英語圏文学演習１

授業テーマ	Historical Change, the Individual, and Society: Things Fall Apart
授業のねらい・到達目標	Students will improve their abilities in reading complex fictional texts, participating in discussions, and in working on various writing assignments, including a group project and a final essay.
授業の方法	Chinua Achebe’s masterpiece Things Fall Apart is one of the most widely read novels in the world. It focuses on how historical changes affect both a community and an individual, while also showing readers that how a story is written is as important as what it says. Classroom and homework assignments will challenge students to understand and explain the relationships between history, narrative, the possible intentions of the author, and the novel’s main themes, along with enhancing abilities in reading, speaking, listening and writing.

授業計画
1	Introduction
2	Things Fall Apart (1)
3	Things Fall Apart (2)
4	Things Fall Apart (3)
5	Things Fall Apart (4)
6	Things Fall Apart (5)
7	Things Fall Apart (6)
8	Things Fall Apart (7)
9	Things Fall Apart (8)
10	Things Fall Apart (9)
11	group projects: planning, making an outline
12	group projects: outlines due, presentations of outlines
13	group projects: presentations of key ideas
14	consultations
15	group projects: final presentations and projects due

その他
教科書	Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart :ISBN-13: 978-0385474542, Anchor Books, 1994 Students are strongly recommended to read Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, either in Japanese translation or in English, either before or during the first few weeks of class. Other materials will be distributed in class.
成績評価の方法及び基準	平常点(30%)、term-length assignment(35%)、final essay(35%) Students who participate actively will succeed in this class. Students who are frequently late or who are absent from three or more classes will not receive credit for this class.