学部前期課程
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英語上級
“What is my motivation?”: Screenplay Study Group and Dramatic Workshop,
This class will be exploring films and their screenplays as a way to better understand how English works in speaking situations. These films are acknowledged as masterpieces especially for their dialogue, and as such the language the use is often more clever, eloquent, and funny than the kind of things that people say in ordinary situations. However dramatic dialogue has to sound real and natural before anything else, so we can still trust the language in these films as good models for the following questions: What kind of words do people deploy in which speech registers/contexts? How are collocations used in natural language? What is the cadence and the music of natural English? Digging more deeply, we will look into the psychology behind dramatic language: What motivates people to speak? Why do people say one thing when they mean something else? How to people use language when they need to get someone else to do something for them?
The course is composed of five units of two weeks each. Each unit is dedicated to a single film. For every unit students will view a film outside of class time (hopefully more than once), and also study the screenplay. In independent reading and in class discussion, attention will be paid primarily to how dialogue is written to sound “real” or “natural.” Coming to understand what “simply sounds good” is an important step towards gaining authentic, deep, fluency.
This course is not just theoretical; it is a workshop. In every class we will read through scenes aloud, and perform them in front of others, as a way to get familiar with the feeling of speaking natural English. Most of this work will be be graded only on participation, but there will be a final graded performance of a script, which students must memorize and rehearse beforehand. This is not a test of how good an actor you are, but rather a way to show your preparation and efforts to diligently and creatively make sense of the dialogue you are given.
This class will likely appeal to lovers of film and theater, but there is no requirement to be a good actor, or know a lot about movies. All that is needed is a desire to study and understand these scripts and a willingness to play and experiment with language in the presence of others.
This course is not just theoretical; it is a workshop. In every class we will read through scenes aloud, and perform them in front of others, as a way to get familiar with the feeling of speaking natural English. Most of this work will be be graded only on participation, but there will be a final graded performance of a script, which students must memorize and rehearse beforehand. This is not a test of how good an actor you are, but rather a way to show your preparation and efforts to diligently and creatively make sense of the dialogue you are given.
This class will likely appeal to lovers of film and theater, but there is no requirement to be a good actor, or know a lot about movies. All that is needed is a desire to study and understand these scripts and a willingness to play and experiment with language in the presence of others.
時間割／共通科目コード
コース名
教員
学期
時限
51478
CAS-GC2L12S3
英語上級
Zane Mackin
火曜2限
マイリストに追加
マイリストから削除
講義使用言語
英語
単位
2
実務経験のある教員による授業科目
NO
他学部履修
不可
開講所属
教養学部（前期課程）
授業計画
The first and all following classes will be in person.
1. Introduction. Great scenes (e.g. Casablanca, Sunset Blvd)
2. Annie Hall
3. Annie Hall
4. Glengarry Glen Ross
5. Glengarry Glen Ross
6. Before Sunrise
7. Before Sunrise
8. The Social Network
9. The Social Network
10. Magnolia
11. Magnolia
12. Final performances
13. Final performances. Semester review.
授業の方法
Classes will largely consist of small group discussion and reading of scripts. Students will occasionally perform scripts aloud (i.e. "table-reading") in front of the class. A portion of some classes will involve class-wide viewing of and discussion of scenes.
Assessment will be on preparation of scenes and participation in classroom activities.
成績評価方法
Attendance (50%)
In class exercises (25%)
Final performance (25%)
履修上の注意
Students are expected to come to class having viewed the films and studied their respective screenplays. Students will be sometimes required to print material from the screenplays for discussion in class.
