恩斯特‧卡西勒在其所建構的「象徵形式哲學」中提出了「人是符號的動物。」之名言。可知人之所以為人的主體價值在於其能在符號的交互作用當中，以語言、藝術等符號活動完成文化的創造與傳承。「象」是代表中國文化的符號範疇，歷代的文學家紛紛以「意象」與「象徵」的符號形式來遙承傳統文化與表現生命情調。本課程嘗試以閱讀中國經典文學為根本，輔以神話民俗學的跨文化視域——
巫俗‧身體‧儀式，帶領學生在課堂思辨的過程，能夠重新審視古典文學主題與現代生活情境的結合，而意象符號正是貫通古今的媒介。

Ernst Cassiller proposed the famous saying "Man is an animal of symbols" in his "Philosophy of Symbolism". It can be seen that the main value of a person is that it can complete the creation and inheritance of culture through language, art and other symbol activities in the interaction of symbols. "Xiang" is a symbolic pattern representing Chinese culture. Literatures in the past have inherited traditional culture and expressed life emotions in the form of symbols of "image" and "symbol". This course attempts to read Chinese classical literature as the basis and take the cross-cultural domain of mythical folklore—
The witch, body, and style lead students to think in the classroom and can re-examine the combination of classical literature themes and modern life situations, and image symbols are the medium of understanding the past and present.

伊利亞德著；楊儒賓譯：《宇宙與歷史：永恆回歸的神話》（臺北：聯經出版社，2000年）。
弗雷澤著；汪培基譯：《金枝：巫術與宗教之研究》（臺北：桂冠圖書，1991年）。
埃利希‧諾伊曼著，李以洪譯：《大母神－原型分析》（北京：東方出版社，1998
年）。
王立：《中國古代文學十大主題——原型與流變》（臺北：文史哲出版社，1994年）。
戴君仁：《詩選》（臺北：中國文化大學出版部，1993年）。

Written by Iliady; translated by Yang Ru: "The Universe and History: The Myth of Eternal Return" (Taipei: Lianyuan Press, 2000).
Written by Frezer; translated by Wang Peiji: "Golden Branch: Research on Witchcraft and Religion" (Taipei: Laurent Book, 1991).
Written by Elich Noyman, Li Yihong: "The Great Mother God - Prototype Analysis" (Beijing: Eastern Publishing House, 1998
Year).
Wang Li: "Top Ten Topics of Ancient Chinese Literature - Prototypes and Changes" (Taibei: Literature, History and Philosophy Press, 1994).
Dai Junren: "Praise" (Taipei: Publishing Department of China University of Culture, 1993).