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科目名
平成28年度入学者
英米文学特殊講義6
科目名
平成27年度以前入学者
英米文学特殊講義6
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 後期 履修区分 選択必修
授業テーマ Writing a graduate level research essay in preparation for the Master’s thesis.
授業のねらい・到達目標 This course is designed to consolidate and enhance abilities acquired in the first semester. The ultimate objective is to write a graduate-level research essay.
授業の方法 The second semester builds on the skills studied and practiced in the first semester. While the focus is on writing essays that analyze fiction, the skills and forms are also applicable to essays in other fields. At the end of the semester, in addition to writing multiple drafts of a final research essay, students will give a presentation based on their final essay.
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 literature?
Homework: read “The Purpose of an Essay About Literature,” answer review questions
2 The purpose of an essay about literature
Review reading, answers, lecture, Q&A
Homework: read “Research Within the Text,” answer review questions;
also read “Oh, Think Not That I Am Unfaithful to a Vow!” and “This Is Just To Say”
3 Types of literary analysis essays: close readings
Review reading, answers, lecture, Q&A; discuss “Oh, Think Not!”
Homework: read “Types of Literary Analysis Essays” (Close Readings), do exercise 5.1 C
4 Types of literary analysis essays: close readings
Review reading, answers, lecture, Q&A; introduce “Scales”
Homework: read “Types of Literary Analysis Essays” (Passage Analysis Essays);
also read “Scales,” do exercises 5.1 A, B, and C
5 Types of literary analysis essays: passage analysis essays
Review reading, answers, lecture, Q&A
Homework: read “Types of Literary Analysis Essays” (Comparative Analysis Essays); do exercises 5.2 A, B, and C
6 Types of literary analysis essays: comparative analysis essays
Review reading, answers, lecture, Q&A
Homework: read “Types of Literary Analysis Essays” (literary analysis research essays using critical sources); do exercises 5.3 A, B and C
7 Types of literary analysis essays: literary research analysis essays using critical sources
Review reading, answers, lecture, Q&A
Homework: continue exercise 5.3 C
8 Types of literary analysis essays: literary research analysis essays using critical sources
Review reading, answers, lecture, Q&A
Homework: read “Types of Literary Analysis Essays” (literary analysis research essays using historical sources); do exercise 5.4 A, B, and C
9 Types of literary analysis essays: literary research analysis essays using historical sources
Review reading, answers, lecture, Q&A
Homework: write an outline of a literary research analysis essay that uses critical and/or historical sources, based on literary texts we have read
10 Refining research problems and main claims
Peer review of essay outlines, discussion of research sources, review of introductory paragraphs and thesis statements
Homework: read “Writing the body of the essay;" write a first draft of the final essay
11 The body of the essay
Review reading, peer review of first drafts; review citations, Works Cited list
Homework: read “Editing and Proofreading Your Essay;” write a second draft of the final essay
12 Editing and proofreading
Review reading, peer review of second drafts; discuss presentations
Homework: write a third draft of the final essay, prepare presentations
13 Essay presentations
Homework: write a fourth 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(25%)、homework assignments(25%)、final essay (50%)
オフィスアワー Monday 14:30-18:00, or by appointment.

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