科目名	Special Lecture in British and American Literature�U
単位数	2.0
担当者	Michael Gorman
履修時期	Fall Semester
履修対象	Third year and above
講義形態	講義
講義の目的	This class traces the evolution of American literature in English, from the late 16th century to the present. In our lessons, we will consider the impact of European colonization of North America including the cultural exchange/conflict with the indigenous peoples of North America and African slaves. We will consider how different cultural traditions helped shape the unique and eclectic tradition called American literature.
到達目標	To improve students' understanding of English and American literary history and to develop an awareness of the connections between the two traditions. By participating actively in class and completing assigned readings and writing assignments, students will also deepen their experience using English to communicate their ideas.
受講要件	Suggested TOEIC score: 500+
履修取消の可否	可
履修取消不可の理由
事前・事後学修	There will be reading and writing homework for most classes. Students must complete a worksheet and/or a paragraph relating to that week's lesson before class. In addition, students will make group presentations on topics related to the lessons.
講義内容	1. Orientation, Syllabus. What is "American" Literature? 2. The Roots of American Literature: Elizabethans, Metaphysicals, Cavaliers 3. Puritans, Separatists, and Heretics: Literature/Culture in the American Colonies 4. The Birth of American Poetry: Anne Bradstreet 5. The First Americans: Indigenous Oral Traditions 6. Poetry of Independence: Philip Freneau and Phillis Wheatley 7. The Emergence of American Fiction: Washington Irving, James Fennimore Cooper, Lydia Maria Child 8. Transcendentalism: R. W. Emerson, H. D. Thoreau, Margaret Fuller 9. Slavery and Abolition: Frederick Douglass and Harriet Ann Jacobs 10. American Gothic: Edgar Allan Poe 11. The American Renaissance: Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman 12. The Civil War: Abraham Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg 13. West of the Mississippi: Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi 14. Modernism and American Poetry: Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, H. D., T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, W. H. Auden 15. Modernism and American Fiction: Sherwood Anderson, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen
期末試験実施の有無	実施しない
評価方法・基準	Attendance & participation (20%); weekly assignments, presentations (60%); final project (20%)
教科書等	There are no required texts to buy, but students should bring a good English-Japanese dictionary to class. Handouts with readings will be provided to students each week.
担当者プロフィール	Mike Gorman earned his PhD in American literature and culture from the University of Tulsa and is especially interested in ways literature connects with rural American culture, transnationalism, and the environment.
講義に関連する実務経験
課題や試験に対するフィードバック	Some feedback will be given on participation and assignments
アクティブ・ラーニング
キーワード	American history, Indigenous literature, literary genre, literary movements and periods
備考	-There will be reading and writing homework for most classes. -Enrollment is limited to 40 students. -This course will be taught entirely in English, and students are expected to use English actively in class. -Attendance is mandatory. Students who miss more than 3 classes will not receive credit. -The course schedule is tentative and may change.