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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2026
College Graduate School of Arts
Course Code JB166
Theme・Subtitle 19世紀アメリカ文学における他者表象(2)
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Seminar
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Fall semester
DayPeriod・Room Thu.3
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Credits 2
Course Number EAL6313
Language Others
Class Registration Method Course Code 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 -(履修中止制度なし/ No system 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。
https://www.rikkyo.ac.jp/about/disclosure/educational_policy/arts.html
Notes 後期課程用科目コード:PB330

【Course Objectives】

Students in this course will improve their reading comprehension skills through conducting an intensive reading of an American literary work and build their interpretation with a conscious understanding of the work’s background, historical period, and literary contexts.

【Course Contents】

The history of the United States is also a history of the exclusion of the "Other." Through a close reading of Herman Melville's The Confidence-Man (1857), this seminar examines various forms of "alterity" within the context of America as a white Christian nation. The Fidèle, a steamboat navigating the Mississippi River that serves as the novel's setting, features a wide array of "others" who deviate from the mainstream of American society, including Black people and Native Americans. However, in a work that depicts the fluidity of identity through the figure of the con man, it can be said that easy binary oppositions—between "normal" and "abnormal," or "self" and "other"—are entirely invalidated. In this sense, the novel provides fundamental questions for considering the concept of the "Other" in American society.

Since the "Other" takes on diverse meanings in this work, the text allows for multi-faceted approaches; I hope students will strive for their own unique interpretations based on their individual research interests. Furthermore, we will not only analyze the primary text but also read representative critical essays to discuss practical issues, such as what constitutes a scholarly paper and how an academic argument should be structured.

Japanese Items

【授業計画 / Course Schedule】

1 イントロダクション
2 The Confidence-Man読解(1)
3 The Confidence-Man読解(2)
4 The Confidence-Man読解(3)
5 The Confidence-Man読解(4)
6 The Confidence-Man読解(5)
7 The Confidence-Man読解(6)
8 The Confidence-Man読解(7)
9 The Confidence-Man読解(8)
10 The Confidence-Man読解(9)
11 The Confidence-Man読解(10)
12 批評読解 (1)
13 批評読解 (2)
14 批評読解 (3)

【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】

予習範囲を読解の上で(毎回約3時間)、毎週1000字程度のレスポンス・ペーパーの執筆(毎回1時間程度)を義務付ける。

【成績評価方法・基準 / Evaluation】

種類 (Kind)割合 (%)基準 (Criteria)
平常点 (In-class Points)100 発表(20%)
ディスカッションへの貢献度(20%)
レスポンス・ペーパー(20%)
最終レポート(Final Report)(40%)
備考 (Notes)
毎回の授業につき、ディスカッションへの積極的な参加(複数回の発言)を求める。

【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 Herman Melville The Confidence-Man Norton 2005 9780393979275

【参考文献 / Readings】

その他 (Others)
授業内で指示する。

【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】

電子辞書を除く電子機器の使用を控えること(PC、タブレット、スマートフォンなど)。

【その他 / Others】

【注意事項 / Notice】