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LIT300BC(文学 / Literature 300)
Seminar in Japanese Literary Writings 21A

Kazuto YAMAGUCHI

Class code etc
Faculty/Graduate school Faculty of Letters
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Year 2023
Class code A2655
Previous Class code
Previous Class title
Term 春学期授業/Spring
Day/Period 月6/Mon.6
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷
Classroom name 市外濠‐S201
Grade 2~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers (Notes)
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Category 日本文学科
他学科公開科目
Group
Day or Night

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Outline (in English)

【Course outline】
We will learn how to write a short story in this creative writing course. I am sure that everybody hopes to write a “masterpiece.” However, we need “input” before “output.” In the spring semester, we will read short stories by contemporary writers. Reading excellent stories will inspire our creativity. Let's read as many stories as possible, until you cannot wait to start writing something yourself, until water flows over the rim of a glass. In other fields such as painting, music, sports, and dance, they also start with admiration and imitation. In every class, I will explain some practical writing tips: theme, plot, structure, beginning, character, setting, scene, showing/telling, conversation, style, point of view, and elaboration.
Students will edit and make a small literary magazine consisting of their own short stories during the summer break and we will use it as a textbook in the fall semester.
【Learning Objectives】
・Students will be able to write a novel.
・Students will be able to read novels in a multifaceted and critical manner.
・Students will be able to objectively critique their creations through the eyes of readers.
・Students will acquire accurate and rich writing expression.
【Learning activities outside of classroom】
Before/after each class meeting, students will be expected to spend four hours to understand the course content.
【Grading Criteria /Policy】
Your overall grade in the class will be decided based on the following
Creative works: 50%, in class contribution: 50%

Default language used in class

日本語 / Japanese