著者

宇佐見 太市

出版者

関西大学外国語学部

雑誌

関西大学外国語学部紀要 = Journal of foreign language studies (ISSN:18839355)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.22, pp.15-33, 2020-03

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This article is not a scholarly paper but a practical report of a literary classwork of the Faculty of Foreign Language Studies in Kansai University. In the classroom work, the author of this article takes up A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens (1812-70) , a British novelist. The reading of A Christmas Carol in the class needs to be approached from the linguistic and literary standpoints to the reading comprehension. The reason why the author adopts classic works like Dickens' A Christmas Carol is because the classic literature seems to contain universal truth beyond time and space. The author of this report entertains the belief that the students' literary achievements can be the wisdom for living after their graduating from Kansai University. Translating English into Japanese and also learning the history, culture, thought, and customs of the 19th century Victorian period will surely help the students to be healthy and strong in any environment they may find themselves in after their finishing at Kansai University. Being confident that this type of research should be highly prized, the author of this article will promote the love of literary learning in the class.