Originally distributed as a handout in connection with a paper on teaching German literature in translation, delivered at the American Association of Teachers of German meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, November 1972. (DD)

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)

This issue contains three articles, one each in the area of classical, French, and German literature respectively: "Treatments of 'Furor' and 'Ira' and the End of Vergil's 'Aeneid'" (James M. Scott); "Ambiguity and Binarism in Georges Feydeau's 'La Puce a l'oreille'" (James Mills); and, in German, "Die Fahne hoch! Das Horst-Wessel Lied als…

Issue devoted to teaching foreign literatures in the language classroom. (DS)

Papers presented at a panel discussion during the annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of German, Chicago, Illinois, November 25-28, 1971. (DS)

Panel discussion presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), NOvember 27-29, 1969, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (DS)

Describes a course unit on Goethe's "Werther," in which an inductive approach to discussion teaching is used to introduce German literature to college students with little literary background through class activities and discussion topics to stimulate student interest. (Author/CB)

Explores how the incorporation of literature study can be easily achieved in foreign language study and enrich foreign language learning, describing one particular method that quickly and actively involved students in reflecting on a German short story through brief readings and exploratory questions. (CB)

This article contradicts previous statements by Jack Stein that German literature courses in translation should not be offered by the German department. This paper argues that such courses will not compete with original-language courses, but will provide opportunities to more students to read great works of literature. (CHK)

This study used four novels by Hermann Hesse as models to illustrate for secondary school English teachers a thematic analysis of the search for identity motif using the triadic view of individual growth. The novels are "Peter Camenzind,""Beneath the Wheel,""Demian," and "Siddhartha." In summary, this study…

Offers three possibilities for confronting problems in literary periodization in the German literature classroom, demonstrating that an awareness of the complexities underlying literary-historical schemes of classification helps students appreciate more fully and accurately the dynamic upheavals characteristic of many literary epochs. (Author/CB)

Thirty-five short passages are quoted from German literature. The game consists of: 1) finding names of significant authors hidden in the passages--these may appear as nouns or any other part of speech, and 2) identifying the source of the passages. Solutions are given on page 170. (Text is in German.) (TL)

A successful course at the University of Delaware teaches German literature in translation. Sample paper topics and class projects are noted, and it is argued that translation courses do not weaken a language program, but often stimulate students to study the language itself. (CHK)