COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTIVE III (GERMAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ADE 2022 ELECTIVE III (GERMAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

German Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YILDIZ AYDIN

Offered to

German Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to analyse the works that treat children as a theme, motif or subject in German literature, to explain the authors' approach to children and to examine the academic studies in this field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Researches, collects and compares fictional child characters reflected in literary texts
2   2. Gains a critical and analytical perspective in reading literary texts
3   3. Gives information about the authors' approach to children
4   4. Evaluates the types of German children's literature.
5   5. researches and compares the articles written in the field of German children's literature.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The importance and features of children's writing
2 History of German children's literature
3 Types of German children's literature
4 Theoretical approaches to children's literature
5 Fictional child characters and their characteristics
6 Nature and environment in children's literature
7 Fictional game spaces
8 Midterm
9 The children's theme in the Robinsonads
10 The relationship between applied science and children
11 General Evaluation and Discussion
12 The contribution of children's writing to child development
13 The importance of illustrations in children's books
14 Book review Der Struwwelpeter
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

- Berbeli Wanning, Anna Sternmann (2015): Ökologie in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur.- In: G. Dürbeck/ U. Stobbe (Hg.): Ecocriticism. Eine Einführung.- Köln u.a.: Böhlau, S. 258-270
- Ewers, Hans-Heino (2008): Romantik. In: Wild, Reiner (Hg.): Geschichte der deutschen Kin der- und Jugendliteratur. 3., vollst. überarb. u. erw. Aufl. Stuttgart u.a., S. 96 130.
- Ewers, Hans-Heino/Glasenapp, Gabriele von/Pecher, Claudia Maria (Hg.) (2013): Lesen für die Umwelt. Natur, Umwelt und Umweltschutz in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Baltmannsweiler.
- Ewers, Hans-Heino: Kinder und Natur, Kinder der Natur (2013). In: ders./Glasenapp, Gabrie le von/Pecher, Claudia Maria (Hg.): Lesen für die Umwelt. Natur, Umwelt und Um weltschutz in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Baltmannsweiler, S. 1 12.
- Glasenapp, Gabriele von (2013): Apokalypse now! Formen und Funktionen von Utopien und Dystopien in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. In: Ewers, Hans-Heino/dies./Pecher, Claudia Maria (Hg.): Lesen für die Umwelt. Natur, Umwelt und Umweltschutz in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Baltmannsweiler, S. 67 86.
- Hoffmann, Julia (2010): Blumenkinder. Kinder- und Jugendliteratur ökokritisch betrachtet. In: Ermisch, Maren/Kruse, Ulrike/Stobbe, Urte (Hg.): Ökologische Transformationen und literarische Repräsentationen. Göttingen, S. 35-58.
- Lindenpütz, Dagmar (2000): Natur und Umwelt als Thema der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. In: Lange, Günter (Hg.): Taschenbuch der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Baltmanns weiler, S. 727-745.
- Weinkauff, Gina/Glasenapp, Gabriele von (2010): Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Paderborn.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau: "Emil oder Über die Erziehung" (1762)
- Hoffmann, E. T. A (2001): Das fremde Kind (1817). In: E. T. A. Hoffmann: Sämtliche Werke. Bd. 4. Hg v. Segebrecht, Wulf. Frankfurt a.M., S. 570-616.
- H. S. Daemmrich/ Ingrid G. Daemmrich (1995): Themen und Motive in der Literatur. Ein Handbuch.- Tübingen u.a.: Francke
- G.H. Mohr (1991): Lexikon der Symbole. Bilder und Zeichen der christlichen Kunst.- Freiburg u.a.: Herder/ Spektrum
- Heinrich Hoffmann (1844): Der Struwwelpeter.
- Wilhelm Busch (1865): "Max und Moritz.
- Wolf Durian (1926): "Kai aus der Kiste".
- Erich Kästner (1928): "Emil und die Detektive".
- Astrid Lindgren (1944): "Pippi Langstrumpf".
- Michael Ende (1980): "Die unendliche Geschichte".
- Gudrun Pausewang (1987): Die Wolke. Ravensburger Verlag, Ravensburg.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of the student is determined by the grade to be obtained from the midterm and final exams of the course. Apart from this, there is no special evaluation criterion.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students should be prepared for the subjects specified in the course programme before coming to the lessons. Attendance to 70 % of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yildiz.aydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 4 8 32
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1324
LO.2324
LO.3324
LO.4324
LO.5324