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| 開講年度/ Academic YearAcademic Year |
20262026 |
| 科目設置学部/ CollegeCollege |
文学研究科/Graduate School of ArtsGraduate School of Arts |
| 科目コード等/ Course CodeCourse Code |
JB162/JB162JB162 |
| テーマ・サブタイトル等/ Theme・SubtitleTheme・Subtitle |
Fairytale, Fantasy, and 20th Century Literary Feminism (2) |
| 授業形態/ Class FormatClass Format |
対面（全回対面）/Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)Face to face (all classes are face-to-face) |
| 授業形態（補足事項）/ Class Format (Supplementary Items)Class Format (Supplementary Items) |
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| 授業形式/ Class StyleCampus |
演習・ゼミ/SeminarSeminar |
| 校地/ CampusCampus |
池袋/IkebukuroIkebukuro |
| 学期/ SemesterSemester |
秋学期/Fall semesterFall semester |
| 曜日時限・教室/ DayPeriod・RoomDayPeriod・Room |
金3/Fri.3 Fri.3 ログインして教室を表示する（Log in to view the classrooms.） |
| 単位/ CreditsCredits |
22 |
| 科目ナンバリング/ Course NumberCourse Number |
EAL6313 |
| 使用言語/ LanguageLanguage |
その他/OthersOthers |
| 履修登録方法/ Class Registration MethodClass Registration Method |
科目コード登録/Course Code RegistrationCourse Code Registration |
| 配当年次/ Assigned YearAssigned 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。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。 |
| 先修規定/ Prerequisite RegulationsPrerequisite Regulations |
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| 他学部履修可否/ Acceptance of Other CollegesAcceptance 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。 |
| 履修中止可否/ Course CancellationCourse Cancellation |
－（履修中止制度なし/ No system for cancellation) |
| オンライン授業60単位制限対象科目/ Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper LimitOnline Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit |
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| 学位授与方針との関連/ Relationship with Degree PolicyRelationship 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。 https://www.rikkyo.ac.jp/about/disclosure/educational_policy/arts.html |
| 備考/ NotesNotes |
後期課程用科目コード：PB326 |
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
1.Perform close, theoretically informed readings of The Handmaid’s Tale.
2.Analyze how dystopian fiction reflects and critiques historical and contemporary social structures.
3.Understand the novel’s engagement with feminism, patriarchy, religion, and state power.
4.Situate Atwood’s work within broader literary, cultural, and theoretical traditions.
5.Develop clear, well-supported critical arguments in discussion and writing.
As a novelist, poet, critic, and cultural commentator whose work spans speculative fiction, historical narrative, and political satire, Margaret Atwood has established a literary legacy that is both intellectually rigorous and sharply attuned to the social realities of its time. This course will focus on Atwood’s most widely read and influential novel, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985). Through a close reading of the novel in conversation with selected historical documents, feminist theory, and dystopian traditions, the course will examine Atwood’s use of language, narrative perspective, and intertextual allusion, while critically engaging with the novel’s representations of power, gender, memory, and resistance.
| 1 | Week 1 – Introduction Reading: Short excerpt from The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) (Illustrated by Renee Nault, 2019) Copies will be provided. |
| 2 | Week 2 –Dystopia and Speculative Fiction Reading: The Handmaid’s Tale, Chapters 1–2 |
| 3 | Week 3 – The Republic of Gilead Reading: Chapters 3–6 Examines the structure of Gilead, surveillance, ritual, and the regulation of women’s bodies. Attention to setting and institutional power. |
| 4 | Week 4 – Language, Silence, and Control Reading: Chapters 7–11 Analyzes how language, literacy, and naming function as mechanisms of power and resistance. |
| 5 | Week 5 – Memory and the Pre-Gilead Past Reading: Chapters 12–16 Explores memory as both trauma and resistance; contrasts between past freedoms and present constraints. |
| 6 | Week 6 – Gender Roles and Patriarchy Reading: Chapters 17–21 Investigates prescribed gender roles, reproductive labor, and the ideology sustaining patriarchal authority. |
| 7 | Week 7 – Religion and Political Theology Reading: Chapters 22–25 Considers how religious language and biblical interpretation are weaponized to legitimize authoritarian rule. |
| 8 | Week 8 – Sexuality, Desire, and Transgression Reading: Chapters 26–30 Examines forbidden desire, Jezebel’s, and the contradictions within Gilead’s moral codes. |
| 9 | Week 9 – Resistance and Complicity Reading: Chapters 31–34 Interrogates forms of resistance—passive, active, and ambiguous—and the moral complexity of survival. |
| 10 | Week 10 – Power, Violence, and the Body Reading: Chapters 35–38 Analyzes public punishment, spectacle, and the body as a site of political control. |
| 11 | Week 11 – Narrative Authority and Unreliability Reading: Chapters 39–41 Explores Offred as a narrator, storytelling as survival, and the instability of truth. |
| 12 | Week 12 – Endings and the Historical Notes Reading: Chapters 42–44 Examines the shift in narrative voice and genre, raising questions about historiography, academic authority, and gendered interpretation. |
| 13 | Week 13 – Legacy and Contemporary Relevance Reading: Chapters 45-46 Discusses the novel’s afterlife, adaptations, and relevance to contemporary debates on gender, politics, and human rights. |
| 14 | Final Presentations |
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
Each session will involve a lecture component, brief student presentations, and a close reading of the chapters assigned for the week.
