Research on a teaching method of paragraph making

The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of a teaching method of writing with a focus on two kinds of feedback; written corrections and direct discussion with each student. With the number of errors (articles, prepositions and verbs)as the criteria, I looked into the changes of students\u27writing abilities. As a result, some improvements could be acknowledged,and what kind of feedback was more effective differed depending on whether the errors were articles, prepositions or verbs. I would like to show the effects at the end of this paper

The Significance of Hunting : "The Bear" and "Delta Autumn"

The aim of this paper is to discuss the significance of hunting in "The Bear" and "Delta Autumn", the fifth and sixth stories in William Faulkner‟s Go Down, Moses (1942). In this paper, I would like to show that hunting plays an important role in Faulkner\u27s Southern society, referring to the studies of Maria Mies, a German sociologist. In her view, hunting is useful to a patriarchal society, which strictly distinguishes men from women. As a part of a social system, hunting succeeds in giving men absolute power. In the above-mentioned stories, hunting is portrayed as a factor of male-chauvinism. The white women in the stories are described as inferior socially and morally. Moreover, the black men and women in the stories are described similarly. White men find some utility value in both of them and often take control of their lives. On the other hand, white women and blacks know well their own unfavorable situations, secretly surmise white men’s possible acts and try to make them act as they like. Their acts look like a game, but they have to act like that because of their society, a part of which hunting has formatted. I would like to investigate the effects of hunting in the stories, paying attention to gender and race

Struggle for Survival : As I Lay Dying (1930)

The aim of this paper is to re-evaluate William Faulkner\u27s As I Lay Dying in terms of the characters\u27language and existence. First, I will look into Addie\u27s view on the relation between language and existence and theother characters\u27 views on ""life"" and ""death."" By examining her dying condition and others\u27 views of her, I wouldlike to point out a precarious boundary between life and death. Secondly, I will concentrate on Darl\u27s view, whichreflects conventional thoughts of Southerners. Darl\u27s obsessive observation of Jewel and Addie keeps himexpressing them in words. His distorted usage of the be-verb confuses his and others\u27 views on existence. Thirdly,I will focus attention on one of Darl\u27s monologues, where he talks about his insomnia and ""sleep"" to look into people\u27sexistence. In this respect, I refer to a French philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas\u27 theories concerning the relationbetween a human body and consciousness (especially from Existence and Existents). In the last part, I would liketo summarize the characters\u27 views on existence in As I Lay Dying

Gavin Stevens in Knight\u27s Gambit, Light in August, Go Down, Moses, and Intruder in the Dust

As Gavin Stevens\u27 first appearance in "Smoke" of William Faulkner\u27s Knight\u27s Gambit (a collection of sixmystery stories) shows, we can suppose that Gavin Stevens\u27 original character is based on a detective in a detectivestory. After his first appearance in Knight\u27s Gambit, Gavin deals with racial problems as a lawyer in Light inAugust, Go Down, Moses and Intruder in the Dust. In these works, however, his characterization is similar to thatof Knight\u27s Gambit. In Knight\u27s Gambit, he solves a mystery as a detective and his judgment is accepted asinfallible. Nevertheless, in the other three works whose style is different from a detective story\u27s, Gavin\u27sdetective-like character is not ideally described and his judgment becomes unreliable. In these stories whosethemes are so complicated and socially realistic as racism, it is difficult to solve a problem like a detective in adetective story. In this paper, I would like to look into the figure of Gavin Stevens not only in Light in August, GoDown, Moses and Intruder in the Dust but also in Knight\u27s Gambit, and the interconnection between hisdetective-like character in Knight\u27s Gambit and his role as a spokesman for a Southern community in Light inAugust, Go Down, Moses and Intruder in the Dust

Reading Haruki Murakami\u27s "The Second Bakery Attack"

This paper is based on a lecture "To know Japan," a part of the immersion program carried out on the 11th of September, 2012. This lecture was given to twenty students in Ngee AnnPolytechnic, Singapore, with the title ""Think about modern Japan through reading `The Second Bakery Attack\u27 by Haruki Murakami."" I revisedthe points which could not be discussed within the time frameto a degree and deleteda part of the materials. The interpretation of this work is a result of discussions between Takano and Unagami, and both of them are responsible for the wording of thispaper. Unagami is in charge of translating the contents into English

Tatami and wood: ink rubbings and the discussion of materiality in postwar Japanese calligraphy and art

This paper discusses the relationship between postwar Japanese avant-garde calligraphy and the abstract art of the 1950s, showing how calligraphy contributed to the international postwar discussion of materiality. Postwar Japanese art – as exemplified by the art collectives Gutai and Mono-ha – is widely recognized for its close attention to materiality. This study will introduce Japanese avant-garde calligraphy into the discussion of materiality, examining the relationship between the avant-garde calligraphers’ use of traditional takuhon ink rubbings and the technically identical surrealist technique of frottage, invented in 1924 by Max Ernst as a way to implement ideas of automatism in art and to release the ‘material’ from conscious control. The first attempt to examine the encounter between Japanese calligraphy and surrealism, this study argues that when Japanese avant-garde calligraphers such as Inoue Yūichi (1916–85) and abstract painters such as Hasegawa Saburō (1906–57) began incorporating traditional takuhon ink rubbings into their active art practice in the 1950s, they introduced a new dimension of spirituality into the international discourse on materiality