課程名稱：前現代社會中的宗教與治療方式
<br>Title: Religion and practices of healing in pre-modern societies
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<br>任課教師：琅元
<br>Instructor: Alexei Volkov (Lang Yuan)
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<br>學分數：3學分
<br>Number of credits: 3
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<br>上課時間：星期五14:10-17:10
<br>Time: Friday 14:10-17:10
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<br>地點：通識教育中心（教育館）210室
<br>Place: Center for General Education (Education Hall), room 210
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<br>課程說明：
<br>Description: 
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<br>治療的儀式是各種宗教傳統中不可或缺的一部分，本課程將著重於前現代東、西方社會中的各種宗教框架下的治療儀式，而這些儀式（諸如薩滿式的、巫術的……等）經常（但並不全然地）先於現代（西方）醫學，並與之相互扞挌。中國與越南傳統的「巫術治療方式」將是本課程特別關注的部分。
<br>Various religious traditions often featured healing practices as their important, if not central, part; this course will focus on the healing practices that existed in the religious framework in pre-modern societies in East and West, that is, the practices (shamanistic, magical, and so on) incompatible with, and often (but not always) antedating, the modern (Western) medicine. A special stress will be laid on the traditions of “magical healing” in China and Vietnam. 
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<br>本課程以閱讀文獻為主：閱讀二手或原始資料，於課堂上進行討論。
<br>The course is designed as a reading class: home reading of secondary and original works will be followed by class discussions. 
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<br>每位學生於學期末皆要口頭發表期末報告，題目自訂。
<br>The course will be concluded with an oral defense at which each student will have to present her or his term paper on a selected topic.
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<br>評分方式：
<br>Evaluation scheme:
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<br>課堂參與：15%
<br>課堂作業：30%
<br>口頭報告：25%
<br>期末書面報告：30%
<br>Class participation: 15%
<br>Assignments: 30%
<br>Oral defense: 25% 
<br>Term paper: 30%
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<br>課程要求：
<br>Requirements: 
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<br>課程討論以英文進行，具備閱讀文言文的基本能力有助於課程進行，但並非必要。
<br>The seminars will be conducted in English. Knowledge of elements of classical Chinese will be helpful, but not necessary. 
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<br>閱讀材料：
<br>Reading materials:
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<br>Michel Strickmann ( by Bernard Faure). Chinese magical medicine. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2002.
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<br>授課教師將於開學第一堂課後給予額外的閱讀材料。
<br>Additional reading materials will be provided by the instructor after the beginning of the course.
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