| Academic Year |
2025Year |
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 |
KASUGA AYUKA |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
カスガ アユカ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
1st-Year, Second Semester, 4Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(4T) Mon5-8：IAS K305 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
Lecture
This lecture will be delivered mainly in English, but explanations in Japanese may be supplied depending on students' fluency. |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
1
:
Undergraduate Introductory
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
05
:
Literature |
| Eligible Students |
From first year students. |
| Keywords |
Britain, history, literature |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education | Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences) Category：Literature / Linguistics
【As for student who enrolled after AY2018, and if they take this subject and get credit, this subject are regarded as “Area Courses“. But as for the student who enrolled before AY2017, “Package-Based Subject”. And also, for the student who enrolled before AY2017, if they take this subject, not regarded as “Area Courses”.】 |
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| Expected Outcome | 1. To be able to explain the formation and development processes and contemporary issues of each academic discipline.
2. To be able to explain historical and contemporary issues that span multiple academic disciplines from multifaceted perspectives. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This lecture will explore the history of British society through English literature. It will deal with the time period between the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. It also pay attention to the concepts such as race, gender and class in those literatures.
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| Class Schedule |
lesson1
Introduction
lesson2
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
lesson3
Malory, The Death of King Arthur
lesson4
William Shakespeare, Richard III
lesson5
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
lesson6
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
lesson7
William Wordsworth
lesson8
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
lesson9
Henry David Thoreau, Walden
lesson10
Rudyard Kipling,‘The White man’s Burden’
lesson11
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
lesson12
Isabella Lucy Bird, Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
lesson13
George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
lesson14
Virginia Woolf
lesson15
Conclusion
The evaluation would be mainly based on the exam. A short essay needs to be submitted at the middle of the course. |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
I will distribute handouts.
Reference
神山妙子編著『初めて学ぶイギリス文学史』ミネルヴァ書房、1989年。 |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Handouts, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream |
| (More Details) |
Handouts, videos |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
I will ask students to read a piece of literature that I dealt with in the lecture for the exam. Read some literature that you are interested in. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Quiz and reaction papers during each class 30%, a short essay 30%, exam 50% |
| 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. |