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科目名
平成28年度入学者
英米文学特殊講義5
科目名
平成27年度以前入学者
英米文学特殊講義5
教員名 チルトン,マイルズ
単位数    2 課程 前期課程 開講区分 文理学部
科目群 英文学専攻
学期 前期 履修区分 選択必修
授業テーマ The idea and mechanics of academic argument.
授業のねらい・到達目標 This course is designed to give graduate students more advanced training and practice in academic writing. It is meant to lay the foundations for writing research papers in English.
授業の方法 The first part of the course will concentrate on the fundamentals of academic argument. With those fundamentals in place, we will then move on to analyzing and constructing arguments through extensive reading, grammar and style practice, and thesis-centered responses. There will be challenging reading and writing homework assignments each week; therefore, only highly motivated students should take this course.
事前学修・事後学修,授業計画コメント Students are required to complete all homework assignments according to the syllabus schedule. The schedule is subject to change: adjustments can be made according to student progress.
授業計画
1 Introduction: what is an argument?
Homework: argument search and analysis
2 Entering the big conversation
Homework: creating disagreement; writing a short argument
3 Aristotle’s appeals
Homework: identify the appeal and write a summary
4 The Toulmin system
Homework: using the Toulmin system to analyze and construct arguments

Assignment of mid-term essay
5 Mid-term review
Review of concepts, forms and ideas
Homework: bring a copy of the article to be used in the mid-term essay, write a summary and response
6 Review continued
Go over homework, peer-review; prepare outlines/point-form analysis of arguments in the mid-term essay articles
Homework: write a first draft of the mid-term essay
7 Mid-term essay first draft peer-review
Peer-review; grammar review
Homework: write final draft of the mid-term essay
8 Collect mid-term essays

Grammar and style review; analytical paragraphs
Homework: grammar and style tasks, paragraph analyses, read “Analytical Paragraphs,” pages 10-15
9 Grammar and style review; analytical paragraphs
Homework: grammar and style tasks, paragraph analyses; read “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Assignment of final essay about “The Yellow Wallpaper”
10 Grammar and style review; analytical paragraphs
Homework: grammar and style tasks, paragraph analyses, read “Analytical Paragraphs,” pages 15-29
11 Grammar and style review; argument structure
Homework: grammar and style tasks, argument structure analyses, read “Argument Structure,” pages 51-65
12 Grammar and style review; argument structure
Homework: grammar and style tasks, write a first draft of the final essay
13 Grammar and style review; argument structure
Homework: grammar and style tasks, write a second draft of the final essay
14 no class
15 Review, final essay due
その他
教科書 Materials will be supplied by the instructor.
成績評価の方法及び基準 平常点(30%)、mid-term essay(30%)、final essay (40%)
オフィスアワー Monday 16:30-!8:00, or by appointment

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