Childhood as an inspiration for literary work and a source of memories of Second World War in German-language young adult literature

Abstract

An overview study dealing with the contemporary (1950ʼ - 2011) German-language young adult literature concerning the Second World War. The focus lies on authorsʼ styles and childhood motives on the example of the comparison of the work by M.

Pressler and R. Welsh.

Keywords

• German-language young adult literature
• semiotic character of literature
• generational and cultural memory
• childhood, the Second World War
• Czech-German literature relations
• Mirjam Pressler, Renate Welsh