本課程將探討各類傳媒如何形塑西方㟲事的幻想與感知的各層面，並經由挑選、安排和處理㟲事的素材以獲得理解的經驗。按照時間的順序來檢視主流和非主流的敘事類型，自荷馬史詩、小說，並跨越媒體至現場表演、電影以及電動遊戲等，我們透過各種己建立的㟲事方法及最新技術，來檢驗新的意識形態及心理分析的可能性。課程重點將放在㟲事手法的各類傳統、文學及文化議題、傳媒的角色、傳播的形式、選擇文本的藝術重要性以及植基於特定時間、地點和技術的人類學製品的方法和假定的特性。研讀的作家包括荷馬、索夫克里斯（Sophocles）、希羅多德（Herodotus）、基督福音、瑪麗亞•德•法蘭絲（Marie de France）、塞凡提斯（Cervantes）、拉克羅（La Clos）、波（Poe）、朗古（Lang）、考克多（Cocteau）、迪士尼•波西亞（Disney-Pixar）、和模擬電玩藝術（Maxis-Electronic Arts）、以及閱讀普洛普（Propp）、巴赫金（Bakhtin）、吉拉德（Girard）、佛洛依德以及馬克斯。
This class will investigate the ways in which the formal aspects of Western storytelling in various media have shaped both fantasies and perceptions, making certain understandings of experience possible through the selection, arrangement, and processing of narrative material. Surveying the field chronologically across the major narrative genres and sub-genres from Homeric epic through the novel and across media to include live performance, film, and video games, we will be examining the ways in which new ideologies and psychological insights become available through the development of various narrative techniques and new technologies. Emphasis will be placed on the generic conventions of story-telling as well as on literary and cultural issues, the role of media and modes of transmission, the artistic significance of the chosen texts and their identity as anthropological artifacts whose conventions and assumptions are rooted in particular times, places, and technologies. Authors will include: Homer, Sophocles, Herodotus, Christian evangelists, Marie de France, Cervantes, La Clos, Poe, Lang, Cocteau, Disney-Pixar, and Maxis-Electronic Arts, with theoretical readings in Propp, Bakhtin, Girard, Freud, and Marx.
