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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2024
College College of Arts
Course Code AM107
Theme・Subtitle Introduction to American Postmodern Fiction and Theory
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Seminar
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Spring Semester
DayPeriod・Room Tue.2
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Credits 2
Course Number EAL3813
Language Others
Class Registration Method "Other" Registration
Assigned Year 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
Prerequisite Regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges 履修登録システムの『他学部・他研究科履修不許可科目一覧』で確認してください。
Course Cancellation ×(履修中止不可/ Not eligible for cancellation)
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy 各授業科目は、学部・研究科の定める学位授与方針(DP)や教育課程編成の方針(CP)に基づき、カリキュラム上に配置されています。詳細はカリキュラム・マップで確認することができます。
Notes

【Course Objectives】

Learning how to read, interpret and write about postmodern American fiction and literary theory.

【Course Contents】

Postmodern visions of the world, reality and imagination, fact and fiction, meta-narrative and metafiction, will be traced through a number of characteristic literary works. During this course the drama of the American postmodern experience will be analyzed, appreciated, and critiqued. Students are expected to attend class every week and participate actively in each of the class sessions. Students will be expected to complete all of the weekly readings and writing assignments. And all students are required to submit (and revise) a research paper on one of the texts discussed during the course.

Japanese Items

【授業計画 / Course Schedule】

1 -Week 1: Course syllabus, class rules, and general introduction
Reading: John Barth, “The Literature of Exhaustion”
2 -Week 2: Donald Barthelme and Richard Brautigan
Reading: PAF 26-36; 38-41.
3 -Week 3: William H. Gass and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Reading: PAF 66-83; 85-93.
4 -Week 4: Don DeLillo and Jean Baudrillard
Reading: PAF 527-36; 631-36.
5 -Week 5: Lynne Tillman, Mark Leyner, and Fredric Jameson
Reading: PAF 121-24; 242-54; 654-64.
6 -Week 6: Tim O’Brien and Curtis White
Reading: PAF 174-82; 256-62.
7 -Week 7: Laurie Anderson and Robert Coover
Reading: PAF 216-25; 226-40.
8 -Week 8: Leslie Marmon Silko, Sherman Alexie,
and Trinh T. Minh-Ha
Reading: PAF 322-30; 342-44; 649-53.
9 -Week 9: E. L. Doctorow and David Foster Wallace
Reading: PAF 332-37; 362-92.
10 -Week 10: John Barth
Reading: PAF 416-43.
11 -Week 11: William Gibson and Ursula K. Le Guin
Reading: PAF 512-18; 520-25.
12 -Week 12: J. Yellowlees Douglas, Michael Joyce, and Terry Harpold
Reading: PAF 574-75; 577-80; 637-48.
13 -Week 13: Joanna Russ, Shelley Jackson, and Donna Haraway
Reading: PAF 537-47; 603-21.
14 Final Quiz

【活用される授業方法 / Teaching Methods Used】

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

【授業時間外(予習・復習等)の学修 / Study Required Outside of Class】

Students will have reading assignments every week and will engage in research for the final report. Each session of the course will require at least 1~2 hours of reading, writing, and/or other preparation.

【成績評価方法・基準 / Evaluation】

種類 (Kind)割合 (%)基準 (Criteria)
平常点 (In-class Points)100 Weekly Assignments(30%)
Final Quiz(30%)
最終レポート(Final Report)(40%)
備考 (Notes)

【テキスト / Textbooks】

No著者名 (Author/Editor)書籍名 (Title)出版社 (Publisher)出版年 (Date)ISBN/ISSN
1 P. Geyh, F. G. Leebron, and A. Levy Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology Norton 1998 9780393316988
その他 (Others)
必要部分のコピーを配布します。

【参考文献 / Readings】

【履修にあたって求められる能力 / Abilities Required to Take the Course】

【学生が準備すべき機器等 / Equipment, etc., that Students Should Prepare】

【その他 / Others】

【注意事項 / Notice】