During the American Literature course we will work with a number of assigned texts, all online: Kathryn VanSpanckeren's A Brief Introduction to American Literature, and an anthology of American short stories, poetry, and excerpts from novels. The reading assignments will be supplemented by in-class mini-lectures introducing other art forms – mostly paintings and music in order to link the literary history of the United States to the economic, historical and popular culture contexts for the texts we will study in the course.
AmBunRon2019 is the support site for students enrolled in the first semester "Introduction to American Studies" lecture course at Miyazaki Municipal University.
“Introduction to American Studies” is a lecture course designed to introduce students to the interdisciplinary study [学際的 ] of American social and political history. My primary goal is to introduce you to the contradictions and complexity of the social and cultural history of the United States. We will, therefore, work with a variety of texts in trying to come to terms with the basic question, "What is "American" culture and how did it come to be this way?"
During the American Literature course we will work with a number of assigned texts, all online: Kathryn VanSpanckeren's A Brief Introduction to American Literature, and an anthology of American short stories, poetry, and excerpts from novels. The reading assignments will be supplemented by in-class mini-lectures introducing other art forms – mostly paintings and music in order to link the literary history of the United States to the economic, historical and popular culture contexts for the texts we will study in the course.
“Introduction to American Studies” is a lecture course designed to introduce students to the interdisciplinary study [学際的 ] of American social and political history. My primary goal is to introduce you to the contradictions and complexity of the social and cultural history of the United States. We will, therefore, work with a variety of texts in trying to come to terms with the basic question, "What is "American" culture and how did it come to be this way?"