JAPANOLOGY (LITERATURE) B2

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, we will continue learning about the best-known haiku poet who ever lived: Matsuo Bashō. This semester, we will focus on his most celebrated piece of writing in the West: The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no Hosomichi). Through reading Bashō in his own words (albeit translated into English), you improve your academic English skills by discussing, interpreting, and writing haiku. This semester, we will work on a travelogue project to help you imagine what life was like for Bashō as he traveled and wrote his away around Japan.

目標

In this course, you will improve your ability analyze and write haiku in English, as well as further deepen you understanding of the connection between language and culture. You will also continue to improve basic reading and writing skills and advance your speaking fluency, and improve your digital literacy.

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。 As in the spring semester, you will be expected to read three to four 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 to the northeast 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 and shape each other.

所要時間: 190 minutes