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11 German Children’s Literature 1945-2000 The split of Germany into occupied zones and East or West had an “Auswirkungen auf die Entwicklung der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur nach 1945” (Kümmerling-meibauer 66). In the immediate post-war period, German Kinderliteratur was influenced by translations of English, French and Scandinavian children’s classics (trans. 66). These translated works helped Germany write about different, and sometimes taboo, themes in their children’s literature. For example, the Swedish author, Astrid Lindgren with her book, Pippi Langstrumpf (schwed. EA 1945) influenced many German authors to write rebellious fantasy characters, like Pippi (67). One German author that dealt with taboo themes in children’s literature was Erich Kästner with Das doppelte Lottchen (1949). This text dealt with divorce, rebellion, and the impact on the “kindliche Psyche” (67). Both authors allowed room for traditionally taboo topics in Kinderliteratur, providing an opening for other authors. English and Scandinavian translations of fantasy classics led to the “ersten Blütezeit der deutschen kinderliterarischen Phantastik” (68). Michael Ende and Otfried Preußler were both instrumental in this regard. Their texts inspired others to write fantastical worlds, which lent a new space for childhood independence, and children to build their imagination (Kümmerling-Meibauer 68). At the end of the 1960’s, children’s literature became recognised as part of the general form of literature, recognised as having a function to socialise the child into existing social systems (71). These novels began to critique society and the way people lived, as well as looking at taboo topics in children’s literature (71-72). However, towards the end of the 1970’s, there was critique of the “sozialrealistischen und problemorientierten” children’s literature as children’s literature was supposed to entertain and help children escape reality, not plunge them back into reality. Thus, to 12 counteract this criticism, fantasy continued to flourish (72). In this respect, children’s literature mirrored general literary historical trends which also showed a gradual move away from the highly politicised literature of that period. Ende was most influential at this point in time (72). His novel, Die Unendliche Geschichte (1979), promoting fantasy and children’s literature to all generations. was the first German children’s book to be published in the bestsellers list of the Spiegel (trans 72). In more recent years (1980’s-2000’s), the boundaries between adults literature and children’s literature have been broken. Themes are mixed across the literatures, and both serve more than before an “ästhetisch-literarische Sozialisation” of both children and adults (73). These novels favour characters who show their inner-psyche; how they feel about issues, identity, other characters, etc. This trend featured in both realistic and fantasy German children’s literature (74). They also introduce the issues of writing, reading and fiction vs. reality into the novels; children’s fiction in the same way as adult fiction thus develop their metafictional quality. Cornelia Funke’s Tintenwelt trilogy plays with the border between the real world and the fictional world, and can be seen as an example of postmodern children’s fiction. Alongside British authors like Rowling, and Pullman, Funke is a fantasy author who sparked the new golden age of children’s literature, redefining the boundaries of adult’s and children’s literature (McCulloch 42). As can be seen in these two contextualisation’s of the genre and the primary texts of this dissertation, both countries have a well-established grounds of children’s literature. They may have taken different courses and dealt with different issues but fantasy has been a main part of the genre within both cultures, inspiring other authors and realms for open, independent thought. Download 420.42 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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