本研討班課程探討兩位十九世紀美國暢銷作家，他們關於蓄奴的作品廣受主流讀者好評。隨後，史托夫人所著的《湯姆叔叔的小屋》（Uncle Tom's Cabin）和馬克吐溫所著的《頑童流浪記》（The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn），為人奉為神聖，也遭到謾罵；為人欣喜閱讀，也遭取締。不管讀者抱持什麼樣的政治、文化立場，不管讀者是是個人或團體，這兩本書都受到不一的評價。This seminar looks at two bestselling nineteenth-century American authors whose works made the subject of slavery popular among mainstream readers. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain have subsequently become canonized and reviled, embraced and banned by individuals and groups at both ends of the political and cultural spectrum and everywhere in between.
譯註：
1.《湯姆叔叔的小屋》，志文，2000年，http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010140379
2.《頑童流浪記》，小知堂，2001年，http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010148652
