Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Letters
Lecture Code BN518001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name ドイツ近現代文学演習A
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ドイツキンゲンダイブンガクエンシュウA
Subject Name in
English
Seminar in Modern German Literature A
Instructor KOBAYASHI EKIKO
Instructor
(Katakana)
コバヤシ エキコ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 3rd-Year,  First Semester,  First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1st) Weds7-8:LET A101
Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
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Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)
Beginn: April 9th 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 2 Language of Instruction O : Others
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 05 : Literature
Eligible Students 3rd-Year and 4th-Year students
Keywords  
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
British, American, and European Languages and Literatures, and Linguistics
(Abilities and Skills)
・Acquisition of research methods related to British and American, German, and French literatures and languages, and other languages 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Reading some novels which describe the ruins and hard life in Germany just after the II World War, we analyze the lives full of suffering and study messages for peace from the novels.  
Class Schedule lesson1  orientation
lesson2  Borchert: "Die Kuechenuhr"
lesson3  Borchert: "Die Kuechenuhr"
lesson4  Böll: "Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa ..." intensive reading
lesson5  Böll: "Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa ..."
lesson6  Böll: "Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa ..."
lesson7  Böll: "Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa ..."
lesson8  Böll: "Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa ..."
lesson9  Böll: "Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa ..."
lesson10  Letters of young Böll from the front
lesson11  Böll: "An der Brücke"  history of Ostern Germany after the World War II.
lesson12  Nossack: "Die Ameisen, die Ameisen" intensive reading
lesson13  Nossack: "Die Ameisen, die Ameisen"
lesson14  Nossack: "Die Ameisen, die Ameisen"
lesson15  Summary  
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Heinrich Böll: Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa ...  . Erzählungen. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1997. prints. 河合信晴:『物語 東ドイツの歴史 分断国家の挑戦と挫折』(中公新書)2020.  
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Text, Handouts, Audio Materials, Microsoft Teams
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Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Project Learning, Post-class Report
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Active learning and careful preparation will be needed. 
Requirements  
Grading Method participation 30 %, assignment and presentation 20%,   termend report 50% 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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. 
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