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Book SynopsisModern German Plays: An Advanced German Textbook utilizes some of the most famous modern plays written in German as vehicles to teach German language, literature, and culture. The featured works are
The Three-Penny Opera, The Devil's General, Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Chinese Wall, Visit, A Sports Play, and
Innocence. The authors of these masterpieces include not only world-renowned dramatists such as Brecht, Zuckmayer, Frisch, and Dürrenmatt but also such celebrated contemporary female playwrights such as Nobel-laureate Jelinek and Loher.
Designed to meet the instructional needs of advanced German courses, this volume combines a number of pedagogically proven foreign language teaching and learning strategies, primarily the communicative approach and the three-stage reading strategy. The organization of the featured plays by chapter provides the instructor with not only a welcome teaching and learning resource but also a convenient and flexible course managem
Table of ContentsContents: Die Dreigroschenoper – Der kaukasische Kreidekreis – Des Teufels General – Die Chinesische Mauer – Der Besuch der alten Dame – Ein Sportstück – Unschuld.
