2011年度 I.E. SEMINARS 授業内容

※　以下においては、A = Seminar A（週180分、４単位）、B = Seminar B（週90分、２単位）

Ａ～Ｃ組用（火曜）
★前期開講
1) (LITERATURE) TRUE NORTH: CANADIAN STUDIES THROUGH LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND DRAMA
-Strong, G. (A, Tue 3-4)
Through reading Canadian short stories from Mordechai Richler and Roch Carrier, poetry from Margaret Atwood and Robert Service, and listening to contemporary singers from Celine Dionne to Avril Lavigne, watching scenes from films, parts of documentaries, and looking at Canadian art, we will examine the Canadian themes of pioneering, bicultural conflict, multiculturalism, gender issues, the environment, and the contribution of First Nations people to contemporary Canada (particularly, the Indians of the Pacific Northwest) as depicted in traditional legends. Students in this course will take turns leading group discussions, role play scenes from films and plays, and develop a group presentation.

2) (LITERATURE) FAIRY TALES
- Pulaski, J. (B, Tue 3)
In this class, we will explore the genre of fairy tales. We will discuss the nature of fairy tales, their historical development, cultural context and their modern equivalents. We will also examine various interpretations of fairy tales from Freudian, Jungian, and feminist perspectives. Students will be expected to analyze and discuss fairy tales and to write their own fairy tale for presentation to the class.

★後期開講
3) (LITERATURE) “Loving Large”: Obesity Awareness Through Fat Fiction
- Armstrong, H. (A, Tue 2-3)
Obesity is an epidemic in the developed world. But, today and previously, obesity has represented a variety of images in human culture, some positive (the “wealthy epicurean”) and many negative (the “fat lazy slob”). This class will look at “fat positive” role models in culture and raise awareness of size-ism through the study of HAES (Health At Every Size), a movement dedicated to a better understanding of healthy human diversity. Beginning with English translation Guy de Maupassant’s classic 1880 short story Boule de Suif (Ball of Fat), we will also consider excerpts from Emile Zola’s 1873 story Le Ventre de Paris (The Fat and The Thin) and Ruby’s Diary: Reflections on All I’ve Lost and Gained. In class presentations, we will share art presentations and role-plays exploring size-ism.

4) (LITERATURE) ARTHURIAN LEGEND
- Bundt, Lören (A, Tue 2-3)
This course will trace the 1,500-year old legend of King Arthur through its evolution from medieval poetry to modern DVDs. As we look at how succeeding generations have treated the stories handed down to them, an emphasis will be placed upon analyzing the assorted Arthurian tales within their historical context in an attempt to discover what motifs, or themes, and images recur or are introduced in the tales as told by people separated by time and place. Reading assignments for the course will be based on “The Sword in the Stone” and other selections from T. H. White’s The Once and Future King (written during the WW2 and early Cold War eras).

5) (COMMUNICATION) CULTURE: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
-Bulach, J. (A, Tue 2-3)
This course provides a global perspective by comparing a developed country, one that is developing, and an under developed one. Students will explore and analyze each country’s geography, history, religion/philosophies, values, cultural factors such as language, art, music, food, and contemporary issues including the economic situation. By the end of the course students should be able to compare these cultural factors. The course will include research work, quizzes, discussions, presentations and keeping a journal.

6) (COMMUNICATION) SOCIAL AND GLOBAL ISSUES
-Bollinger, D. (A, Tue 2-3)
This seminar explores such contemporary social and global trends as the graying of society, gender discrimination and global issues such as domestic violence, fair trade, global warming, poverty and international development from a gender-based perspective. Using a variety of selected print and online resources, video and other media, students will research and examine the issues through group discussions, interviews, projects and presentations. Throughout the course, students will keep a journal to record, ideas, opinions, and reflections related to issues explored in class and to acquire and practice using new vocabulary. In lieu of a final exam, students will submit a portfolio containing copies of presentations and reports on projects completed during the course and a self-assessment of their learning.
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7) (LITERATURE) RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES
- Pulaski, J. (B, Tue 3)
In this class, we will explore Russian fairy tales in terms of their historical development and the cultural and political context in Russia. We will also analyze Russian fairy tales from a Freudian, Jungian, feminist and structuralist perspectives, watch film clips, and listen to music relevant to our discussion. Students will be expected to analyze and discuss fairy tales and to write their own fairy tale for presentation to the class.

