54015001 Literature and Society of the English-speaking Countries

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Liberal Arts Education Program

Lecture Code 54015001 Subject Classification Area Courses

Subject Name 英語圏の文学と社会［旧パッケージ］

Subject Name
（Katakana）エイゴケンノブンガクトシャカイ

Subject Name in
English Literature and Society of the English-speaking Countries

Instructor KIDO MITSUYO

Instructor
(Katakana) キド　ミツヨ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Mon1-4：IAS K209

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Lecture, PowerPoint projection on the screen

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 05 : Literature

Eligible Students

Keywords Literature and society in the United States, American culture, American literature

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences)　Category：Literature / Linguistics
*Students who got admitted in 2018 or after can take this course as an “Area Course”. For this group of students, credits from this course will be regarded as credits from an “Area Course”.
If students who got admitted in 2017 or before take this course, it is regarded as a “Package-Based Subject”. The latter group of students cannot take this course as an “Area Course”.
Expected Outcome

Class Objectives
/Class Outline The objectives of this course is to show how American literature can be studied as a means to gain insight into a number of important aspects of American society from the Puritan era through modern times. The primary focus will be on the ways in which these texts (short stories, novels, political documents, poems, or films) both reflect and produce discourses related to race, class, gender in each era. Students will also be expected to learn major works by American authors in each period and understand the evolution of American culture and society through these texts.

Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction
lesson2 Environmental literature in the US
lesson3 Literature of the American frontier
lesson4 American Gothic
lesson5 Fantasy and science fiction in the US
lesson6 Regional literature and literary realism
lesson7 Literature of the American Civil War
lesson8 Heroins in American literature
lesson9 "The Lost Generation" and literary modernism
lesson10 American Literature in the 1930s
lesson11 Counter-culture and the "Beat Generation"
lesson12 Multi-ethnic American literature I
lesson13 Multi-ethnic American literature II
lesson14 Postmodern fiction
lesson15 review

There will be a short quiz at the end of the last class. Students are also required to submit a term paper on one of the works picked up in the course.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Handouts are distributed in each class.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) Handouts.  Projections of films and PowerPoint slides on the screen

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Lessons 1-15 Sufficient preparations and reviews are required.

Requirements

Grading Method Students are evaluated based on their class attendance, the result of a short quiz as well as a term paper assigned at the end of the term.

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	Liberal Arts Education Program
Lecture Code	54015001	Subject Classification	Area Courses
Subject Name	英語圏の文学と社会［旧パッケージ］
Subject Name （Katakana）	エイゴケンノブンガクトシャカイ
Subject Name in English	Literature and Society of the English-speaking Countries
Instructor	KIDO MITSUYO
Instructor (Katakana)	キド　ミツヨ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, Second Semester, 3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(3T) Mon1-4：IAS K209
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Lecture, PowerPoint projection on the screen
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	05 : Literature
Eligible Students
Keywords	Literature and society in the United States, American culture, American literature
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Liberal Arts Education	Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences)　Category：Literature / Linguistics *Students who got admitted in 2018 or after can take this course as an “Area Course”. For this group of students, credits from this course will be regarded as credits from an “Area Course”. If students who got admitted in 2017 or before take this course, it is regarded as a “Package-Based Subject”. The latter group of students cannot take this course as an “Area Course”.
Expected Outcome
Class Objectives /Class Outline	The objectives of this course is to show how American literature can be studied as a means to gain insight into a number of important aspects of American society from the Puritan era through modern times. The primary focus will be on the ways in which these texts (short stories, novels, political documents, poems, or films) both reflect and produce discourses related to race, class, gender in each era. Students will also be expected to learn major works by American authors in each period and understand the evolution of American culture and society through these texts.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Introduction lesson2 Environmental literature in the US lesson3 Literature of the American frontier lesson4 American Gothic lesson5 Fantasy and science fiction in the US lesson6 Regional literature and literary realism lesson7 Literature of the American Civil War lesson8 Heroins in American literature lesson9 "The Lost Generation" and literary modernism lesson10 American Literature in the 1930s lesson11 Counter-culture and the "Beat Generation" lesson12 Multi-ethnic American literature I lesson13 Multi-ethnic American literature II lesson14 Postmodern fiction lesson15 review There will be a short quiz at the end of the last class. Students are also required to submit a term paper on one of the works picked up in the course.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Handouts are distributed in each class.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	Handouts. Projections of films and PowerPoint slides on the screen
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Lessons 1-15 Sufficient preparations and reviews are required.
Requirements
Grading Method	Students are evaluated based on their class attendance, the result of a short quiz as well as a term paper assigned at the end of the term.
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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