| Course ID: | GRMN 3830. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Children's and Youth Literature |
Course
Description: | Examines the representation of childhood in German juvenile literature in various genres. Issues of identity and self-realization in traditional and contemporary children's literature. Focuses on stories that reflect upon the art and value of storytelling, as well as the nature and function of creative imagination. Taught in German. |
| Oasis Title: | Children's and Youth Lit |
| Prerequisite: | GRMN 3010 or GRMN 3015 |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students, having investigated the representation of childhood in storytelling, will
have studied major texts of German children's and juvenile literature from the last
two centuries. Students will be evaluated on the basis of in-class discussions,
written assignments, such as essays and short reflective papers, and in-class exams. |
| Topical Outline: | Bildung and the emergence of children's literature
The oral tradition of story telling
Brothers Grimm fairy tales: A psychoanalytic approach
Bourgeois society and theories of child development
The hero: issues of self-identity and self-realization
Children's songs, poems, stories as means for socialization
The crisis of modernity and children's literature
Rhyme, Melody, Song: the lyrical element in children's literature
Children's literature and the literary canon |
| Honor Code Reference: | Students are expected to conform to the UGA Student Honor Code. The instructor will
communicate to students the required documentation for written assignments, what
constitutes authorized assistance in course assignments and the effect of dishonesty
or unauthorized assistance upon grading. |