SFT40415 German: German Literature for Children and Adolescents (Spring 2022)

Knowledge Students have good knowledge of child and youth literature in German, from ca. 1950 until today. They are familiar with the main tendencies in the development of child and youth literature in this period. They are also familiar with important writers and important works and texts suitable for teaching at different levels.

Skills Students will reflect on the role of literature didactics in foreign language teaching.

General competence Students are able to use literary texts in their own teaching.

Portfolio assessment. The portfolio must contain two contributions:

• a) a book review of a child or youth novel in German (of the student's own choice), addressed at a Norwegian audience. The review should be about two pages long and be written in Norwegian. The book review should contain 3500 to 4000 signs including spaces, footnotes and reading list. Illustrations are not included.  
• b.) a more extensive assignment, such as a teaching concept or reading project anchored in didactic issues, a text analysis of one or more works, a comparative work, a film analysis or a presentation of aspects of the history of literature. This assignment, of 21 000 to 22 000 signs including spaces, footnotes and reading list. (illustrations not included), is to be written in German.

The topics for the assignments are chosen in cooperation with the course instructor, who will facilitate the writing process.

The assessment is based on knowledge, reflection, in-depth understanding, independence and the use of language. One mark is given for both components, using the A-F grading scale.

If the portfolio is given a fail, it may be improved and resubmitted.

If students wish to improve their grade, they have to submit a new portfolio at a new regular exam.

In the case of an appeal about the assessment, the entire portfolio is subject to new assessment.

We need feedback from our students to be able to improve our courses and study programmes.

This course is evaluated: -in a midterm evaluation and -in a final/formative evaluation

The results are dealt with by: -the group of lecturers -the head of studies and -the local study quality committee.

Updated May 3rd 2021.

Primary literature:

ENDE, Michael: Momo (Thienemann 2005).

GREDER, Armin: Die Insel (Sauerländer 2002).

HEIDELBACH, Nikolaus: Prinz Alfred (Beltz 2012).

HOFFMANN, PM; LINDNER, Bernd: Herbst der Entscheidung. Eine Geschichte aus der Friedlichen Revolution 1989 (CH Links Verlag 2014)

HÖFLER, Stefanie: Der große schwarze Vogel (Beltz & Gelberg 2018)

HÖRA, Daniel: Das Schicksal der Sterne (Bloomoon 2015)

JANOSCH erzählt Grimms Märchen und zeichnet für Kinder von heute (2 eventyr etter eget valg; Beltz 2013).

KÄSTNER, Erich: Die Konferenz der Tiere (Dressler 2007).

MAXEINER, Alexandra /KUHL, Anke: Alles Familie! (Klett 2010).

PREUSSLER, Otfried: Die kleine Hexe (Thienemann 2013)

RABINOWICH, Julia: Dazwischen: ich (Hanser 2016)

SCHÄUBLE, Martin: Endland (Hanser 2017)

ZEJN, Julia: Drei Wege (Avant-Verlag 2018)

Recommended background literature (not part of the curriculum, but relevant for the assignments):

KOPPENSTEINER, Jürgen/SCHWARZ, Eveline: Literatur im DaF/DaZ-Unterricht. Eine Einführung in Theorie und Praxis (Praesens 2012).

O’SULLIVAN, Emer/RÖSLER, Dietmar: Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Fremdsprachenunterricht (Stauffenburg 2013).

SCHIKORSKY, Isa: Kurze Geschichte der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (Books on Demand 2012, alt. som e-bok).