魯迅（1881-1936）在東亞現代文學的形成過程中具關鍵地位，文學創作深刻反映二十世紀初中國社會的劇烈轉型，並構成對「現代性」及其危機的回應。本課程擬將魯迅置於二十世紀東亞知識界共同面對「近代的超克」的思想脈絡中進行考察，探討其文學實踐如何體現對西方現代性的抵抗與超越。課程將以魯迅的小說創作為核心文本，範圍涵蓋《吶喊》、《徬徨》與《故事新編》，並延伸至雜文與散文詩集《野草》等。課程將引導學生對文本進行精讀，深入剖析其獨特的藝術技巧與思想內涵，集中思考其「個人主義」理念與「國民性」批判在全球現代性的框架下所具有的特殊意義，期能培養學生宏觀的思想視野與深刻的文本分析能力。
Lu Xun (1881–1936) is a central figure in the formation of modern literature in East Asia. His writings powerfully register the profound social, cultural, and intellectual transformations that China underwent in the early twentieth century, and they offer a sustained engagement with the promises and crises of modernity. This course places Lu Xun within a broader East Asian intellectual context in which thinkers confronted the shared challenge of modernity—often described as the effort to critically respond to, resist, or move beyond Western models of modernization.
Focusing primarily on Lu Xun’s fiction, the course examines works from A Call to Arms (Nahan), Hesitation (Panghuang), and Old Tales Retold (Gushi Xinbian), while also incorporating his essays and the prose-poetry collection Wild Grass (Yecao). Through close reading and discussion, students will explore Lu Xun’s distinctive literary techniques as well as the philosophical and social questions that animate his writing.
Particular attention will be given to Lu Xun’s reflections on individualism and his critique of “national character,” analyzed within the broader framework of global modernity. By engaging closely with both texts and historical context, the course aims to help students develop a nuanced understanding of modern Chinese literature while strengthening their skills in critical reading, interpretation, and comparative thinking.