| Academic Year |
2025Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
| Lecture Code |
ASB14001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
比較文学研究 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
ヒカクブンガクケンキュウ |
Subject Name in
English |
Comparative Literature |
| Instructor |
SAITO MIDORI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
サイトウ ミドリ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
3rd-Year, First Semester, Intensive |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(Int) Inte |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
| lecture, problem-solving |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
3
:
Undergraduate High-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
05
:
Literature |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
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| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of "Japanese and Japanese culture" and "foreign languages and foreign culture" which are prerequisite abilities for communication with peoples in different culture and areas.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
In this course, the students will be expected to improve various skills for analyzing and evaluating literary texts, referring to the method of Comparative Literature. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1: Introduction: What is Culture?
lesson2: Understanding Culture: Enlightenment and Robinson Crusoe
lesson3: Romanticism, Nationalism, and Comparative Literature
lesson4: Comparative Culture: Japan and the West, and Translation
lesson5: Comparative Literature and Modern Japan: Japan and the West, Theories of the Japanese People
lesson6: Comparative Literature and "Little Red Riding-Hood"
lesson7: The Industrial Revolution and the Concept of Culture: Modernism, Matthew Arnold, and T.S. Eliot
lesson8: The Frankfurt School and the Concept of Culture
lesson9: Cultural Studies and Raymond Williams
lesson10: Cultural Studies in the UK
lesson11: Changes in the Concept of Culture in Cultural Studies
lesson12: From Cultural Studies to Comparative Literature: Edward Said's "Orientalism"
lesson13: From Cultural Studies to Comparative Literature: Gayatri Spivak
lesson14: From Comparative Literature to Comparative Culture: The Origins of the "Other" and "Planetary Thinking"
lesson15: Conclusion
For the details of each lesson, please refer to the course outline in Japanese. |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
the handouts to be distributed in class and by moodle |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Text, Handouts, Visual Materials, Microsoft Stream |
| (More Details) |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Discussions, Paired Reading, Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Advice will be given in each lesson. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
a final examination: 70% a midterm examination: 30%
Furthermore, please refer to the course outline in Japanese. |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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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. |