| Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
| Lecture Code |
ASA09001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
ドイツ文化論 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
ドイツブンカロン |
Subject Name in
English |
German Culture |
| Instructor |
SCHLARB HANS MICHAEL |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
シュラルプ ハンス ミヒャエル |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, Second Semester, Second Semester |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2nd) Fri3-4：IAS K105 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
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| seminar, discussion, students' reports |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
3
:
Undergraduate High-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
13
:
Area Studies |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Germany, cultural history, life style, mentality, religion, politics, German literature, Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Fontane, Thomas Mann |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of "Japanese and Japanese culture" and "foreign languages and foreign culture" which are prerequisite abilities for communication with peoples in different culture and areas. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This course outlines the cultural history of the German-speaking world, with a focus on the development of the idea of "Bildung" (personality development, formation, culture). Short texts (including literary works) are used to explain the problems of modernisation in the German cultural sphere and the challenges it faces today. Basic knowledge of politics, religion and history is developed. Comparisons with Japan are also encouraged. |
| Class Schedule |
This course will be taught in Japanese.
Session 1: Guidance, trivia about the German-speaking world
Sessions 2-4: The Age of Enlightenment (Lessing, Kant, etc.)
Sessions 5-8: Weimar classicism: what is 'Bildung'? Birth of the 'Bildungsroman' (Schiller, Goethe, Herder, Humboldt, Hegel)
Session 9: Criticism of the Bildungsroman' (Romanticism, E. T. A. Hoffmann, etc.)
Sessions 10 - 12: The whereabouts of 'Bildung' until around 1900 (Nietzsche, Fontane, Thomas Mann, Kafka, etc.)
Sessions 13 - 15: post-war to the present (Böll, Grass, Adorno, etc.)
*Students will give a presentation on a topic of their own choice, which will be discussed by all.
The timing of the presentations will be decided in consideration of the relevance of the contents of each session.
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Students give a presentation on a theme of their own choice. |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
To be announced on Moodle ahead of the terms's start. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
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| (More Details) |
Handouts, video(s). |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
This course requires diligent study of the texts mentioned every week. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Class contributions 40% and report 60%. |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |