Describes a method of increasing student reading of German literature used at the University of Queensland in Australia. Four books are read in the first-year German course. Instead of a traditional literary discussion of each work, the emphasis is on reading the entire text and understanding its surface meaning. (SED)

Describes German literature course which subordinates goal of improving language skill in a literature course to a philosophical/critical approach which stresses increasing students' sophistication as literary critics and reinforces their interest in studying a foreign literature. Orientation emphasizes alienation of the protagonist and tries to…

Suggests criteria for the selection of poems, considering their value in throwing light upon the target culture, and considering the "changed level of knowledge" of present-day foreign learners. The basic communicative element in the reception of literature is graphically stated. A sample teaching unit sketches pupil-teacher dialogs. (IFS/WGA)

This article describes how a course viewing East German literature from the perspective of the new Germany can be planned and taught, with special attention to text selection, class activities, and testing strategies designed to raise linguistic proficiency of students of different language levels in one literature class. (Author/AB)

States that Erich Kastner's novel "Der kleine Grenzverkehr" affords German teachers four approaches to bringing the culture of Salzburg into the classroom: geographical exploration; investigation of specific sights and sounds; historical-cultural search; sampling of specialities, shops, cafes. (EJS)

This unit on Hitler, the Third Reich, and its echoes in Germany today is based on original source material, such as "Mein Kampf," as well as more recent reports by those directly affected, such as Sichrovsky's "Schuldig Geboren." Teachers of advanced high school or college classes are introduced to some appropriate materials…

Suggests approaches to a holocaust course based on imaginative literature. The course outlined would be aimed at college students who do not speak German. (EJS)