Students should be prepared to analyze each of the readings from a number of perspectives.
Also, students will be expected to have read the assigned text(s) prior to each session.
| 種類 (Kind) | 割合 (%) | 基準 (Criteria) |
|---|---|---|
| 平常点 (In-class Points) | 100 |
Oral Presentation(30%) Assignments(30%) 最終レポート(Final Report)(40%) |
| 備考 (Notes) | ||
| No | 著者名 (Author/Editor) | 書籍名 (Title) | 出版社 (Publisher) | 出版年 (Date) | ISBN/ISSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margaret Atwood | The Handmaid’s Tale | Knopf | 1998 | 9780385490818 |
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
1.Perform close, theoretically informed readings of The Handmaid’s Tale.
2.Analyze how dystopian fiction reflects and critiques historical and contemporary social structures.
3.Understand the novel’s engagement with feminism, patriarchy, religion, and state power.
4.Situate Atwood’s work within broader literary, cultural, and theoretical traditions.
5.Develop clear, well-supported critical arguments in discussion and writing.
As a novelist, poet, critic, and cultural commentator whose work spans speculative fiction, historical narrative, and political satire, Margaret Atwood has established a literary legacy that is both intellectually rigorous and sharply attuned to the social realities of its time. This course will focus on Atwood’s most widely read and influential novel, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985). Through a close reading of the novel in conversation with selected historical documents, feminist theory, and dystopian traditions, the course will examine Atwood’s use of language, narrative perspective, and intertextual allusion, while critically engaging with the novel’s representations of power, gender, memory, and resistance.
| 1 | Week 1 – Introduction Reading: Short excerpt from The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) (Illustrated by Renee Nault, 2019) Copies will be provided. |
| 2 | Week 2 –Dystopia and Speculative Fiction Reading: The Handmaid’s Tale, Chapters 1–2 |
| 3 | Week 3 – The Republic of Gilead Reading: Chapters 3–6 Examines the structure of Gilead, surveillance, ritual, and the regulation of women’s bodies. Attention to setting and institutional power. |
| 4 | Week 4 – Language, Silence, and Control Reading: Chapters 7–11 Analyzes how language, literacy, and naming function as mechanisms of power and resistance. |
| 5 | Week 5 – Memory and the Pre-Gilead Past Reading: Chapters 12–16 Explores memory as both trauma and resistance; contrasts between past freedoms and present constraints. |
| 6 | Week 6 – Gender Roles and Patriarchy Reading: Chapters 17–21 Investigates prescribed gender roles, reproductive labor, and the ideology sustaining patriarchal authority. |
| 7 | Week 7 – Religion and Political Theology Reading: Chapters 22–25 Considers how religious language and biblical interpretation are weaponized to legitimize authoritarian rule. |
| 8 | Week 8 – Sexuality, Desire, and Transgression Reading: Chapters 26–30 Examines forbidden desire, Jezebel’s, and the contradictions within Gilead’s moral codes. |
| 9 | Week 9 – Resistance and Complicity Reading: Chapters 31–34 Interrogates forms of resistance—passive, active, and ambiguous—and the moral complexity of survival. |
| 10 | Week 10 – Power, Violence, and the Body Reading: Chapters 35–38 Analyzes public punishment, spectacle, and the body as a site of political control. |
| 11 | Week 11 – Narrative Authority and Unreliability Reading: Chapters 39–41 Explores Offred as a narrator, storytelling as survival, and the instability of truth. |
| 12 | Week 12 – Endings and the Historical Notes Reading: Chapters 42–44 Examines the shift in narrative voice and genre, raising questions about historiography, academic authority, and gendered interpretation. |
| 13 | Week 13 – Legacy and Contemporary Relevance Reading: Chapters 45-46 Discusses the novel’s afterlife, adaptations, and relevance to contemporary debates on gender, politics, and human rights. |
| 14 | Final Presentations |
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
Each session will involve a lecture component, brief student presentations, and a close reading of the chapters assigned for the week.
Students should be prepared to analyze each of the readings from a number of perspectives.
Also, students will be expected to have read the assigned text(s) prior to each session.
| 種類 (Kind) | 割合 (%) | 基準 (Criteria) |
|---|---|---|
| 平常点 (In-class Points) | 100 |
Oral Presentation(30%) Assignments(30%) 最終レポート(Final Report)(40%) |
| 備考 (Notes) | ||
| No | 著者名 (Author/Editor) | 書籍名 (Title) | 出版社 (Publisher) | 出版年 (Date) | ISBN/ISSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margaret Atwood | The Handmaid’s Tale | Knopf | 1998 | 9780385490818 |