授業の目的 【日本語】
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | By the end of the course, students should be able to
1. articulate elements of the travel writing genre;
2. reflect on the purpose and value of travel writing;
3. understand better some of the complex dynamics of intercultural encounter;
4. think critically about the practice of cultural interpretation;
5. recognize the role of myth in ancient and early modern accounts of travel. |
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到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | |
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | A rich and lively source of cultural comparison can be found in the genre of travel writing. Naturally travel writers document their observations of the peoples and places they visit. Often these perceptions—of the strange, frustrating, joyful, or comical in a foreign setting—are engaging in themselves, providing us with a kind of vicarious fascination about worlds and ways unknown. In certain remarkable instances, the author’s encounter with a foreign culture brings into relief his own background, leads him to reflect on the assumptions, beliefs, and practices which he had previously taken for granted.
In this course, we explore works by authors who voyage eastward and whose travel experience, in one way or another, proves unexpectedly enlightening. We begin with a theoretical foundation: the anthropologist Clifford Geertz’s approach to cultural interpretation—as well as his practice of it in Bali. From there, we go back in time to examine a few pre- and early modern travelogues, including excerpts from what is perhaps the most famous travel account ever, Marco Polo’s Devisement du Monde (Description of the World). The second half of the course features modern and contemporary texts: Isabella Bird’s 1878 trek to Hokkaido to meet the Ainu people (Unbeaten Tracks in Japan), Peter Hessler’s time as a teacher in China (Rivertown), and Jan Morris’s keen portraits of Hong Kong and Singapore (Among the Cities). |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | 10% Participation in discussion
10% Brief presentation
30% Midterm essay
50% Final Paper |
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教科書・テキスト
Textbook | | | All required materials will be made available to students. |
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参考書
Reference Book | | | Details to be provided in class. |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | Students will be required to undertake reading and writing assignments outside of class. |
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履修取り下げ制度（利用の有無）学部のみ
Course withdrawal | | If you submit the Course Withdrawal Form by the deadline, "W(Absence)" will be given in principle. Otherwise the grade will be "F" unless you meet the passing criteria.
『履修取り下げ届』を期日までに提出した場合は原則「Ｗもしくは欠席」となりますが、同届を提出しない場合は成績評価が行われ、合格基準に達しない場合は「Ｆ」となります。 |
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備考
Others | | |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | B-3）Face-to-face course（Including some remote classes using both simultaneous interactive and on-demand methods)
※The number of remote classes must be less than 7 out of 15 classes. |
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