NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 小說與文化研究(6031)
	(Eng.) Fiction and Cultural Studies
Offering Dept	Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type	Elective	Credits	3	Teacher	鄭朱雀
Department	Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Graduate	Language	English	Semester	2026-SPRING
Course Description	This course introduces a series of canonical texts on cultural studies, familiarizes students with the origin and function of cultural studies, and prepares them for future application. It is conducted primarily in the professor's lecturers and graduate students' oral reports.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	Y

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
This course equips students with literary theories and academic English to analyze cultural phenomena, gender and racial issues in literary texts. It enables them to articulate their observations both in verbal and written forms. The ultimate objective of this course is to prepare graduate students for a career in the field of cultural production and promotion.			topic Discussion/Production Other Discussion Lecturing	Other Written Presentation Attendance Oral Presentation Assignment Study Outcome
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 2/23 Orientation Week 2 3/2 Keywords (Raymond Williams) The Practice of Everyday Life pp. xi-xxiv Week 3 3/9 Simulacra and Simulation pp.1-48 Diary of a Mad Old Man by Tanizaki Junichiro Journal-1 Presentation-1 Week 4 3/16 An Artist of the Floating World Journal-2 Presentation-2 Week 5 3/23 Critical essays on An Artist of the Floating World and Diary of a Mad Old Man Week 6 3/30 Spring Break Week 7 4/6 The Plague Journal-3 Presentation-3 Week 8 4/13 The Plague Critical Essays on The Plague Term Paper Proposal Due Students present their final-paper proposals. Week 9 4/20 The Practice of Everyday Life pp91-110, pp115-130 Discussion of Taiwanese Culture and Taichung Culture Week 10 4/27 The Talented Mr. Ripley Journal-4 Presentation-4 Week 11 5/4 The Talented Mr. Ripley & Critical Essays Week 12 5/11 The Practice of Everyday Life pp165-176; Simulacra and Simulation pp49-94 Never Let Me Go Week 13 5/18 Never Let Me Go Journal-5 Presentation-5 Week 14 5/25 Simulacra and Simulation pp95-103; pp121-127 Week 15 6/1 The Practice of Everyday Life pp177-203; Simulacra and Simulation pp129-141 Term Paper Due Second Seminare Week 16 6/8 Overall Review self-directed learning    01.Participation in professional forums, lectures, and corporate sharing sessions related to industry-government-academia-research exchange activities.    03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.    05.Participation in various workshops organized by different departments of NCHU. Students are requred to participate in various workshop on camputs and to write a term paper.
Evaluation
40% Final Paper (8-10 pages excluding bibliography) 20% Four Journal Entries (around 300 words for each entry) 20% Oral Presentation 20% Seminar participation and contribution
Textbook & other References
Textbooks 1. Diary of a Mad Old Man 2. An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro 3. The Plague by Albert Camus 4. The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 5. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 6. The Practice of Everyday Life by Michel de Certeau (Book reserved in the library) 7. Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard (Book reserved in the library) Essays relevant to these four novels at NCHU Library 1. Ishiguro’s Inhumane Aesthetics (Shameem Black) 2. Performative Acts and Gender Constitution (Judith Butler) 3. Is Kinship Always Already Heterosexual? (Judith Buttler) 4. Identity Theft (Eric Targan) 5. Masculinity masquerade (Jackie Stacy)
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