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香港樹仁大學中學興趣專題講座系列 Hong Kong Shue Yan University Popular Thematic Talks for Secondary Schools Series 2019-2020

講座編號 TALK NO
不只視覺效果咁簡單 – 科幻小說電

10 影知多 D

「阿凡達」、「 變種特攻」、「挑戰者一號」，這些電影的共
通點是甚麼？雖然「阿凡達」 是一個有關殖民與剝削的故事，
「 變種特攻」是一個有關「他者化」的故事，而「挑戰者一
號」是一個有關虛擬世界和現實世界的故事，可是對很多人來
英國語言文學系 說，這些科幻電影都不外乎是賣弄特技跟視覺效果的大眾娛
樂。事實上，它們都是在對我們的社會和未來作出提問，質疑
科學發展對社會的影響，回應科技和科學所帶來的改變，並懷
Department of English 疑社會的常理。是次講座將簡單介紹何謂科幻小說與電影，從
Language and Literature 而探討它們如何對人類社會及科學科技發展提出各種質問。不
單止是西方的科幻，日本的科幻漫畫其實也會有相似的作用，
例如，多啦 A 夢挑戰了我們對時間的理解；小飛俠阿童木表示

主講: 林綺雯博士 了對人/機械人分類的關注等等。就此，是次講座希望傳遞一個
訊息：科幻小說與電影其實是回應社會和未來的文本。

Dr. Lam Yee Man  歡迎中四至中六學生參加
 講授語言:粵語及英語皆可

林綺雯，香港中文大學文化研究博士，現為香港 More than visual effect — What is
樹仁大學英文系助理教授，主要講授有關普及文
化、旅行文化、科幻電影與小說等課程。研究興 Science Fiction and Film?
趣與專長包括環境文化研究。個人著作可見於學 Avatar, X-men, Ready Player One, for many, are pure
術期刊 Nature and Culture, Ethics and the entertainment, with visual effects as their selling point; nothing
Environment 等。 more. But in fact, these science fiction films deal with the impact of
science upon us and our society, examine how human reacts to
changes brought by science and technology, and explore
Dr. Lam Yee Man obtained her doctoral degree alternative. They are speculations of our future. This talk will
from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her
research is centered on environmental ethics and introduce, very briefly, science fiction and film and its sub-genres
culture. She is currently teaching courses such as and discuss how hypothetical questions are raised in these texts:
Popular Culture, Travel and Culture, Science, Film Avatar is about colonization and exploitation; X-men is about
and Fiction and working as an assistant professor in othering; Ready Player One is about virtual reality and our real
the Department of English Language and world. Japanese science fiction manga has raised similar questions
Literature, Hong Kong Shue Yan University. too: Doraemon challenges our conception of time; Astro boy
questions who we human are. The talk would like to end with a
message that science fiction and film are all about asking questions,
raising issues, and seeing the world from a different perspective.

 Suitable for Secondary 4 to 6 students
 This talk can be delivered in either Cantonese or English