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科目名 Theme Studies 2  Traditions and Popular Expressions
担当教員 Johnston, Scott
授業の目的、または到達目標 To understand how traditions are created and popularized and recognize how popular traditions are, in reality, created through a combination of universal archetypes, migrating cultures, inspired beliefs, and business judgments.

Learning Goals
Can explain holidays and their connections to culture
Can give a written analysis of holidays related to culture
Can clearly give a presentation on a traditon
Can answer questions about culture and traditions
授業の概要 This course will examine holidays, beginning with their mythological inceptions, to their accepted religious framing and their popular cultural expression in Western countries as well as Japan. Issues of migration, diffusion, and cultural borrowing as they impact on the changes in "tradition" will be considered. The role of business in furthering and popularizing modern traditions will be considered.
科目群/ベンチマーク Int
授業の形態 Lecture, discussion, and writing
時間割   概要 宿題(予習・復習等)
1
  • Review, Writing Workshop (Outline)
  • Course Text: pgs 67 - 79; pgs. 101 – 111
2
  • Christmas: Popular Expression, Beliefs and Consumerism
  • pgs. xiii - xxi; pgs. 79 - 84; reflective writing
3
  • St. Patrick's Day and New Holiday Incorporation
  • Outline for Research Paper
4
  • Review, Writing Workshop (Oultine)
  • pgs. 1-8; pgs. 145 - 152
5
  • Summer Chills: Obon and Chusok (Korea)
  • pgs. 9 - 16pgs. 153 - 161
6
  • Halloween and Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos in Mexico)
  • pgs. 17 - 23; pgs. 162 - 167
7
  • Holidays in Media: Cinema and TV representations
  • First Draft of Research Paper
8
  • Review, Writing Workshop (First Draft), Mid-Term Exam
  • pgs. 24 - 33; pgs. 178 - 183
9
  • Christmas: Ancient Winter Tradition
  • pgs. 184 - 189; reflective writing
10
  • Christmas: Conventions, Symbols and Meanings
  • pgs. 34 - 39; pgs. 190 - 200
11
  • Christmas: Popular Expression, Beliefs and Consummerism
  • pgs. 40 - 46; pgs. 201 - 205
12
  • Food, Clothing, and Education: Origins and Current Expressions
  • Final Draft of Research Paper
13
  • Review, Writing Workshop (Final Draft), and Final Exam
  • Presentation Preparation; Final Draft Work; pgs. 56 - 66; pgs. 205 - 209
14
  • Presentations; Final Draft due
  • Presentation Preparation; pgs. 86 -100; pgs. 126 - 138
15
  • Presentations; Class Wrap
  • Enjoy YOUR holiday!
準備学習 Students are expected to read course readings several hours a week and to prepare short response papers for subsequent class discussions. Students will also be responsible for reviewing course content for quizzes and discussions.
教科書 Santino, Jack. 1995. All Around the Year: Holidays and Celebrations in American Life. Champaign: Univerisity of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0-252-06516-6
参考文献 Several resource books will be in the library
成績評価方法・基準 Class work, quizzes, writings, discussions, participation = 50%
Presentation = 10% (group presentation on self-selected cultural theme/tradition)
Research Paper = 40% (which has three subsections, 5 pages)
Introduction/Outline = 5%
Rough Draft = 10%
Final Draft = 25%

時間割

担当教員 開講学期 開講曜日 開講時限 履修クラス 単位数
Johnston, Scott 秋学期 火曜日 ２時限 I3 2