D～F・J組用（金曜）
★前期開講
8) (COMMUNICATION) A WEB OF WORDS: CONTROVERSY ON THE INTERNET
- Dias, J.V. (A, Fri 3-4)
What do “smoking in public places,” “eating disorders,”  “domestic violence,” and “animal experimentation” have in common? They are representative of topics that students have selected for in depth research in this seminar. Each week, students will access different sorts of electronic sources related to a controversial issue of their choice (e.g., websites, mailing lists, online reference works, Internet radio, and text or broadcast news online). Critical evaluation issues unique to the various sources will be explored and a blog (a kind of web diary) will be kept to chronicle the evolution of students’ thoughts. Ultimately, the blog entries will be organized on student-created websites aimed at giving a fair and reasoned presentation of both sides of the issue, while taking a clear stand.

9) (COMMUNICATION) TEACHING TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CULTURE TO FOREIGNERS
- Martin, J. (B, Fri 3)
This seminar offers students the chance to choose a particular aspect of Japanese culture to teach to foreigners. The topic could be anything from Japanese language to martial arts to Japanese cooking. After examining different lesson plans, students will create their own lessons and present these to the class.

★後期開講
10) (COMMUNICATION) MASS COMMUNICATION AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
- Brooke, S. (A, Fri 3-4)
The main focus of the course is the theory and practice of visual storytelling and mass communication. Through critical viewing activities and discussion, students will learn to become better critical thinkers about the media and its messages. The course will also involve a video production project and learning how to work in the visual media through planning, writing, creating a story board, directing, performing, filming, then editing a piece.

11) (APPLIED LINGUISTICS) EXPERIMENTS IN THE ART OF TEACHING ENGLISH
- Dias, J.V. (A, Fri 3-4)
This seminar will give you insights into what it means to teach, from assessing the learners’ needs all the way to testing and evaluation. Our classroom will be your laboratory. You’ll learn a bit about second language learning research and teaching theory from a set of carefully selected readings, but the course will emphasize practical approaches and methods. You will be required to use your newly acquired skills to teach sample classes and tutor a student outside of the class as part of a case study.

12) (COMMUNICATION) LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
- Taniguchi, J. (A, Fri 3-4)
The course asks students to define language and communication and the differences between them. Portions of such films as Nell and others will be analyzed. In addition to course readings, students will collect data by doing observations and learn the jargon of the field to be used in a final presentation/report on a problem caused by communication breakdown. The course will include participation in an inclusion/exclusion simulation and an exploration of communication breakdown, including the ways to make repairs.

13) (COMMUNICATION) ACTING THROUGH SCENE WORK
- Howl, P.F. (A, Fri 3-4)
Students in this seminar will read, discuss, and perform scenes from famous dramas such as “Of Mice and Men,” and “To Kill a Mockingbird.” We will study conflict, character relationships and climactic moments as well learn connect emotion with dialogue and body movement, learn about techniques in building a character and interacting with other characters. Students will also learn about movement, emotional development and motivation and will also write a scene, develop characters, then rehearse, and perform their scene before a live audience. Students will be graded on attendance, writing the scene, developing the scene and the final performance at the end of the semester.

14) (COMMUNICATION) TEACHING CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE CULTURE TO FOREIGNERS
- Martin, J. (B, Fri 3)
Students will experience teaching in a classroom environment first hand. After investigating a range of modern Japanese cultural subjects, the focus in the course will be on the development of a course curriculum centered on the teaching them. In this context, we will explore lesson plans, the creation of possible teaching aids, and developing a syllabus.

