| Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
| Course Objectives |
Competency Indicators |
Ratio(%) |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
| Familiarize students with many important horror fiction authors; a more basic aim is to raise important questions about the social order by discussing these works. |
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| Written Presentation |
| Quiz |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
What is horror fiction? / Expectations/ EA Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart” |
| Week 2 |
ETA Hoffmann “The Sandman”
The Gothic; the uncanny; seeing/vision; automaton |
| Week 3 |
Watch: The Thing, 1982
[Horror film] |
| Week 4 |
HP Lovecraft, ”The Color out of Space”
the Other; inhumanity, degeneration, etc. |
| Week 5 |
Edogawa Rampo, “The Human Chair”
”Japanese horror” (this strange thing) is different...? |
| Week 6 |
Watch: Cold Fish (Sion Sono, 2010) / ＜冰冷熱帶魚＞ |
| Week 7 |
Robert Sheckley, ”Warm” |
| Week 8 |
Midterm in-class essay |
| Week 9 |
Ramsey Campbell, ”The Pattern” |
| Week 10 |
Watch: 28 Days Later (Zombie movie) The undead, and why they continue to matter |
| Week 11 |
George RR Martin, ”The Pear-shaped Man”. Disturbing warning given |
| Week 12 |
Kathe Koja, "Angels in Love" |
| Week 13 |
Watch: American Psycho, 2000 Serial killers, yuppies, and other creatures |
| Week 14 |
Oobmab, "Black Taisui" (黑太歲) / Chinese Lovecraftian horror! |
| Week 15 |
Semester review |
| Week 16 |
Final quiz |
self-directed
learning |
02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.
03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.
Library research. |
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| Evaluation |
Midterm essay: 40%
Research assignment: 30%
Final quiz: 30% |
| Textbook & other References |
| My reader (and pdfs) |
| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
| https://post-literal.blogspot.com/ |
| Office Hours |
| Friday 1-2 pm and by appointment |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL) |
| 10.Reduced Inequalities 16.Peace and Justice | include experience courses：N |
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