安德鲁·路易

11/30/12

英语112 B

华纳教授

单位研究科幻/乌托邦和反乌托邦和人性

在我们当前的社会可以说,科技已经成为我们生活的一个非常重要的方面。技术使我们能够做许多事情在我们方便。手机和智能手机让我们只需按下一个按钮就能与亲人和朋友交流，确保无论距离多远，人们都能彼此交谈。随着社交网站的兴起，以及使用网络浏览器BET9九州体育登陆官方信息的可用性和便利性，我们的指尖上有一座信息金矿。然而，这种主要的便利是否变成了对社会的损害？To what point have the conveniences of technology outright replaced immediate interpersonal interaction? 在一个曾经如此关注社交互动的社会里，我们是否已经把社交互动视为一种不便？随着便利的兴起和普及，我们是否忘记了最初是什么让我们成为人类？On the question of what makes us human, one work that comes to mind and will be the focus of this unit is Mary Shelley�s弗兰肯斯坦。这部核心作品将探讨人性、技术及其与自然的冲突，最后是基于外表对他人的社会观点。考虑到附件我们我们产品这个单位会有学生反映他们依靠科技的便利和思考的概念,如人类和它是什么组成的。

            学生阅读这项工作将遵循维克多弗兰肯斯坦�年代的旅程,因为他将反对自然的力量和技术,扮演上帝创造生命的形式在书中被称为是什么生物。学生们将见证维克多性格的变化，因为他痴迷地寻找他的创作，在这个过程中失去了让他成为人类的东西。学生们还将研究维克多创造的生物的视角，以及它的经历和与其他人的社会互动。随着学生们继续阅读，他们将决定谁是故事的主角和反派，维克多对待他的创作是否合理？除了…之外《弗兰肯斯坦》，其他研究技术及其如何与人类互动的作品和媒介也将被审查。

启动小组

            Before the first activity clarify with the class if they are familiar with any version of Frankenstein whether it is by Mary Shelley�s novel or by the many Hollywood adaptations of the book. 试着澄清……的区别好莱坞�年代弗兰肯斯坦的形象和玛丽·雪莱的形象

Sustained Silent Writing on:

1.     How often do you find yourself using your mobile device or computer to talk to others instead of meeting at a location and physically interacting with people?

2.     Do you see this as a convenience or a detriment?

3. What do you suppose makes us human? 或者是什么使我们不同于其他形式的生命，比如动物？

4.     What is your definition of humanity?

在学生们回答了这些问题之后，这将使他们能够思考一些主题，并澄清发生在《弗兰肯斯坦》．

主题课堂讨论：

Humanity: Students would then bring up their definition of humanity and the class would identify commonalities between their definitions to come up with a class definition for humanity. 让这门课举出人性被提出的例子，比如维克多似乎失去了人性，或者这个生物在寻找身份的过程中反思维克多对待他的创造物的方式。

技术：问学生“你认为作者为什么决定让维克多成为主角之一的科学家？”这让你如何看待维克多以及他在整本书中的行为和信念？

Extending the unit:

看完之后《弗兰肯斯坦》学生将阅读其他强调科技和人文的科幻作品，包括安德�年代游戏 by Orson Scott Card, the series of short novels 我的机器人 by Isaac Asimov, 世界大战 by H.G. Wells, a dystopian post apocalyptic work that looks into humanity more so than technology would be a short story titled来吸引by Fritz Lieber也是约瑟夫·康拉德的黑暗之心 looks into humanity as the reader looks into ivory trade in the 刚果 and the treatment of the indigenous population by the main characters..

更多的机会可以通过电影的形式来了解这个单位，比如《银翼杀手》、《我是机器人》，甚至《世界大战》。最近的一些电影改编我的机器人和世界大战分享各自的同名小说可以被学生额外的来源为期末论文的引用。Students can then make comparisons between the films and the books and observe if the overall themes are remaining intact. Students can also earn extra credit in the form of a challenge. This challenge is essentially live your life for a week without the conveniences of technology and perform your social interactions without technology. After going a week without technology, have the student write up a reflection on how the experience was to them as well as how it made them feel and during this time what was it that they truly valued. Additionally, the films discussed earlier can be viewed as well and a short write up of instances where humanity and technology collide or come up can be written for extra credit as well as an excellent resource for the essay.

 

结束单元：

            By the end of the unit, students should have the resources to write an essay answering the question: Using the class�s definition of humanity, between Victor and His creation who was the most human in Mary Shelley�s 《弗兰肯斯坦》． Provide examples to make your point. Another essay question could be Do you think that Victor�s treatment of his creation was justified, using the class�s definition of humanity explain why or why not. 在本单元结束时，学生们将对人性是什么以及人性如何影响我们与他人的互动有一个概念。学生们还将研究社会互动的重要性，我们对技术作为一个社会的重要性，最重要的是，是什么让我们成为人类的概念，以及我们因此而优先考虑什么。Students will also gain from this not only an insight on humanity and the defining characteristics of what makes us human but also the ability to identify characters in other works using this concept. 与this students can apply what they learn here to society as a whole and be able to examine how we act as a people as well as the reasons we are so dependent on technology as a society.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

作品的引用

Asimov, I. I, Robot. New York: Spectra, 2004. 打印。

Blade Runner. Ridley Scott. Michael Deelay. Warner Bros. 1982. DVD

Card, O. S. Ender's Game. 1st ed. 1. New York: Tor Books, 1985. 打印。

Conrad, Joseph. 黑暗之心． Dover Thrift Edition.London: Dover Publications, 1990. 打印。

I Robot. Alex Proyaas. 20^th Century Fox. 2004.DVD

雪莱,玛丽。《弗兰肯斯坦》． New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. 打印。

Silverberg, Rovert．The Science Fiction Hall of Fame．New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1970. 打印。

War of The Worlds. Steven Spielberg. Kathleen Kenedy, Colin Wilson. 派拉蒙影业，2005。DVD

Wells, H.G. The War of The Worlds． Mineola, New York: Dover Publications 公司, 1997年。打印。