本課程設定為文明與經典小班制課程，課堂以討論分享為主軸，透過每週閱讀，電影欣賞，以及師生之間經驗的交流討論，透過不同的「故事」與詮釋脈絡，更豐富地理解死亡在社會中的正向意義。每一天我們對自己述說關於生命的故事，都將使我們重新理解、認知、感受關於死亡的社會想像，進而從中轉化自我與社會連結的可能性。
從文化研究的角度來看，一個社會世代傳遞的文化價值觀念，對個體的心理狀態產生一定的框架效應。透過作業書寫與公開討論死亡，可以引導人們選擇將「死亡」視為社會生活的一部分來理解想像，或者選擇將死亡排除在社會互動的日常之外，乃至於以一種壓抑的態度，避談死亡、厭惡死亡，這些不同的觀念，都將影響人們理解死亡與自我情感的詮釋框架。
本課程目標為，鼓勵彼此重建「死亡」的社會想像，死亡作為一種「分離的痛苦經驗」之外，同時也作為一種帶回生者力量的重生經驗，以及社會整體的愛與連結感受。課堂上學生與老師在討論經驗與死亡書寫中，在生者、亡者與臨終者的故事之間，重新建構社會關係與情感連結的可能性，並與活著的當下建立連結體驗。

This course is set up as a civilized and classic small-class course. The class focuses on discussion and sharing. Through weekly readings, movie appreciation, and experience exchanges and discussions between teachers and students, through different "stories" and interpretation contexts, we can gain a richer understanding of the positive significance of death in society. Every day we tell ourselves a story about life, it will enable us to re-understand, recognize, and feel the social imagination about death, thereby transforming the possibility of connecting ourselves and society.
From the perspective of cultural studies, the cultural values ​​passed down from generation to generation in a society have a certain framing effect on the psychological state of individuals. Writing homework and openly discussing death can lead people to choose to view "death" as part of social life to understand and imagine, or to exclude death from daily social interactions, or even to adopt a repressive attitude, avoid talking about death, and hate death. These different concepts will affect people's interpretation framework for understanding death and self-emotions.
The goal of this course is to encourage each other to reconstruct the social imagination of "death". Death is not only a "painful experience of separation", but also a rebirth experience that brings back the power of the living, as well as the overall feeling of love and connection in society. In the classroom, students and teachers discuss experiences and writing about death, and among the stories of the living, the dead, and the dying, they re-construct the possibility of social relationships and emotional connections, and establish a connection experience with the living present.

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8.Glennys Howarth, 2007, Death and dying: a Sociological Introduction. UK: Polity press.

1.Norbert． Written by Elias, translated by Zheng Yikai, 2008, "The Loneliness of the Dying". Taipei: Qunxue.
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3. Death in Alaska, written by John Krakul and translated by Zhuang Anqi, 2007. Taipei: Tianxia Culture.
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6. Emily Freed/Text, JJ Gleich/Pictures, Translated by Zhang Lili, 1999, "Does Grandpa Wear a Suit?" 》. Green Culture Publishing.
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8.Glennys Howarth, 2007, Death and dying: a Sociological Introduction. UK: Polity press.