WMJ60701 Understanding Other Cultures

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program

Lecture Code WMJ60701 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 異文化理解

Subject Name
（Katakana）イブンカリカイ

Subject Name in
English Understanding Other Cultures

Instructor SCHLARB HANS MICHAEL

Instructor
(Katakana) シュラルプ　ハンス　ミヒャエル

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  1Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Mon3-4,Fri3-4：IAS J304

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

This class is conducted in Japanese.  For more details, see the Japanese syllabus.

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 14 : Cultural Studies

Eligible Students

Keywords Gender  Germany   Asia  Modernisation  Class  Emotions  the Other

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) This class aims at developing intercultural understanding and insight through analysing the wide variety of power relations operating within and between cultures from the perspectives of gender, ethnicity, race, class and nationality.
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline As globalisation progresses, intercultural understanding becomes increasingly important as people from different cultural backgrounds interact with each other. In this course, students will read literary works set in three different regions at the end of the 19th century - Germany and East Asia - in order to acquire the skills to critically perceive various aspects of intercultural conflicts from the perspective of people living through the changes caused by modernisation and imperialism. Taking Fontane's "Effi Briest" and "The Poggenpuhls"  as the main subjects, the course critically analyses cultural production from the perspectives of gender, ethnicity, race, class, religion and nationality. In addition, literary works set in the same period in East Asia will also be the subject of comparison.

Class Schedule 1: guidance
2-7: lectures and exercises by on 19th century German culture while reading Fontane's "Effi Briest" (1895). This is the most famous novel in German literature of the second half of the 19th century, depicting the structure of society at the time, which was in the process of modernisation, through the heroine, a provincial noblewoman whose marriage breaks up. The the novel shows how people try to live under constantly changing and contradictory values. In class, the Japanese version will be used as the basis for the discussion.
8: reading of poem by Fontane critical of the excesses of imperialism.
9-12:  We will read Fontane's "The Poggenpuhls" (1896). This short novel depicts the younger generation of a fallen aristocrat family making plans for their future in the context of an increasingly capitalist society.

13+14: We will analyse Mori  Ogai's "Maihime" (1890) and "Nanoriso" (1911), which are also set at the end of the 19th century, and attempt to compare them with the world depicted by Fontane.
15: Determination of the report topic
16: Summary.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. This class is conducted in Japanese.  For more detail, see the Japanese syllabus.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Text, Handouts, moodle

(More Details) This class is conducted in Japanese.  For more details, see the Japanese syllabus.

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review This class is conducted in Japanese.  For more details, see the English syllabus.

Requirements

Grading Method This class is conducted in Japanese.  For more details, see the English syllabus.

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.

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
Lecture Code	WMJ60701	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	異文化理解
Subject Name （Katakana）	イブンカリカイ
Subject Name in English	Understanding Other Cultures
Instructor	SCHLARB HANS MICHAEL
Instructor (Katakana)	シュラルプ　ハンス　ミヒャエル
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Mon3-4,Fri3-4：IAS J304
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
This class is conducted in Japanese. For more details, see the Japanese syllabus.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	14 : Cultural Studies
Eligible Students
Keywords	Gender Germany Asia Modernisation Class Emotions the Other
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	This class aims at developing intercultural understanding and insight through analysing the wide variety of power relations operating within and between cultures from the perspectives of gender, ethnicity, race, class and nationality.
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	As globalisation progresses, intercultural understanding becomes increasingly important as people from different cultural backgrounds interact with each other. In this course, students will read literary works set in three different regions at the end of the 19th century - Germany and East Asia - in order to acquire the skills to critically perceive various aspects of intercultural conflicts from the perspective of people living through the changes caused by modernisation and imperialism. Taking Fontane's "Effi Briest" and "The Poggenpuhls" as the main subjects, the course critically analyses cultural production from the perspectives of gender, ethnicity, race, class, religion and nationality. In addition, literary works set in the same period in East Asia will also be the subject of comparison.
Class Schedule	1: guidance 2-7: lectures and exercises by on 19th century German culture while reading Fontane's "Effi Briest" (1895). This is the most famous novel in German literature of the second half of the 19th century, depicting the structure of society at the time, which was in the process of modernisation, through the heroine, a provincial noblewoman whose marriage breaks up. The the novel shows how people try to live under constantly changing and contradictory values. In class, the Japanese version will be used as the basis for the discussion. 8: reading of poem by Fontane critical of the excesses of imperialism. 9-12: We will read Fontane's "The Poggenpuhls" (1896). This short novel depicts the younger generation of a fallen aristocrat family making plans for their future in the context of an increasingly capitalist society. 13+14: We will analyse Mori Ogai's "Maihime" (1890) and "Nanoriso" (1911), which are also set at the end of the 19th century, and attempt to compare them with the world depicted by Fontane. 15: Determination of the report topic 16: Summary.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	This class is conducted in Japanese. For more detail, see the Japanese syllabus.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Handouts, moodle
(More Details)	This class is conducted in Japanese. For more details, see the Japanese syllabus.
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	This class is conducted in Japanese. For more details, see the English syllabus.
Requirements
Grading Method	This class is conducted in Japanese. For more details, see the English syllabus.
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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