教員紹介

ローランド，フィリップ 教授ROWLAND Philip

UK出身
Philip Rowland holds degrees from the University of Glasgow and Royal Holloway, University of London, with a PhD in American poetic modernism. He has published and presented on contemporary poetry in particular, as well as in English language education. His own poetry has been published widely.

専攻分野
Modern and Contemporary English Literature
研究課題
British and American Poetic Modernism, Contemporary Poetry and English-language Haiku, Creative Writing, Literature and Film in ELT
研究紹介 ゼミガイド 研究者情報

Q & A

専門分野は?
British and American Literature
Modern Poetry and Haiku in English
Literature and Film in the Language Classroom
主な著書・論文は?
著書
  • NOON: An Anthology of Short Poems (editor and contributor). Tokyo and London: Isobar Press, 2019.
  • Something Other Than Other (author). Tokyo and London: Isobar Press, 2016.
  • Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years (co-editor). New York: W.W. Norton, 2013.
  • Before Music (author). Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2012.
  • NOON: journal of the short poem (editor). Tokyo: Noon Press: Issues 1-7 (print), 2004-2009; Issues 8-16 (online), 2014-2019.
  • BBC Documentary: Natural Remedies DVD Video Activity Book (co-author). Tokyo: Longman Kirihara, 2006.
論文
  • Review of Okinawa by Hasegawa Kai (trans. David Burleigh) in Modern Haiku 50.1, winter-spring 2019: 119-122
  • Review of after/image by Jim Kacian, in Modern Haiku 49.2, summer 2018: 123-126
  • “New Directions in English-language Haiku: An Overview and Assessment,” in The IAFOR Journal of Literature and Librarianship, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Autumn 2013: 53-66.
  • Introduction to Lakes & Now Wolves by Scott Metz, Modern Haiku Press, 2012: 1-5.
  • “Surrealism and Contemporary Haiku — or, Surreal Haiku?” in Roadrunner IX:3, August 2009 (online).
  • “From Haiku to the Short Poem: Bridging the Divide,” in Modern Haiku, Vol. 39.3, Autumn 2008: 23-45.
  • “Celebration of Failure: The Influence of Laura Riding on John Ashbery,” in FlashPoint: A Multidisciplinary Journal in the Arts and Politics, Web Issue 6, Winter 2004.
最近関心のある研究・教育分野は?
Literature in the Language Classroom; Contemporary Poetry; The Work of Laura Riding; Haiku in English; NOON: journal of the short poem (as editor); Use of Bilingual Corpus for EFL Learners (Vocabulary Research for Japanese learners).
担当授業は?
Current Topics in English、Basic Academic English Skills A、Presentation Skills in English、英語圏の言語と文化、研究プロジェクト入門、英語文学、英語文学購読

研究紹介

Introduction: Why Study Literature?

In the Department of English Language Education, you can not only develop your academic and communicative English skills, but also become more familiar with English-language literature. I teach in all these areas, but my research interests are primarily related to modern and contemporary literature, poetry in particular. Why study literature? Perhaps the most important reasons, for the language learner, are that literature is motivating (because it is authentic), it expands your language awareness, and it educates the whole person: that is, it can help develop your critical thinking abilities and your emotional awareness.

My research is in three main areas:

1. Modern and contemporary short-form poetry, including English-language haiku, which has become popular internationally. For many years, I have edited and published Noon: Journal of the Short Poem, which features selected work by poets from around the world. I co-edited Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years, published by W.W. Norton (New York, 2013). I also edited Noon: An Anthology of Short Poems, published by Isobar Press (Tokyo and London) in 2019. In addition, I have published several books of my own poetry, including Something Other Than Other (Isobar Press, 2016); another collection is due to appear in 2022. I have published essays and reviews, and given presentations on short-form poetry and its use in English-language teaching.

2. Language through literature: I believe it is important to integrate literature into language learning, so as to broaden students’ language and cultural awareness, as well as develop creative and critical thinking. I am developing teaching materials designed to help students read and discuss poetry in English, not only in terms of its themes and related issues, but also while building their knowledge of how vocabulary and grammar can be used.

3. Modernist American Poetry and the Work of Laura Riding: My doctoral study (at the University of London) was on the work of Laura Riding, a 20th Century American writer of poetry, fiction, and literary criticism, who later turned to the study of language, meaning, and truth. I am revising several parts of that study, with a view to developing these into a book.

ゼミガイド

Contemporary English literature and film

Keyword
  • Literature
  • Film
ゼミの内容を一言でいうと？

Language through literature; film adaptations of literature

  • In this seminar, students develop their language awareness and capacity for critical thinking, through studying film adaptations of contemporary poetry, fiction and drama.
ゼミの自慢は？

Study through English; expand cultural awareness

This seminar allows students to study through English (not just 'about' English), and to read, think and discuss more actively. They can also develop their appreciation of literature and film.

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The film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel 'Never Let Me Go'

Never Let Me Go (the film)

Students read the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro's 'Never Let Me Go', then watch, take notes, and discuss the film adaptation.