Syllabus
1. Organizational instructions;
2. Theory of Literature for Children and Youth;
3. Literature for children and youth in relation to didactics and psychology;
4. The issue of genres: fairy tales (Jacob, Wilhelm Grimm vs. Otfried Preußler);
5. The issue of genres: adventure novels (Joachim Heinrich Campe, Ludwig Tieck, David Wyss; Karl May);
6. The issue of genres: novels of Erich Kästner vs. novels of Christiane Nöstlinger vs. novesls of Andreas Steinhöfel;
7. The issue of genres: fantasy (Michael Ende);
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9. The issue of genres: Problem oriented Literature (Peter Härtling, Gudrun Pausewang);
10.The issue of genres: Literature for young adult (Christiane F. vs. Wolfgang Herrndorf);
11.The issue of genres: World War II in Literature for Children and Youth (Mirjam Pressler);
12. Conclusion, course evaluation
Annotation
The content of the course is the theoretical basis of didactics of literature for children and youth focused on teaching German as a foreign language. The basis of the course is didactic adaptation of various texts according to literary genres (e.g. adaptation of poems, picture books, fairy tales, legends, and novel) and practical examples of various methods (e.g. creative writing, scenic reading).
This course is taught in German.