南山大学

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指定
 必
期間
 秋学期
単位
 ２
年次
 3
担当者
 PURCELL William
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副題 Literature and the British Empire
The Empire Writes Back: Chinua Achebe and Colonial Encounter in Africa
講義内容 　This seminar is an introduction to colonial and postcolonial studies. Colonial and postcolonial studies is an interdisciplinary field (the underlying rationale of the Eibeigakka program) that includes: history, society, literature and art, culture, political science, gender studies, religion, economics, and many more.
　We will focus on the writings of Chinua Achebe, one of the most prominent contemporary novelists writing in English. He is also among the first generation of African writers to produce literary works that make use of European languages and literary forms. Some have called him the Father of modern African literature. As we read we will be particularly interested in how his representations of Africa differ from those of non-African writers such as Joseph Conrad and Joyce Cary. We will also pay attention to what they reveal about traditional life and culture, contemporary Nigerian society, and the experience and consequences of colonization for African peoples and their cultures in both the colonial state and the postcolonial nation.
学修目標 　In Seminar II we will read Achebe’s, highly novel, Things Fall Apart. As we read we will pay attention to what each reveals about:
　　　sBritish colonial history and policy in Africa
　　　sWestern attitudes and misconceptions about Africa and Africans
　　　straditional African life and culture
　　　sthe consequences of Empire for the people of African
講義計画 The course will be approached as a series of modules, lasting between one and three weeks each.
　Module 1: Introduction: The beginnings of the colonial encounter, approaches to this novel.
　Module 2: Chapters One and Two
　Module 3: Chapters Three and Four
　Module 4: Chapters Five and Six
　Module 5: Chapters Seven and Eight
　Module 6: Chapters Nine and Ten
　Module 7: Chapters Eleven and Twelve
　Module 8: Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen
　Module 9: Chapters Fifteen, Sixteen, and Seventeen
　Module 10: Chapters Eighteen and Nineteen
　Module 11: Chapters Twenty and Twenty-One
　Module 12: Chapters Twenty-Two and Twenty-Three
　Module 13: Chapters Twenty-Four and Twenty-Five
評価方法 Class attendance and participation, presentations, report. Whether or not there will be a semester examination will be determined later.
テキスト Chinua Achebe, Girls at War and Other Stories.
　　　　　　　Things Fall Apart
その他 This seminar will be conducted in English