Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Program
Lecture Code WMBR4102 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name ドイツ文学発展演習B
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ドイツブンガクハッテンエンシュウB
Subject Name in
English
Advanced Seminar on German Literature B
Instructor KOBAYASHI EKIKO
Instructor
(Katakana)
コバヤシ エキコ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1st) Mon7-8:Faculty Office
Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
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Face-to-face
 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 2 Language of Instruction O : Others
Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 05 : Literature
Eligible Students Graduate students of the master course
Keywords Bertolt Brecht, Schuloper, poems, songs, Theorien, Episches Theater, Verfremdlungseffekt, pedagogical dramas, Japanisches Theater 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Reading the basic dramas and poems of Bertolt Brecht and hearing his songs, we try to understand his concepts of the epic theater and "Verfremdungseffect".  
Class Schedule lesson1  orientation
lesson2  "Der Jasager und der Neinsager" (the first edition)
lesson3  "Der Jasager und der Neinsager" (the first edition)
lesson4  "Der Jasager und der Neinsager" (the first edition)
lesson5   Japanese Noh theater
lesson6   "Der Jasager" (the second edition)
lesson7   "Der Jasager"
lesson8   "Der Jasager"
lesson9   "Der Jasager"
lesson10  Brecht's theory on the epic theater
lesson11  Brecht's pedagogical dramas
lesson12  interpretation
lesson13  interpretation
lesson14  Brecht and Max Frisch
lesson15  Brecht's dramas in Japan   summary 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Bertolt Brecht: Der Jasager und der Neinsager. Vorlagen, Fassungen und Materialien. Frankfurt a. Main: Suhrkamp 1966.  
PC or AV used in
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Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions
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Preparation and
Review
Careful preparation and active learning are necessary.  
Requirements  
Grading Method active participation and presentation 50%,   a termend report 50% 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
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