日本語

Course Code etc
Academic Year 2023
College Graduate School of Arts
Course Code JB172
Theme・Subtitle アメリカ文学と植物表象
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Fall semester
DayPeriod・Room Thu.4
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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
Course Cancellation
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy
Notes 後期課程用科目コード:PB336

【Course Objectives】

By reading American literary works, along with experiencing the aesthetic feeling they provide, we will explore the historical and cultural aspects of race, gender, and sexuality and cultivate self-expression skills in both Japanese and English.

【Course Contents】

 Since the 2010s, critical plant studies has become increasingly popular, as is evident in the titles of such academic studies as Plants as Persons (2011), Plants and Literature (2013), The Philosopher’s Plant (2014), Plant Theory (2016), and Thoreau’s Vegetal Thought (2021). Critical animal studies, which precedes critical plant studies, redefines the boundaries between humans and animals by pointing out the arrogance of human beings who regard themselves as special and superior to non-human creatures. Ironically, though, critical attention to the othering of animals results in the emphasis on the clear boundaries between animals and plants, or between humans and plants. Despite the fact that humans and plants are inseparably intertwined in every aspect of our life, plants are incorrectly understood as inferior beings without intelligence or subjectivity. Critical plant studies begins with a skeptical reconsideration of zoocentrism, an ideology that differentiates animals from plants, thereby justifying the marginalization of the Other. This course, then, focuses on Ursula Le Guin’s ecofeminist sci-fi novella, as well as Richard Powers’s contemporary novel that is structured around the life cycle of a tree, attempting to construct the critical framework that draws on ecocriticism and encompasses politics and aesthetics.
 Please not that the English presentation by the designated presenter will be followed by a Q&A session in English during the first half and in Japanese during the second half of the class. Therefore, it is expected that students will proactively speak up in class.

Japanese Items

【授業計画 / Course Schedule】

1 イントロダクションならびに発表担当者の決定
2 Ursula Le Guin, The Word for World is Forestを読む(1)
3 Ursula Le Guin, The Word for World is Forestを読む(2)
4 Richard Powers, The Overstoryを読む(1)
5 Richard Powers, The Overstoryを読む(2)
6 Richard Powers, The Overstoryを読む(3)
7 Richard Powers, The Overstoryを読む(4)
8 Richard Powers, The Overstoryを読む(5)
9 Richard Powers, The Overstoryを読む(6)
10 Richard Powers, The Overstoryを読む(7)
11 Richard Powers, The Overstoryを読む(8)
12 総括
13 レポート中間報告会(1)
14 レポート中間報告会(2)

【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】

とりわけ授業前半の英語によるディスカッションに積極的な貢献ができるよう,毎週,事前にテクストを精読するとともに,自分の問題意識を整理し,それをメモにまとめたうえで授業にのぞむこと。

【成績評価方法・基準 / Evaluation】

種類 (Kind)割合 (%)基準 (Criteria)
平常点 (In-class Points)100 授業中の担当発表とディスカッションへの参加(60%)
最終レポート(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 Ursula K. Le Guin The Word for World is Forest Gateway 2015 9781473205789
2 Richard Powers The Overstory W. W. Norton 2019 9780393356687

【参考文献 / Readings】

その他 (Others)
参考文献は必要に応じて授業時に指示する。

【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】

【その他 / Others】

【注意事項 / Notice】