英語圏文学演習１

授業テーマ	The city and the country in English literature.
授業のねらい・到達目標	Students will be able to trace tropes, themes, ideas, images, ideologies relating to cities in English literature, and how the ‘country’ is in a sense formed by the city.
授業の方法	By reading shorter excerpts from a variety of fictional and non-fictional genres, and from a variety of literary and historical traditions (including works in translation that have influenced English literature), we will explore how English literature has responded to the formation of cities, how it has contributed to the city-country divide, and how it reflects and represents the socio-cultural conditions of city spaces and city life. Thus a final essay question might have students compare an ancient or classical text, a theoretical text, and a newer text in order to identify and explain similarities and significances.

授業計画
1	Introduction; What is a city? What is the ‘country’?
2	Classical Pastoral: Theocritus; Virgil
3	Ancient cities: Ibn Khaldun; the Bible
4	Renaissance pastoral
5	The pastoral in English poetry
6	The country vs. the city
7	The city vs. the country
8	Simmel, Spengler, Weber: social theory and the city
9	Paris: Benjamin, the flâneur
10	Paris: Balzac, Baudelaire (1)
11	Paris: Balzac, Baudelaire (2)
12	London: Wordsworth, Blake
13	London: Dickens (1)
14	London: Dickens (2)
15	London: Dickens; final essays due

その他
教科書	Reading and other class materials wil be provided by the instructor.
参考書	Students may read Japanese translations of the reading materials, but only English will be used in class and on assignments.
成績評価の方法及び基準	平常点(30%)、short presentations(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.
オフィスアワー	Monday 16:30-18:00 in my office (7316); or by appointment