心中燃著理想火燄的知識份子，在面對現實生活的庸俗、墮落與腐臭之時，總有準備焚燒一切舊習、創造新生的熱情在驅策他們；但是現實的社會結構--政治的力量、經濟的力量、人情的羈絆，就像葛藤般不斷地爬滿全身，遠比他們天真想像地還要來得巨大、複雜與沉重。就在與這面厚重的、不斷衍生的藤蔓對峙時，理念的火燄終不可避免地將回頭燃燒自身。在那烈燄的烤煉下，知識份子究竟當何去何從？此乃本課程所關心並嘗試解答的難題。

　　本課程主要在透過閱讀古典、現代乃至於所謂後現代的文學(及)作品，勾勒知識份子所面臨的困境及回應的方式:當他們遭遇了世俗利害的重重阻礙，或是來自於政治的、或是經濟的，乃至於制度本身，以致於理念不得遂行時，是如何面對隨之而來的抑鬱、憂憤、沮喪、虛無感，乃至於他們將採取何種作為，回應其滿腹知識都無法掌抗的人生挑戰。另外，則是透過分組討論的方式，要同學們觀察並思考現實中的現象：在所謂知識/資訊爆炸、高等教育普及的年代中，如何方可謂知識份子；如果吸收、生產知識，被前述的困境，蹂躪得既不神聖又無法高雅的話，那麼追求生產知識、成為知識份子，到能有多少意義與價值?

Intellectuals with ideal flames burning in their hearts are always motivated by the enthusiasm to burn all old habits and create new life when faced with the vulgarity, depravity and rottenness of real life. However, the real social structure-political power, economic power, and human bonds, like kudzu, is constantly crawling all over the body. It is far larger, more complex and heavier than they naively imagined. When confronting this thick and ever-growing vine, the flame of ideas will inevitably turn back and burn itself. Under the scorching flames, where should the intellectuals go? This is the problem that this course is concerned with and attempts to answer.

This course mainly outlines the dilemmas faced by intellectuals and their response methods by reading classical, modern and even so-called postmodern literature (and) works: when they encounter many obstacles from worldly interests, either from politics, economics, or even the system itself, so that the ideas cannot be implemented, how do they face the ensuing depression, anger, frustration, and sense of emptiness, and even what actions they will take to respond to life challenges that even their full knowledge cannot handle. In addition, through group discussions, students are asked to observe and think about real-life phenomena: In the era of the so-called knowledge/information explosion and the popularization of higher education, how can we be called intellectuals? If absorbing and producing knowledge are ravaged by the aforementioned difficulties and are neither sacred nor elegant, then how much meaning and value can there be in pursuing knowledge production and becoming intellectuals?

陳映真

1990《唐倩的喜劇》。臺北：人間出版社
黃凡 2004《大學之賊》。臺北：聯經出版社
黃梵2011《第十一誡》。臺北：布拉格文化
魯迅20013《魯迅創作精選》。臺北：人間出版社

杜斯妥也夫斯基
2004《卡拉馬助夫兄弟們》。台北：志文出版社
2002《罪與罰》。臺北：遠景出版社
Brooks, David 2001《BOBO族：新社會精英的崛起》。臺北：遠流出版社
Furedi, Frank 2006《知識份子都到哪裡去了》。臺北：聯經出版社
Ball, Philip 2017《為第三帝國服務》。臺北：麥田出版社
Plato 1991《蘇格拉底之死》。臺北:書林出版社

Chen Yingzhen

1990 "Tang Qian's Comedy". Taipei: Renjian Publishing House
Huang Fan 2004 "The Thief of University". Taipei: Lianjing Publishing House
Huang Fan 2011 "The Eleventh Commandment". Taipei: Prague Culture
Lu Xun 20013 "Selected Works of Lu Xun". Taipei: Renjian Publishing House

Dostoevsky
2004 "The Brothers of Karamazhufu". Taipei: Zhiwen Publishing House
2002 "Crime and Punishment". Taipei: Yuanjing Publishing House
Brooks, David 2001 BOBOs: The Rise of a New Social Elite. Taipei: Yuanliu Publishing House
Furedi, Frank 2006 Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone? Taipei: Lianjing Publishing House
Ball, Philip 2017 In the Service of the Third Reich. Taipei: Maitian Publishing House
Plato 1991 The Death of Socrates. Taipei: Shulin Publishing House