科目名 英米文学講義U

単 位 数 学年配当 開講期間 担 当 教 員
2 3 後期開講 中西 哲彦、E.スクラグス

テーマ
Literary analysis of key works in both British and North American traditions.

科目のねらい
<キーワード>
various techniques of literary analysis  key works in both British
and North American traditions

<内容の要約>
This 1 semester course is designed to introduce the student to various techniques of literary analysis and apply them to key works in both British and North American traditions. Each section will focus on specific literary devices which the student will learn to identify. Ideas concerning criticism and literary greatness will be explored and evaluated by essays written by the students. The student will also explore the impact of this literary tradition on Western culture as a whole.

<学習目標>
Students are expected to learn
various techniques of literary analysis

授業のながれ
Introduction to Literary Analysis.
The Short Story. Introduction. Elements of setting 
Elements of plot, The Most Dangerous Game.(Richard Connell)
Continue Elements of plot. 
Non-Fiction. Essays of Social Commentary. All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
Continue Non-Fiction 
Historical Tradition. Myths King Arthur and His Knights (Traditional)
Mid-Term Test. Continue Myths
In-class selection of theme and discussion.
Introduction to Poetry.
Continue Poetry. I Hear America Singing (Walt Whitman)
Continue Walt Whitman
In-Class Theme
Jabberwockey (Lewis Carroll)
Review
The Short Story II. Methods of Plot Development
Continue Plot Development. The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allen Poe.
Continue The Cask of Amontillado. 
Simplicity in Language, The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemmingway.
Simplicity in Language, The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemmingway.
Non-Fiction II. Autobiographical Writing. 
Fair and Circus Days, Carl Sandburg. Fair and Circus Days, Carl Sandburg. 
Mid-Term Test. Continue Fair and Circus Days 
In-Class Theme
Introduce Colloquial Language. Old Times on the Mississippi, Mark Twain
Continue Old Times on the Mississippi
Introduce Drama. Begin Macbeth, William Shakespeare.
Continue Macbeth.
Completion of Macbeth
Final Review

学ぶ上での注意・担当教員からの希望
Lectures are to be given in English.

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Students will be tested for comprehension following each section. Each class member must submit an essay on any literary work agreed upon by student and teacher. A final comprehensive will also be given.

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