/實驗(Practices/Experiments) ■出席/課堂表現(Attendance/Performance) □學習檔案評量(Portfolios Assessment) □自我評量/同儕互評(Self Assessment/ Peer Assessment) □作品/創作展演(Products/Creative Performance) □其他(Others) □無(No assessment)
審美欣賞與多元創意 aesthetic appreciation and creative diversity				✔		■紙筆測驗/會考(Test/Exam) ■作業練習(Assignments) ■口頭報告/口試(Presentation/Oral Exam) □專題研究報告(書面)(Research Report(printed on paper)) □實作/實驗(Practices/Experiments) ■出席/課堂表現(Attendance/Performance) □學習檔案評量(Portfolios Assessment) □自我評量/同儕互評(Self Assessment/ Peer Assessment) □作品/創作展演(Products/Creative Performance) □其他(Others) □無(No assessment)
人文思維與社會關懷 humanities visions and social intervention					✔	■紙筆測驗/會考(Test/Exam) ■作業練習(Assignments) ■口頭報告/口試(Presentation/Oral Exam) □專題研究報告(書面)(Research Report(printed on paper)) □實作/實驗(Practices/Experiments) ■出席/課堂表現(Attendance/Performance) □學習檔案評量(Portfolios Assessment) □自我評量/同儕互評(Self Assessment/ Peer Assessment) □作品/創作展演(Products/Creative Performance) □其他(Others) □無(No assessment)
組織能力與人際合作 organizational ability and team work				✔		■紙筆測驗/會考(Test/Exam) ■作業練習(Assignments) ■口頭報告/口試(Presentation/Oral Exam) □專題研究報告(書面)(Research Report(printed on paper)) □實作/實驗(Practices/Experiments) □出席/課堂表現(Attendance/Performance) □學習檔案評量(Portfolios Assessment) ■自我評量/同儕互評(Self Assessment/ Peer Assessment) □作品/創作展演(Products/Creative Performance) □其他(Others) □無(No assessment)