南山大学

 
指定
期間
春学期
秋学期
単位
年次
3
担当者
TEE Ve-Yin
他の科目との関連
他学科履修 不可
副題
授業概要 The advancement in prose style was no less startling than the technological progress that had been unleashed by the world's first industrial revolution. It was during the Romantic period that England saw the rise of its most memorable novels and most innovative essays. Students will study Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and the classic essays of Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt. The aim of this course is to help the advanced learner of English arrive at a deeper understanding of English Romantic history and culture.
学修目標 By the end of this course, you would gain the knowledge and confidence to talk and write about novels from the Romantic period. You will also have an idea of how to conduct specialist research in the field of Romanticism.
授業計画 Spring Semester
1.Why do people read?
2.Prose versus poetry
3.Mary Shelley
4.Love and Friendship(Part 1): Conceptions and Preconceptions
5.Love and Friendship(Part 2): Polidori's The Vampyre
6.Love and Friendship(Part 3): Polidori's The Vampyre
7.Love and Friendship(Part 4): Romantic Sensibility
8.Catch-Up Week
9.Scientists(Part 1): Conceptions and Preconceptions
10.Scientists(Part 2): Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
11.Scientists(Part 3): Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
12.Scientists(Part 4): Romantic Science
13.Science and Society
14.Conclusion

Autumn Semester
1.Why do people write?
2.Essays versus novels
3.Thomas De Quincey
4.Anxieties of Empire(Part 1): Conceptions and Preconceptions
5.Anxieties of Empire(Part 2): De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
6.Anxieties of Empire(Part 3): De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
7.Anxieties of Empire(Part 4): Colonizer and colonized
8.Catch-Up Week
9.The Other(Part 1): Conceptions and Preconceptions
10.The Other(Part 2): William Hazlitt's‘The Englishman’
11.The Other(Part 3): ‘Japan’in The Annual Register and Charles Lamb's‘China’
12.The Other(Part 4): Race and Social Class
13.The Painful Pleasures of Modern Life
14.Conclusion
評価方法 Spring semester: 1000-word essayが50%、homeworkが30%、oral presentationsが20%
Autumn semester: 1500-word essayが50%、homeworkが30%、oral presentationsが20%
テキスト Mary Shelley, Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus: the 1818 text (Oxford World's Classics), ISBN 978-0192833662 and Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Oxford World's Classice), ISBN 978-0192836540.

【その他】You must bring these things to class:
・An A4-sized folder with at least 40 pockets
・A dictionary (this may be a book or electronic)
There may be some changes to the course content during the progress of the semester.
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