BM205001 A History of English Literature A

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2026Year School/Graduate School School of Letters

Lecture Code BM205001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name イギリス文学史講義Ａ

Subject Name
（Katakana）イギリスブンガクシコウギA

Subject Name in
English A History of English Literature A

Instructor PETER CHEYNE

Instructor
(Katakana) ピーター　チェイニ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Fri3-6：LET B104

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction E : English

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 05 : Literature

Eligible Students

Keywords

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
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Acquisition of basic knowledge on British and American, German, and French literatures and languages, or linguistics

Program in English Language Education
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・To have a basic knolwedge of the contents of secondary English education.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Student will become familiar with some literary texts from the Elizabethans to romanticism and will write discursive essays on them.

Class Schedule Lesson 1: William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116 (1590s, pub. 1609)
Lesson 2: Presentations: Sonnet 116
Lesson 3: Shakespeare, ‘The quality of mercy’, The Merchant of Venice (1597)
Lesson 4: Shakespeare: activities on ‘The quality of mercy’
Lesson 5: Presentations: The quality of mercy’
Lesson 6: George Herbert, ‘Love (III)’ (1633)
Lesson 7: Presentations: Herbert
Lesson 8: Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations (1667, pub. 1909), 3, §3
Lesson 9: Presentations: Traherne
Lesson 10: Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels (1726), pt 3, ch. 5: Lagado Academy
Lesson 11: Presentations: Swift
Lesson 12: William Blake, ‘The Tyger’ (1794)
Lesson 13: Presentations: Blake
Lesson 14: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ‘Kubla Khan’ (1797, pub. 1816)
Lesson 15: Presentations: Coleridge

3 or more essays

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Online links and handouts given by teacher.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc.

(More Details)

Learning techniques to be incorporated

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Read the relevant text(s) before class and take notes during class.

Requirements

Grading Method Essays, quizzes, presentations.

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	2026Year	School/Graduate School	School of Letters
Lecture Code	BM205001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	イギリス文学史講義Ａ
Subject Name （Katakana）	イギリスブンガクシコウギA
Subject Name in English	A History of English Literature A
Instructor	PETER CHEYNE
Instructor (Katakana)	ピーター　チェイニ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Fri3-6：LET B104
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)

Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	05 : Literature
Eligible Students
Keywords
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 （Knowledge and Understanding）・Acquisition of basic knowledge on British and American, German, and French literatures and languages, or linguistics Program in English Language Education （Knowledge and Understanding）・To have a basic knolwedge of the contents of secondary English education.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Student will become familiar with some literary texts from the Elizabethans to romanticism and will write discursive essays on them.
Class Schedule	Lesson 1: William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116 (1590s, pub. 1609) Lesson 2: Presentations: Sonnet 116 Lesson 3: Shakespeare, ‘The quality of mercy’, The Merchant of Venice (1597) Lesson 4: Shakespeare: activities on ‘The quality of mercy’ Lesson 5: Presentations: The quality of mercy’ Lesson 6: George Herbert, ‘Love (III)’ (1633) Lesson 7: Presentations: Herbert Lesson 8: Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations (1667, pub. 1909), 3, §3 Lesson 9: Presentations: Traherne Lesson 10: Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels (1726), pt 3, ch. 5: Lagado Academy Lesson 11: Presentations: Swift Lesson 12: William Blake, ‘The Tyger’ (1794) Lesson 13: Presentations: Blake Lesson 14: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ‘Kubla Khan’ (1797, pub. 1816) Lesson 15: Presentations: Coleridge 3 or more essays
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Online links and handouts given by teacher.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Read the relevant text(s) before class and take notes during class.
Requirements
Grading Method	Essays, quizzes, presentations.
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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