名古屋学院大学シラバス


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【時間割】

学期曜日時限科目名開講期キャンパスペア単位年次教員名科目ナンバー
春木２限Ａｍｅｒｉｃａｎ　Ｓｔｕｄｉｅｓ春Ａ名古屋 22長谷川　和美FE2335

【授業情報】

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【講義概要】

Using case studies of four significant moments in American social and cultural history from the seventeenth century to the late twentieth century, this course introduces students to the multiple themes and methods significant to the field of American Studies. We will examine a broad range of primary and secondary materials from various scholarly disciplines, including history, literature, popular culture, ethnic studies, and gender studies. Through close readings of texts, we will examine how individuals, groups, and institutions interacted in each particular historical times and locations. This class emphasizes race, gender/sexuality, and class as primary categories of analysis. This class will be conducted in English.



【学習到達目標】

1. to understand the broad American history; 2. to analyze the American experience through the perspectives of race, gender/sexuality, and class; 3. to explore the primary and secondary materials; 4. to examine the contemporary American society from the particular historical understandings.




【履修上の注意】

This course requires students’ active participation. Therefore, weekly participation is required. Please complete all the assigned readings for the date indicated on the syllabus. You are responsible both for attending each class session and for participating in the lively and informed discussions.



【事前準備学習】

Please continue developing your academic skills of reading, analyzing, discussing, and writing in English. There is no easy and quick way to master those skills.



【教材】

※指定図書は担当教員が、学生が必読すべきものとして指定する図書のことです。
 　図書は図書館に置いてあり、１週間借りることができます。（一部貸出不可の図書もあります。）
教科書『When the Emperor was Divine』 Otsuka, Julie Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2003
Please purchase the required book or read it in the library. The Japanese translation is also available there. I will provide copies of the selected chapters from other books.
参考書Copies of the Japanese translation books (『呪われたセイレムー魔女呪術の社会的起源』、『あのころ、天皇は神だった』）are reserved in the library. Use them if you need to.
指定図書『一覧』

【評価方法】

One Personal Essay (30%)
Two Formal Essays (30%)
Weekly Reading Quizzes (20%)
Class Attendance and Participation (20%)



【講義テーマ】

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1Introduction to the Course
2What is American Studies? Considering “America”
3The Salem Witchcraft Trials: Introduction
4The Salem Witchcraft Trials: Chapters 3-4
5The Salem Witchcraft Trials: Chapter 8 & Epilogue
6Film Screening: The Crucible
7Race on Display: Spectacular Culture in the Nineteenth Century 1
8Race on Display: Spectacular Culture in the Nineteenth Century 2
9Race on Display: Spectacular Culture in the Nineteenth Century 3
10American Indians and the Western Frontier: Imagining the West
11American Indians and the Western Frontier: Chapter 7
12Film Screening (excerpt) John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939)
13The World War II Internment of Japanese Americans
14Film Screening Rabbit in the Moon (dir. Emiko Omori, 1999)
15Julie Otsuka, When the Emperor Was Divine (for discussion)
16定期試験期間