Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2026Year School/Graduate School School of Letters
Lecture Code BM206002 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name イギリス文学史講義 B
Subject Name
(Katakana)
イギリスブンガクシコウギB
Subject Name in
English
A History of English Literature B
Instructor PETER CHEYNE
Instructor
(Katakana)
ピーター チェイニ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Tues5-6,Fri1-2:LET B102
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 modernism to postmodernism and will write discursive essays on them. 
Class Schedule Lesson 1: W. B. Yeats, ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ (1890)
Lesson 2: Yeats. ‘The Second Coming’ (1920)
Lesson 3: Virginia Woolf, ‘A Haunted House’ (1921)
Lesson 4: Woolf, To the Lighthouse (1927), overview
Lesson 5: Woolf, To the Lighthouse , pt 2 ‘Time Passes’, chs 1–5
Lesson 6: Woolf, ‘Time Passes’, chs 6–8
Lesson 7: Woolf, ‘Time Passes’, chs 9–10
Lesson 8: Aldous Huxley, Eyeless in Gaza (1936), selected excerpts 1
Lesson 9: Huxley, Eyeless in Gaza (1936), selected excerpts 2
Lesson 10: Huxley, Eyeless in Gaza (1936), selected excerpts 3
Lesson 11: W. H. Auden, ‘As I Walked Out One Evening’, analysis
Lesson 12: Auden, ‘As I Walked Out One Evening’, discussion
Lesson 13: George Orwell, ‘Politics and the English Language’ (1946), first half
Lesson 14: Orwell, ‘Politics and the English Language’ (1946), second half
Lesson 15: Carol Ann Duffy, ‘Prayer’ (1992) 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Online links and handouts given by teacher. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
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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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