Course: Children's and Young Adults' Literature

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Course title Children's and Young Adults' Literature
Course code KGER/LPDM
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jehličková Jarmila, Mgr.
Course content
1. The concept of children's and young adults' literature, its aesthetics and function 2. Genres, and the meaning of the lyrical 3. Fairy tales and legends, the Romantic period 4. Illustrated books, their function and development in the first half of the 19th century 5. Girls' novels and adventure literature in the second half of the 19th century 6. German children's literature in the first half of the 20th century; Erich Kästner; the development during the Second World War 7. Post-war development in West and East Germany 8. Imaginative literature, its function and benefits; the main authors 9. Realism in children's and young adults' literature in the 1960s and 1970s 10. Thematic diversity in the 1980s 11. New girls' novels oriented toward the readers' actual needs and interests 12. Post-1989 literature, the identity problems of the child and young adult hero 13. Literature about the Czech-German and Czech-Austrian relationships

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course provides a general overview of the development of German children's literature, its main authors and works, with a special emphasis on more recent literature and themes. Students will examine their own reading experience while working with specific literary texts.
The student " Can define the concept of children's literature, its main aspects, typical genres and literary forms " Can describe the development of German children's literature, and can allocate the main works to individual literary periods " Can orient him/herself in the basic primary and secondary literature of the given discipline " Can, for a given topic, select a text and evaluate its appropriateness for the age, interests and linguistic competence of the target readership
Prerequisites
No prerequisites

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
To obtain credit - Independent home study of primary children's and young adults' literature texts - Analysis and interpretation of these texts in seminars, along with demonstrating the student's knowledge of the development and trends of the literature
Recommended literature
  • Boie, K. Erwachasene reden. Marco hat was getan. München, 1995.
  • Busch, W. Max und Moritz. Köln am Rhein, 2007.
  • Ende, M. Momo. Hamburg, 2010.
  • F., Christiane. Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo. Hamburg, 2009.
  • Hoffmann, H. Struwwelpeter. Bindlach, 1986.
  • Holub, J. Der Rote Nepomuk. Weinheim, 2005.
  • Kästner, E. Emil und die Detektive. Berlin, 2010.
  • Nöstlinger, Ch. Die feuerrote Friderike. München, 2009.
  • Preußler, O. Kraba. München, 2008.
  • Schlott, J. Der kalte Mai. Frankfurt am Main, 1995.
  • von der Grün. Die Vorstadtkrokodile. München, 2006.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Teaching German Language and Literature for Secondary School (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter