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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.


Athena Title

Children's and Youth Lit


Prerequisite

GRMN 3010 or GRMN 3015


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


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


General Education Core

CORE IV: World Languages and Global Culture
CORE IV: Humanities and the Arts

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