This course will have two goals: 1) to introduce students to the study of comparative literature and 2) to read various literary works written in English and compare them.

In this class, students will develop their understanding of comparing texts and of comparative literature. Discussion topics will include, but will not be limited to, gender issues, class conflict, and racial/ethnic conflict. Students will read texts from American literature, focusing on the genres of Modernism and Post-Modernism. Students will be asked to draw comparisons between specific stories and poems as well as the characters and the situations in the stories. They may also make comparisons between the authors that wrote the stories and poems.

1

Course introduction; lecture on methods of comparing literature

2

"Hills Like White Elephants" (Ernest Hemingway)

3

"The Chrysanthemums" (John Steinbeck) Part 1

4

"The Chrysanthemums" (John Steinbeck) Part 2

5

"The Third Baby's the Easiest" (Shirley Jackson)

6

"In the Waiting Room" (Elizabeth Bishop)

7

Midterm Review

8

"John Redding Goes to Sea" (Zora Neale Hurston)

9

"The School Days of an Indian Girl" (Zitkala-Sa)

10

"Seventeen Syllables" (Hisaye Yamamoto)

11

"Grandmother" (Paula Gunn Allen)

12

"blessing the boats" (Lucille Clifton)

13

"To One I Knew" (Hyejung Kook)

14

Final review and discussion

板書 /Writing on the Board
スライド（パワーポイント等）の使用 /Slides (PowerPoint, etc.)
上記以外の視聴覚教材の使用 /Audiovisual Materials Other than Those Listed Above
個人発表 /Individual Presentations
グループ発表 /Group Presentations
ディスカッション・ディベート /Discussion/Debate
実技・実習・実験 /Practicum/Experiments/Practical Training
学内の教室外施設の利用 /Use of On-Campus Facilities Outside the Classroom
校外実習・フィールドワーク /Field Work
上記いずれも用いない予定 /None of the above

Students are required to complete all readings and homework outside of class. Incomplete homework and failure to prepare for class discussions will result in a lower grade. Students must complete their final reports by the deadline in order to pass the course.