| Academic Year |
2026Year |
School/Graduate School |
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Program |
| Lecture Code |
WMBP9002 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
英語圏文学作品研究演習Ａ |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
エイゴケンブンガクサクヒンケンキュウエンシュウA |
Subject Name in
English |
Seminar on Studies of Fiction in English A |
| Instructor |
PETER CHEYNE |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ピーター チェイニ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
1st-Year, First Semester, 1Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(1T) Mon3-6：Faculty Office |
| Lesson Style |
Seminar |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive) |
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| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
E
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English |
| Course Level |
5
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Graduate Basic
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
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Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
05
:
Literature |
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Evaluation
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
Students will read, intertextually relate, and criticize four thematically connected novels in twentieth- and twenty-first-century British literature. |
| Class Schedule |
Lesson 1: Virginia Woolf, The Waves (1931), slow read first few pages
Lesson 2: Woolf, The Waves, excerpt 2
Lesson 3: Woolf, The Waves, excerpt 3
Lesson 4: Woolf, The Waves, excerpt 4
Lesson 5: Woolf, The Waves, excerpt 5
Lesson 6: Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker (1937), excerpt 1
Lesson 7: Stapledon, Star Maker, excerpt 2
Lesson 8: Stapledon, Star Maker, excerpt 3
Lesson 9: Stapledon, Star Maker, excerpt 4
Lesson 10: Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), excerpt 1
Lesson 11: Clarke, 2001, excerpt 2
Lesson 12: Clarke, 2001, excerpt 3
Lesson 13: Clarke, 2001, excerpt 4
Lesson 14: Samantha Harvey, Orbital (2023), excerpt 1
Lesson 15: Harvey, Orbital, excerpt 2 |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
E-books are likely the cheapest:
Virginia Woolf, The Waves
Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker
Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Samantha Harvey, Orbital |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Text, Handouts, Audio Materials, Microsoft Teams |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Read the texts before each class and take notes during class. |
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| Grading Method |
Essays, quizzes, presentations. |
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