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科目名 Topic Studies 1  Mark Twain's Views on Core Issues
担当教員 Aljets, Merritt
授業の目的、または到達目標 To further understand the issues of identity, community, equality, and discovery through an examination of Mark Twain's life and literature.
Learning Goals:
* can discuss the issues above as seen in cultures past and present
* can discuss how these issues may be related to and their importance for our lives today (including benefits and problems)
* can discuss current happenings in these issues and what changes the future may bring
授業の概要 This course will examine Mark Twain's life and literature. Students will choose opinions about identity, community, equality, or discovery from Mark Twain’s writings such as "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court," "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," and others. They will report on these opinions to the class. Using them as a starting point, the students will compare and contrast Twain’s opinions with those of more recent scholars, and try to formulate their own opinions of these issues relative to our present and future society.
科目群/ベンチマーク Int
授業の形態 lectures, discussions
時間割   概要 宿題(予習・復習等)
1
  • Introduction to course procedures and explanation of presentations and papers. Introductory lecture.
2
  • Introductory lecture on the life of Mark Twain
3
  • How and where to find research materials. Discuss APA
  • Finding research articles. Work on first reflection and response paper.
4
  • Discussion of past and present of issues. APA Quiz
  • Make a list of questions about one issue
5
  • Discuss content and format for first reflection and response paper.
  • Prepare for presentation
6
  • Work on content for first student presentation.
  • Hand in first reflection and response paper
7
  • Continue work on research paper.
  • Work on second reflection and response paper
8
  • Review and discussion of Twain's opinions on one issue.
9
  • Student Presentations on Twain's opinions on one issue.
  • Write summary of a few of Twain's opinions
10
  • Discuss Twain's life and modern thought.
  • Hand in second reflection and response paper
11
  • Discuss content and plan for group presentation.
  • Work on third reflection and response paper
12
  • Continue content discussions. Quiz on Twain's life
13
  • More discussion of Twain's life and opinions.
14
  • Student group presentations
  • Hand in third reflection and response paper
15
  • In class review quiz and hand in summary homework.
準備学習 Read and summarize articles concerning Twain's life and times.
教科書 Mark Twain : Words and Music (Two CDs with booklet) produced by Carl Jackson
参考文献 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain and the Spiritual Crisis of His Age
The Bible According to Mark Twain
Miscellaneous short stories
(all available in the library)
成績評価方法・基準 Class work and quizzes 40%, group research presentation 20%, summary of research presentation 10%, reflection and response papers 30%
備考 A detailed syllabus will be provided.

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
Aljets, Merritt 春学期 金曜日 ３時限 I1 2