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     2017 年度   言語文化学部
  
文化・文学概論B   
時間割コード
313306G
担当教員(ローマ字表記)
  マキン [MACKIN, Zane]
授業開講形態 授業形態 単位数 学期 曜日・時限 実務経験のある教員による授業
    2 春学期 火4 -
授業題目(和文)   
 
Title(English)   
Survey of Western Literature 1
 
授業の目標   
 
Goals of the course   
This course is geared towards curious, ambitious, and very dedicated students interested in the genesis and development of Western Literature. Our goals are both practical and existential. On the practical end, we will hone our close-reading and critical thinking skills. However, our main goal is to attack the Big Questions: What does it mean to be Human? What is our place in the world? What constitutes a life well spent? Can literature tell us anything about these conditions? Our classes, combining both lecture and student-led discussion, will relentlessly pursue these questions, using literature as a lens through which we will ultimately discover ourselves.
 
授業の概要   
 
Overview of the course   
The first semester of this year-long course will be divided into three time periods and places: 1) the birth of literature in the ancient near east; 2) Greece and the origin of “Western Literature”; 3) Rome and the reiteration of the tradition in a new language and sociopolitical context.

Our view of literature will be genealogical: texts influence those that follow them, while new works pay homage to, comment on, and critique those that precede them. We will pay special attention to literature's relationship to its origins: the civilized reflection on the primitive, the domesticated on the wild, the rational on the emotional, and the familiar on the exotic.

The course is reading and writing-intensive (in English) and will require a substantial commitment of both time and intellectual energy. Students are expected to come to class having read the texts thoroughly, and must be prepared to criticize and question the texts under study. Note that the grading structure of this course rewards those who keep up with the readings and actively participate.
 
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Plan   
Class Schedule
All readings will be scanned and posted on our class’s website (https://tufswesternliterature.wordpress.com/)


Weeks 1-2. The Origins of Things: Epic of Gilgamesh.

Week 3. The Origins of Things: Genesis (selections).

Weeks 4-5. The Greek Epic: Homer, Odyssey: (selections).
READER RESPONSE 1.

Week 6. MIDTERM

Week 7. The Greek Tragedy: Euripides, Medea.

Weeks 8-9. The Greek Philosopher: Plato, Symposium.
READER RESPONSE 2

Weeks 10-11. Questioning the Canon: Ovid, Metamorphoses (Selections).

Week 12. Roman Decadence: Petronius, Satyricon (Selections).

Week 13. FINAL EXAM

Week 14. FINAL PAPER (due by email)
 
成績評価の方法・基準   
 
Grading system for assessment   
Attendance and Participation 25%
Attendance is mandatory. Two unexcused absences will be allowed with no negative effect on your grade. Subsequent absences will be excused only if they meet the school policy for Certified Absences. Otherwise absences after the first two will reduce final grade by 1/3 of a grade (e.g. A- becomes a B+). Four or more unexcused absences are an automatic failure for the course.
If you arrive in class after roll is called, you are likely to be marked absent. If you want to be marked present, is your responsibility to notify the professor after class of your attendance.
Your presence in class also depends on participation. Come to class prepared to ask questions, negotiate debate, and defend your position.
Electronic devices (smart phones, computers &c.) are prohibited in class. They must be shut off and put away.
Two 1-2-page reader response paper 10%
These short papers will document your analysis of the texts under survey. They will be (mercifully) short, but are expected to consist of decent argumentation composed in English free of grammatical and spelling errors. Papers will be printed and handed in at the beginning of class on the deadline. Late papers are not accepted.
Midterm 15%
Passage identification, textual analysis, and a short essay.
Final Exam 25%
Will follow the same format as the midterm but will be slightly longer.
Final paper (6-10 pages) 25%
Will involve the analysis of a text of the student’s choice.
Active Learning Project 5%
 
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使用言語  
英語(E)
 
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