Felicity Jane Greenland    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Professor
Type	Practical Example of Education Technique
Period	2021/04～
Item	Media English (Song Studies)
Details	Doshisha University, Faculty of Literature. Themes: Landscape & Migration, War & Peace, Portraits of Labour. This course offers songs as a media context for comparative exploration of language and society, culture and history. The combined lecture-workshop-presentation approach is designed to foster skills in interpreting songs with academic rigor. The course begins with a literature review (incl. theory), then taking 3 themes, analyses songs and their signified phenomena. The course repertoire spans various forms, genres, eras and regions. Based on the methodologies demonstrated in class, each student produces three presentations during the term. By encouraging students to share their own contributions, this course aims to provide an authentic environment for cultivating an appreciation of songs as vectors of sociocultural transmission.