BM405002 Seminar in American Poetry B

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Letters

Lecture Code BM405002 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name アメリカ詩文学演習Ｂ

Subject Name
（Katakana）アメリカシブンガクエンシュウB

Subject Name in
English Seminar in American Poetry B

Instructor VALLINS DAVID MCNEILL

Instructor
(Katakana) ヴァリンズ　デイヴィッド　マクニール

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 3rd-Year, Second Semester, OutOfTerm(2nd)

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (O2) Inte：See the bulletin board for detail.

Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

The classes will consist of lectures on the texts assigned for each class, and discussion of questions about them.

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction E : English

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 05 : Literature

Eligible Students

Keywords

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) British, American, and European Languages and Literatures, and Linguistics
（Abilities and Skills）
・Acquisition of the skill to read the sensibility and expression represented in British and American, German, and French literatures, to analyze sounds, letters, vocabulary and grammar, or to analyze other languages linguistically

Humanities in English Program
（Abilities and Skills）
・Collection and analyses of wide-ranged English information on humanities

Class Objectives
/Class Outline The purpose of the course is to study a selection of early 20th-century American poetry.
In this course we will study a selection from the works of several early 20th-century American poets, including T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens, focusing on the ways in which they illustrate the innovative styles and ideas of poets in this period, their responses to contemporary social and political changes, and their contrasting attitudes towards Romantic and Victorian culture. Students will be provided with texts to read before each class, and questions about them to discuss in the classes.

Class Schedule 1. Introduction
2. T.S. Eliot, ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ (1)
3. T.S. Eliot, ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ (2)
4. T.S Eliot, ‘Portrait of a Lady’
5. T.S. Eliot, ‘Preludes’, ‘Rhapsody on a Windy Night‘
6. Ezra Pound, selections from Cathay (1)
7. Ezra Pound, selections from Cathay (2)
8. Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), ‘And Pergamos’, ‘The Islands’
9. Hilda Doolittle, ‘Fragment 113’, ‘Helen’, ‘At Ithica’
10. Robert Frost, selected poems (1)
11. Robert Frost, selected poems (2)
12. Wallace Stevens, ‘Sunday Morning’
13. Wallace Stevens, ‘The Snow Man’, ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird’
14. Wallace Stevens, ‘The Idea of Order at Key West’
15. Robert Lowell, ‘For the Union Dead’

Text/Reference
Books,etc. A selection of texts will be provided.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) text

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Students should prepare for the classes by reading the texts and studying the questions which will be provided in advance.

Requirements

Grading Method Students will be assessed on the basis of in-class participation and an essay.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Letters
Lecture Code	BM405002	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	アメリカ詩文学演習Ｂ
Subject Name （Katakana）	アメリカシブンガクエンシュウB
Subject Name in English	Seminar in American Poetry B
Instructor	VALLINS DAVID MCNEILL
Instructor (Katakana)	ヴァリンズ　デイヴィッド　マクニール
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	3rd-Year, Second Semester, OutOfTerm(2nd)
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(O2) Inte：See the bulletin board for detail.
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)
The classes will consist of lectures on the texts assigned for each class, and discussion of questions about them.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	05 : Literature
Eligible Students
Keywords
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	British, American, and European Languages and Literatures, and Linguistics （Abilities and Skills）・Acquisition of the skill to read the sensibility and expression represented in British and American, German, and French literatures, to analyze sounds, letters, vocabulary and grammar, or to analyze other languages linguistically Humanities in English Program （Abilities and Skills）・Collection and analyses of wide-ranged English information on humanities
Class Objectives /Class Outline	The purpose of the course is to study a selection of early 20th-century American poetry. In this course we will study a selection from the works of several early 20th-century American poets, including T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens, focusing on the ways in which they illustrate the innovative styles and ideas of poets in this period, their responses to contemporary social and political changes, and their contrasting attitudes towards Romantic and Victorian culture. Students will be provided with texts to read before each class, and questions about them to discuss in the classes.
Class Schedule	1. Introduction 2. T.S. Eliot, ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ (1) 3. T.S. Eliot, ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ (2) 4. T.S Eliot, ‘Portrait of a Lady’ 5. T.S. Eliot, ‘Preludes’, ‘Rhapsody on a Windy Night‘ 6. Ezra Pound, selections from Cathay (1) 7. Ezra Pound, selections from Cathay (2) 8. Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), ‘And Pergamos’, ‘The Islands’ 9. Hilda Doolittle, ‘Fragment 113’, ‘Helen’, ‘At Ithica’ 10. Robert Frost, selected poems (1) 11. Robert Frost, selected poems (2) 12. Wallace Stevens, ‘Sunday Morning’ 13. Wallace Stevens, ‘The Snow Man’, ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird’ 14. Wallace Stevens, ‘The Idea of Order at Key West’ 15. Robert Lowell, ‘For the Union Dead’
Text/Reference Books,etc.	A selection of texts will be provided.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	text
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Students should prepare for the classes by reading the texts and studying the questions which will be provided in advance.
Requirements
Grading Method	Students will be assessed on the basis of in-class participation and an essay.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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