2023 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Social and Human Sciences Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
Graduate Lecture in Culture and Arts F1A
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Ryoichi Yamane
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue (W9-201(W921))
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- SHS.U443
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
In this course the instructor will facilitate discussions among students on a vast field of critical theories ranging from new liberalism to material turn. Each student will be required to read some materials related to the topic and give some presentations on them.
This course aims to highlight the ways in which various critical theories have affected the people’s feelings and thoughts.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course students will:
・ acquire the knowledge of various critical theories.
・ learn the skills of both distant reading and close reading.
・ be able to make sophisticated comments on not only artworks, but also socio-political issues.
Keywords
Critical theories, cultural studies, literature
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In each session, the instructor will give lectures on historical background, and students will be requested to read texts related to the lectures. All participants will read them prior to the class, listen to a presentation by one of the students and have a further discussion either in Japanese or in English.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction: New Liberalism | Define new liberalism |
| Class 2 | New historicism and cultural materialism | Learn how to use new historicism and cultural materialism |
| Class 3 | Gender studies （Especially Mens and masculinities studies） | Learn how to use perspectives of gender studies |
| Class 4 | Postcolonialism | Learn how to use postcolonialism |
| Class 5 | Print Culture | Learn how to use the perspective of print culture |
| Class 6 | Material Turn | Learn how to apply the material turn to your study |
| Class 7 | Review and discussion. Submit your essay. | Discuss what the US print culture is all about |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Materials will be provided during class.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Related books and articles will be mentioned when necessary.
Evaluation methods and criteria
class participation: 50%, Final paper: 50%
Related courses
- SHS.U444 ： Graduate Lecture in Culture and Arts F1B
Prerequisites
Nothing required
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
ryamane17[at]gmail.com
Other
N/A