外国文学

Week One: The beginnings of Western Literature, including Homer and Greek tragedy Week Two: Greece to Rome, including Horace's "Ars Poetica" Week Three: The rise of English, including Anglo-Saxon poetry Week Four: Middle English, Chaucer, and the battle over language Week Five: The Elizabethan period and the plays of Shakespeare Week Six: The short seventeenth century - war, plague, fire, and Milton Week Seven: The long eighteenth century and the satires of Swift and Pope Week Eight: The rise of Romanticism and Sensibility Week Nine: British Imperialism and the nineteenth century Week Ten: Literature in the New World, Manifest Destiny, and the American Dream Week Eleven: Modernism and the search for meaning Week Twelve: In-class test Week Thirteen: Literature from the late twentieth century to today

This class shall be conducted using a lecture/discussion format. Handouts will be given each week and these shall form a kind of textbook on which the final examination will be based.

In-class work (including homework): 20% Test: 30% Essay: 50%

Each week, homework will be given. It is expected that this will be completed by the next class and this will be checked.

This course is taught by a tenured professor of English Literature at the Hongo campus of the University of Tokyo with expertise in early modern studies.