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　 　　英語総合講座-13（IL）
　　Life Stories in Autobiography
TRANG NGUYEN　
 4単位　
3〜4　
前期　
10001203

'Life Stories in Autobiography' is a course framed around the exploration of autobiographies across various cultures.  The course will enable students to discover and examine life stories as seen through the authors' own eyes and as told in their own words with the use of published autobiographies.  In reading and in exploring these stories, students will also be guided to discover their own voices, tell their own stories and write about their own lived experiences.  

The four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking will be accentuated throughout the course.  The course will emphasize active, critical reading with a focus on not only what we read, but how we read.  Learners will be encouraged to seek different meaning of what they read by being guided to ask different questions to attain fresh understanding and read in a new light.

Voice will be important to this class.  Students will practice and demonstrate their communicative and analytical skills through large and small group discussion, oral presentations, class leadership, as well as in the writing of personal experience.  Students will write multiple drafts of their life stories and experiences, receive ongoing feedback from peers and teacher, and participate in evaluating their own and others' writings.

Students will be introduced to excerpts of autobiographies around the world that explore certain themes, such as: Identity, Love, Leadership, Family, Travel, Community, War and trauma, Survival, Childhood...

評価方法： Students will be required to complete and submit the following to meet the assessment requirements of the course:
- Life map
- Research paper on an autobiography of choice
- Class presentation on an autobiography of choice
- Personal essay
- Writing journal

テキスト名： No textbooks will be required for the course.  
Students will be given handouts from the teacher throughout the course.

授業計画――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――
１． Course orientation.  Introduction. 'Setting the scene'.
Assigned reading: Excerpt of 'Infidel' by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
２． Life map.  Introduction to Journal Writing. Autobiographical timelines.
Assigned reading: Excerpt of 'Angela's Ashes' by Frank McCourt.
３． Class discussions. Journal writing.  Personal essay.
Assigned reading: Excerpt of 'Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter' by Adeline Yen Mah.
４． Class discussions. Journal writing.  
Assigned reading: Excerpt of  'What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng' by Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng.
５． Class discussions. Journal writing.  
Assigned reading: Excerpt of  'The Complete Persepolis' by Marjane Satrapi.
６． Class discussions. Journal writing.  
Assigned reading: Excerpt of 'Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy' by Frances Mayes.
７． Class discussions. Journal writing.  
Assigned reading: Excerpt of 'Polite Lies: On Being a Woman Caught Between Cultures' by Kyoko Mori.
８． Class discussions. Journal writing.  
Assigned reading: Excerpt of 'Honor the Grandmothers: Dakota and Lakota Women Tell Their Stories' by Dakota and Lakota Women, edited by Sarah Penman.
９． Class discussions. Journal writing.  
Assigned reading: Excerpt of 'Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance' by Barack Obama.
10． Class discussions. Journal writing.  Research paper due.
Assigned reading: Excerpt of 'Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama' by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.
11． Class presentations.
12． Class presentations.
Personal essay due.
13． Final lesson.  Wrap-up.