A- Introduction to German Literature I / B-Children and Adolescent Literature I

Paper Code: 
D GER 501 A1b / D GER 501 A1b
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

A- Introduction to German Literature I /

Children and Adolescent Literature-I

This course will enable the students to -

  1.           Understand and define Children's literature and distinguish it specifically from the literature for      adults.
  2. Get acquainted with different genres of children’s  as well as adolescent’s literature.
  3. Understand and analyze the texts based on children’s  as well as adolescent’s literature.

                   

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1

Changing conceptions of children's literature: Literature for children and /or adult readers?

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2

Folklore, fables and fairy tales for young children

12.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3

Children's literature and transmission of values.

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4

Children Literature (Erich Kästner) Pünktchen und Anton

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5

Children Literature (Erich Kästner) Emil und die Detektive

Essential Readings: 
  • Kästner, E. (2001). Emil und die Detektive. Hamburg: Dressler Verlag GmbH.
  • Kästner, E. Pünktchen und Anton
  • Brüder Grimm. (2001). Kinder- und Hausmärchen. Ditzingen: Reclam
  • Kindergeschichten by Peter Bichsel
References: 
  • Bettelheim, Bruno. (1975). The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importanceof Fairy Tales. New York: Vintage.
  • Propp, Vladimir. (1988). Morphology of the Folk Tale. Texas: University of Texas Press.
  • Nodelman, Perry. (2008). The Hidden Adult: Defining Children’s Literature. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
  • von Arnim, Achim, Brentano, C. (2001). Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Ostfildern:Artemis & Winkler.
  • Busch, W. (2013). Max und Moritz. Kӧln: Schwager & Steinlein.
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  • Richter, H. P. (1987). Damals war es Friedrich. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag.
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  • Der Struwwelpeter, first published in 1845 as a kind of cautionary tale, is available on Project Gutenberg.

 

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