Literature Education by Speaking and Hearing(<Special Issue>Encountering with Others : What Is Literature Education?)

Abstract

How do we find otherness in literature? As Senri Sugai points out, we have such an experience not just by reading but by finding otherness in ourselves. In this sense, it is no less important to focus on more communicative aspects in literature education than to closely read written texts. Speaking and hearing involve a more direct communication with others than reading. Accordingly there is a greater likelihood of encountering otherness in the former than in the latter. Here I will pick up the film Shoah as teaching material and show the effects of this teaching method.