Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Letters
Lecture Code BM501001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 近代英語演習 A
Subject Name
(Katakana)
キンダイエイゴエンシュウA
Subject Name in
English
Seminar in Modern English A
Instructor OHNO HIDESHI
Instructor
(Katakana)
オオノ ヒデシ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 3rd-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Tues5-8:LET B253
Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details)
Face-to-face
To read the texts written by Early Modern English. 
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
Keywords Early Modern English, diachronic change of the language 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
イギリス・アメリカ、ドイツもしくはフランスの文学と語学、または諸言語のテクストを読解する能力を習得。  
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 reading comprehension skills on British and American, German, and French literatures and languages, and other languages

Humanities in English Program
(Abilities and Skills)
・Comprehension of English texts in a wide range of fields on humanities 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
To understand the salient features of Early Modern English, compared with Middle English and Late Modern English. 
Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction
lesson2 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1, Scene 1, 1st half
lesson3 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1, Scene 2, 2nd half
lesson4 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 1, 1st part
lesson5 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 1, 2nd part
lesson6 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 1, 3rd part
lesson7 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 2, 1st half
lesson8 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 2, 2nd half
lesson9 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 1, 1st half
lesson10 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 1, 2nd half
lesson11 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 2, 1st quarter
lesson12 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 2, 2nd quarter
lesson13 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 2, 3rd quarter
lesson14 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 2, 4th quarter
lesson15 Summary

report 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Text: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Kenkyusha)
 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Text
(More Details) Handouts 
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
You should read the text intensively with the assistant of the endnotes and The Oxford English Dictionary. 
Requirements Nothing. 
Grading Method Presentation (50%) and final essay (50%). Credits will not be granted for six or more absences. 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message We will use text written in English and have discussions in Japanese. 
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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