Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Letters
Lecture Code BM203101 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 英語文体論
Subject Name
(Katakana)
エイゴブンタイロン
Subject Name in
English
English Stylistics
Instructor IMAHAYASHI OSAMU
Instructor
(Katakana)
イマハヤシ オサム
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Tues5-8:LET B251
Lesson Style Lecture/Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details)
Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)
The lectures will be focusing on and discussing the style of English novels, dramas and poems from the stylistic point of view. 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 4 : Undergraduate Advanced
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 05 : Literature
Eligible Students 2nd year students
Keywords Style, stylistics, philology, English literature 
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 research methods related to British and American, German, and French literatures and languages, and other languages 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
The lectures will be focusing on and discussing the style of English novels, dramas and poems from the stylistic point of view. 
Class Schedule Lecture 1 Introduction English Stylistics and Philology
Lecture 2 Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Lecture 3 Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Lecture 4 Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Lecture 5 Edmund Spencer, The Faerie Queene
Lecture 6 William Wordsworth, "Daffodils"
Lecture 7 William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Lecture 8 William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Lecture 9 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals
Lecture 10 Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
Lecture 11 Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Lecture 12 Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Lecture 13 Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
Lecture 14 Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
Lecture 15 Historical Stylistics and Historical Linguistics 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Handouts.
The original texts will be given in the lectures. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Forms, moodle
(More Details) Handouts, PowerPoint presentations, CDs, etc. 
Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
The students should read wide varieties of English literary works. 
Requirements  
Grading Method End-term essay 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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