G～I組用（木曜）
★前期開講
15) (COMMUNICATION) INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY — MEDIEVAL TO ROMANTIC
- Binder, S. (B, Thu 3)
This introduction to art history focuses on Western painting from the Gothic Period to the 18th Century. The course places art in the historical context of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and traces major developments such as Realism. Students will analyze famous European paintings from each artistic era and design an art project of their own.

16) (COMMUNICATION) CROSSING CULTURES THROUGH FILM
- Strong, G.B. (A, Thurs 3-4)
Through an analysis of setting, conflict, and climax, we will explore scenes from contemporary films such as A Rabbit-Proof Fence (Australia), Bend It Like Beckham (UK), My Best Friend’s Wedding,” (U.S.), Slum Dog Millionaire (UK and India), and Whale Rider” (New Zealand), we will learn about film media and inter-cultural values and dialects of English. The course also will trace the development of film, and its technology over the last century through the genres of horror, romantic comedy, science fiction, and the coming-of-age story. Aspects of film-making such as storyboarding, and camera angles will be discussed. Student assignments will include discussions, then creating and performing a photo story as a piece of “readers theatre.”

★後期開講
17) (COMMUNICATION) MUSIC AS COMMUNICATION
- Basso, R. (A, Thu 3-4)
An in-depth look will be taken of various types of music such as classical, soul, reggae, pop, rock’n roll, folk, and “music of the earth.” The emphasis will be on the themes the environment, discrimination, and women’s rights, as well as on vocabulary, idioms, slang, pronunciation, and such devices as alliteration and assonance, as they appear in song lyrics. Students will give presentations, participate in discussions, and write about culture and music. There will be two major papers on musical genres and a major presentation.

18) (COMMUNICATION) WOMEN IN SOCIETY
- Barat, R. (A, Thu 3-4)
Though women form the majority of the population, most tests focus on issues that reflect male interests. The contribution of women, and the issues that are central to their lives, are often added as a single chapter, as if they were a minor group with just slight differences from the male culture. In this course, we will look at the aspects of society that have the greatest impact on women: marriage, dating, family relations and economic factors. We will look at societies where women have the power, Amish women who show us how women lived hundreds of years ago, Asian women living in Christian cultures and Muslim women living in Islamic societies. We will also look at attitudes towards beauty and how our self image has been influenced by the media from the late 19^th century to today. The course will include journals, discussions, an essay, and a presentation.

19) (LITERATURE) CLASSICAL AND MODERN MYTHOLOGY: IMAGINATION SHAPING OUR WORLD
- Bruce, J. (A, Thu 3-4)
From UFOs to ghosts and cult figures such as Eva Peron, and Elvis Presley, myths are important in world culture. This class will examine key Greek myths and terminology as well as those from other cultures including Hinduism, Islam, and Catholicism, and how myths have evolved to influence literature and Western societies. Discussions, readings, and student presentations will be from Edith Hamilton’s Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes.

20) (COMMUNICATION) IN PERFORMANCE
- Strong, G.B. (A, Thu 3-4)
In this course, student actors will explore many aspects of performance including improvising parodies of commercials and movie trailers, reading authentic TV newscasts and documentaries, performing parts from famous political speeches, acting in scenes from TV sitcoms, and developing, then reading and performing an original scene in such genres as comedy, love story, horror, science fiction, or thriller as “readers theatre” before a live audience.

21) INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY — MODERN ART
- Binder, S. (B, Thu 3)
This is art history course focusing on Western painting from the 19th Century to the present, including such painters as Whistler, Degas, and Van Gogh. The course places art in a historical context and traces movements such as Impressionism and Expressionism to Pop Art, Op Art, and Abstracts. Students will develop visual literacy by analyzing paintings and creating an art project.
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