「電影」是現代生活經驗的重要感官再現媒介。
儘管它在誕生之初，是那樣地披著一身令上流文化教養人士不敢恭維的「驚訝」色彩，今天在我們的日常生活中，電影已經佔領了一個迷人又不可或缺的地位。澳洲的文化研究學者Graeme Turner在《電影作為社會實踐》一書的前言中就曾談到：「目前，電影在我們文化中的功能已經不再是作為一種簡單的展示性審美對象而存在。無論對於製片人還是觀眾而言，通俗電影的主要任務就是為觀眾提供快樂，但這並不是說麻痺觀眾或者『向他們大腦裡灌輸垃圾食品』。事實上，通俗電影提供的樂趣確實與文學或美術作品很不相同，但是他們同樣值得我們去理解…電影對於拍攝者和觀眾都是一種社會實踐：從影片的敘事和意義中我們能夠發現我們的文化是如何認識自我的。」
既然，「電影」對現代人的感知心靈有這麼大的啟動力量…
…隨著社會學的專業知識和教學經驗逐漸累積，我總是在想：有沒有可能將暢銷電影文本與社會學經典讀本兩者結合起來，使能在教學上發揮互相闡發的豐富效果？！
以上動機，醞釀了這個課程的基本設計構想：我打算從個人主觀的社會學知識品味出發，發掘諸多（通俗）電影文本和社會學經典讀本之間的「詮釋連帶」。亦即：開發電影文本和社會學經典讀本之間可能存在的相互詮釋及再詮釋關係。這當然直接關係到我個人選擇解讀電影的特殊視角的知識能力；或者，應該稱為一種「知識品味的創造性發現」。
這樣一種「形式導向」的課程設計，在教學上有幾點好處：
第一、 為社會學的入門者，打造一條可親可及的知識趣味之路。（這是本堂課，歡迎大一選修的重要理由）
第二、 為社會學的年輕學習者，提供一個符合時代心靈感知特性的經典閱讀的時機。（這是本堂課，仍然適合大二以上選修的理由，因為這些「社會學經典文本」，恐怕在社會系四年畢業之後，也未必曾經翻過一頁。）"Movies" are an important sensory reproduction medium for modern life experience.
Although it was so "surprising" that made high-class cultural education practitioners feel unrespectful, today, movies have occupied a charming and indispensable position in our daily lives. Graeme, a cultural researcher in Australia Turner once said in the foreword to the book "Movie as Social Reality": "At present, the function of movies in our culture is no longer a simple display aesthetic object. Whether for producers or audiences, the main task of popular movies is to provide happiness to the audience, but this is not to be numb. Or “fill junk food into their brains.” In fact, the fun provided by popular movies is quite different from literature or art, but they are also worthy of our understanding… Movies are a social reality for both shooters and audiences: from the events and meanings of the film, we can find out how our culture recognizes ourselves.”
Since "movies" have such great initiation power for the perceived spirit of modern people...
…As the professional knowledge and teaching experience of society gradually accumulate, I always wonder: Is it possible to combine the two of the super-selling movie texts and the social classical readings to enable the rich effects of teaching to develop each other? !
The above machine has compiled the basic design of this course: I plan to develop from the personalized social knowledge taste and explore the "repeated link" between a large number of (popular) movie texts and social classical books. That is: the possible mutual recitation and reinterpretation relationship between developing movie texts and social classical books. This is of course directly related to our personal intellectual ability to interpret the special perspectives of reading movies; or, it should be called a "creative discovery of intellectual taste."
There are several teaching advantages for this kind of "form-oriented" course design:
First, create a path of knowledge and fun for those who enter the society. (This is an important reason for this class, and you are welcome to choose from freshman year)
Second, provide a time for classical reading that conforms to the spiritual perception characteristics of the times for young social students. (This is the reason why this class is still suitable for sophomore or above, because these "society classical texts" may not have been translated into a page after four years of social science.)
社會學的想像》The Sociological Imagination，C. Wright Mills (1956)陳強、張永強譯 (2005)，三聯書店。
《一切堅固的東西都煙消雲散了：現代性體驗》All that is solid melts into air: The Experience of Modernity，Marshall Berman (1982)徐大建、張輯 譯 (2004)，商務印書館。
《現代性與大屠殺》Modernity and the holocaust，Zygmunt Bauman (1995)楊渝東、史建華 譯 (2002)，譯林出版社。
《臨終者的孤寂》Übert die Einsamkeit Sterbenden，Norbert Elias (1982)鄭義愷 譯 (2008)，群學。
《旁觀他人之痛苦》Regarding the pain of others，Susan Sontag(2003)陳耀成 譯 (2010)，麥田出版社。
The Sociological Imagination, C. Wright Mills (1956) Chen Zheng and Zhang Yongqiang (2005), Sanlian Bookstore.
"Everything solid is gone: Modernity" All that is solid melts into air: The Experience of Modernity, Marshall Berman (1982) Xu Dajian, Zhang Jie (2004), Commercial Printing Library.
Modernity and the holocaust, Zygmunt Bauman (1995) Yang Yudong, Shi Jianhua (2002), Lulin Publishing House.
"The Lonely of the Endors" Übert die Einsamkeit Sterbenden, Norbert Elias (1982) Translation (2008), Groups.
"The Pain of Others" Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag (2003) Chen Yaocheng (2010), Maitian Press.
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 電影與議題寫作電影與議題寫作 Movie and topic writing |
60 | 含寫作發表 |
| 電影筆記電影筆記 Movie Notes |
10 | |
| 議題筆記議題筆記 Question Notes |
30 | 含分組口頭報告 |
