科目名SES150:

開講期

秋分類
キーワード
授業の概要

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lupas-m@sophia.ac.jp
必修
単位
標準受講年次 1 年
連絡先
Women writers, Life writing, Christian humanism, texts and contexts
In this course students will explore the writings of several influential women from different times
and places. Students will do active readings of these works in English. They will begin to do
independent research on works of literature by exploring a text’s style, themes, literary genre, andcontext and by writing a short research report.

達成目標

Students will:•read short works of life writing and literature written by women (journals, letters,psychological novels, speeches, poetry)•closely read a text and analyze its style•identify major themes in the text (how does the author feel about the act of writing; what
are recurring problems or ideas in the text; what values are important; what view of the world does
the author express)•
begin to situate texts in their contexts (historical, cultural, cultural values, conventions
related to a literary genre)•
begin to explore the different relationships between texts and their contents•
get familiar with research habits and tools for studying literature.
For each of the short texts in the syllabus, students will learn to prepare preliminary research notes
related to the text’s style and context. Students will begin to do independent research on an author
and text. For their research projects, students will analyze the text’s style and themes, research thetext’s context and prepare a research report with a basic thesis statement. They will practiceexplaining orally their own research process and findings in a presentation.
Participation 40%, Research notes 30%, Report 20%, Report presentation 10%

到達目標

評価方法

プレ・ゼミナール開講時限 水 4 限

担当教員 M. Lupas

研究室4206

オフィスアワー P.16 を参照のこと

評価基準

Participation means active participation in class activities including sharing findings andimpressions about the texts during class discussions.
Research notes should be made thoroughly for each short text we will read. The research notes aredue at the beginning of the class in which the text is assigned.
The report should demonstrate the student’s effort to identify major themes in the chosen text andto notice some elements of style in the text. The report should contain relevant information tosituate the text in its context. It should have a basic thesis statement.
Presentation should intelligibly explain the topic chosen for research, what tools were used forresearch and what the research findings were.

準備学修の時間For each 90-minute class session of this course, an average of 180 minutes is needed for out-ofclass study (assignments, review, etc.).

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テーマおよび学習内容
1 Course introduction. Research Ethics
Education

授業計画
運営方法、教育手法
Lecture準備学修（予習・復習）
Read handout on Pillow Book
and prepare research notes.

2Sei Shonagon’s Pillow Book (Selections)Sharing opinions andresearch in group

Read handout on Murasaki
Shikibu. Do research notes.

3

Murasaki Shikibu’s Journal, Tale of Genji(Selections)Sharing opinions andresearch in group

Read handout on Mme deLaFayette. Do research notes.

4

Tale of Genji; Madame de LaFayette’s The
Princess of Cleves(Selections)Sharing opinions andresearch in group

Read handout on Mme deSévigné. Do research notes.

5

Madame de Sévigné’s Letters(Selections)Sharing opinions andresearch in group

Read handout on V. Woolf. Do
research notes.

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テーマおよび学習内容
6 Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own(Selections)

授業計画
運営方法、教育手法
Sharing opinions andresearch in group

準備学修（予習・復習）
Read handout on Helen Keller.
Do research notes.

7

Helen Keller’s Story of My Life
(Selections)Sharing opinions andresearch in group

Read handout on Anne Frank’sDiary. Do research notes

8Anne Frank’s Diary(Selections)Sharing opinions andresearch in group

Read handout on Therese ofLisieux. Do research notes

9Therese of Lisieux’s Poetry(Selections)Sharing opinions andresearch in group

Read handout on Therese ofLisieux. Do research notes

10 Therese of Lisieux’s Story of a Soul(Selections)Sharing opinions andresearch in group

Read handout on Mother
Teresa. Do research notes

11 Mother Teresa’s Letters I (Selections)Sharing. Consultation
about research topic

Work on research report

12 Mother Teresa’s Letters II/ Research tools

Sharing. Consultation
about research topic

Work on research report

13 Research Presentations

Presentations andquestions. Feedback

Work on research report

14 Research Presentations

Presentations andquestions. Feedback

Work on research report

15 Research Presentations /Reflection TimeFeedback. Writing
learning portfolio

Complete learning portfolio

テキスト
参考書

Original handouts containing the selected reading texts from Sei Shonagon, Murasaki Shikibu,
Madame de Lafayette, Madame de Sévigné, Virginia Woolf, Helen Keller, Anne Frank, Therese ofLisieux, and Mother Teresa will be distributed in class.
English Essentials: An Academic Skills Handbook