JAPANOLOGY (LITERATURE) A2

概要

Students will be able to study academic subjects in a structured way at an undergraduate level. A CLIL approach will be employed so that students can learn the basic knowledge of the subject and the specialist language used in the subject in English. この科目群では,アカデミックな科目を体系的に英語で学びます。内容言語統合型学習(CLIL)を用い,科目の基本的な内容やその分野で使用される専門用語,学問分野を英語で身につける方法について学びます。 On this course, you will learn about Japan through the subject of Literature. You will be able to widen your horizons and analyse and discuss aspects of Japanese Literature in English. You will also be able to become proficient in explaining about Japan from a literary perspective. このコースは文学を通して日本について学びます。英語で日本の文学を学ぶことで,視野を広げ,日本文学について英語でも説明できるようになるための入門コースです。 In this course, you will learn about the most celebrated haiku poet who ever lived: Matsuo Bashō. Through reading Bashō in his own words (albeit translated into English), you will deepen your understanding of haiku, as well as many relevant differences and similarities between Japanese and English. In addition, engaging with Bashō’s writings in translation will offer many opportunities for you to improve your academic English skills. You will also join in the spirit of dialogue through haiku by writing several such poems yourself! In fact, you will write many haiku over the course of the semester, and present a selection of them twice during the semester.

目標

In this course, you will learn basic terms for discussing literary texts in English, as well as deepen you understanding of the connection between language and culture. You will also improve basic reading and writing skills and advance your speaking fluency.

授業外の学習

Based on the content of the syllabus and textbook materials, students will be asked to preview/review the lessons. Homework in connection to the lessons will be given every week. シラバスの内容や教科書資料をもとに,授業の予習・復習をしていただきます。 レッスンに関連した宿題が毎週出されます。 You will be expected to read around three pages for homework each week. These readings may seem difficult, but we work to understand them together through a variety of activities in class. Each week, we will discuss part of Bashō’s journey around Japan and the haiku that he wrote along the way. This course will be especially interesting for those who are interested in how language, culture, and history interact with each other.

所要時間: 190 minutes