Abstract
Previous studies and practices have revealed that literary works increase learners' motivation to study and help them improve their reading skills by providing them with various real-world usage examples of linguistic items. However, instructors can also use novels to improve students' productive skills. To take advantage of masterpieces that evoke the readers' deep emotion and contemplation, the author has made his class read a series of short novels and has guided them in turning their ambiguous feelings about the stories into analytical language concerning the plots, characters and narrative. The students actively struggle to speak and write Japanese in the process of investigating why they feel the way that they feel.
