授業科目名 年度 学期 開講曜日・時限 学部・研究科 全担当教員 単位数
12491:[2025 秋セメスター]IR18‐AE108 Introduction to Humanities(RB) § 12492:IR-AS111 Introduction to Geography(RB) § 12493:Introduction to Humanities(RB) § 12494:RUIR-1803 Introduction to Humanities(RB) 2025 秋セメスター 火3 法学部,経済学部,経営学部,産業社会学部,国際関係学部,政策科学部,文学部,映像学部,総合心理学部,理工学部,情報理工学部,スポーツ健康科学部 AVILES ERNULT J. R. 2

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授業施設

明学館MG001号教室

授業で利用する言語

英語

授業の概要と方法

Introduction to humanities deals with interpretation of media and popular culture. The course features psychoanalysis, structuralism, narratology, Marxism as perspectives of textual interpretation among others.

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受講生の到達目標

1. Demonstrate a foundational understanding of key theoretical frameworks relevant to the interpretation of media and popular culture,
2. Analyze and interpret a diverse range of media texts
3. Identify and explain the historical and cultural contexts that shape the production and reception of media texts.
4. Develop critical thinking and analytical skills by applying theoretical frameworks to analyze and interpret media texts.
5. Conduct independent research and effectively synthesize information from various sources.
6. Communicate effectively in writing through clear, concise, and well-supported arguments.
7. Engage in thoughtful and respectful discussions about complex and controversial issues related to media and popular culture.

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授業スケジュール

授業回数/
担当教員（複数担当の場合） 		テーマ
キーワード・文献・補足事項等
1

Introduction to Humanities & Cultural Criticism

What is Humanities?
* Defining Cultural studies and "Popular Culture"
* Key Concepts in Cultural Studies (e.g., representation, text, power, culture)

2

Film as History: Representation and Reality

* Analyzing film as a historical document.
* Media and the mediatization of history and reality.

3

Film as History: Representation and Reality

How to analyze films as historical document.
* Case Study: A film that depicts a historical event (e.g., Gladiator, Schindler's List).
*Humanities and literary theory in practice.

4

Narratology and Structuralism: Myth and Archetypes

*Introduction to the analysis of narratives and myth-structures.
*Joseph Campbell's Monomyth.

5

Narratology and Structuralism: Myth and Archetypes

Film analysis: Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
*Comparison to other cinematic universes.
*Identification of archetypes and narrative functions.

6

Psychoanalytic Criticism

How Freudian interpretation works?
*The structure of the mind and the unconscious.
*Freud and language.

7

 Psychoanalytic Criticism

Film analysis: Suzume no Tojimari (2022).
*The vision of disaster in the collective imaginary of Japan.
*The national collective unconscious.

8

Critical Approaches to Popular Culture

Feminist, Marxist, and Postcolonial perspectives on cultural analysis.
*Beginnings and basics of Marxism.
*Leninist Marxism.
*The Frankfurt School.

9

Critical Approaches to Popular Culture

What is Feminism?
The rediscovery of female texts and women's experiences.
* "Constructiveness" of femininity and social experience.
* Waves of Feminism

10

Critical Approaches to Popular Culture

What is a postcolonial reading?
*E. Said's Orientalism.
* The "Other" as the representation of the non-western.

11

Critical Approaches to Popular Culture

Film analysis: Aladdin (1992).
*The portrayal of the non-western on screen.

12

Semiotic Theory

The Iconic Sign
The Aesthetic Idiolect
How to do iconography analysis.

13

Final Presentation I

Final presentations by students on any topic related to course contents.

14

Final Presentation II

Final presentations by students on any topic related to course contents.

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Students will be assigned a "text" as well as a writing assignment to be submitted by Week 8 of the course.

授業実施形態

In-person classes

授業外学習の指示

All students are expected to complete reading of the materials prior to each class.
Copies of reading materials will be provided at the earlier stage of the program.
Additional reading beside the assigned articles can help with your understanding of the course.

成績評価方法

種別 割合(%) 評価基準等
定期試験（筆記）

レポート試験
（統一締切日を締切とするレポート）

上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価
（日常的な授業における取組状況の評価）		 100

In-class writing assignments (summary of and comments on topics discussed in class): 40 %
Final Presentation (case studies selected by students): 40%
Participation in Discussion: 20%

成績評価方法(備考)

受講および研究に関するアドバイス

There is no textbook for the course. Readings for each week will be provided in the class.

教科書

教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考書

書名 著者 出版社 ISBNコード 備考
Beginning theory: An introduction to literary and cultural theory Peter Barry Manchester University Press 978-1526121790

参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)

Recommended (optional) reading for developing strong base in theory.

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授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法

学生との直接対話,その他(教員より別途指示）

備考

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