Prof. Dr. Mechthild Hesse
Informationen für Examenskandidaten Herbst 11
Topic: Literary studies:
Children’s literature/Young Adult (YA) literature
I. Competences and knowledge areas
1. Text comprehension and text analysis of an unknown text
2. (Very short) reproduction: overview of historical development of children’s and YA literature from the 17th century until today
3. Analysis and comparison of five selected children’s and YAnovels (see below) regarding setting, character, plot, theme, language, point of view
4. Transfer: Reflecting teaching children’s and young adult literature in the active EFL classroom (approaches, methods, more primary literature; useful primary lit. to teach ICC …)
II. Exam preparation
Read 5 of the following YA novels:
Sherman Alexie: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Berlie Doherty: Dear Nobody. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Berlie Doherty: Abela. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Fleischman,Paul: Seedfolks. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Nick Hornby: Slam. Stuttgart: Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Ann Jaramillo: La Linéa. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Lois Lowry: The Giver. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Bali Rai: (Un)arranged Marriage. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Louis Sachar: Holes. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Robert Swindells: Abomination. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Robert Swindells: Stone Cold. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Terry Trueman: Inside Out. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett-Verlag
Read a selection ofsecondary literature, for example:
burwitz melzer, eva: Allmähliche Annäherungen. Fiktionale Texte im interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht der Sekundarstufe I. Tübingen: Gunter Narr 2003
bushman, john h. & parks, kay haas: Using Young Adult Literature in the English Classroom. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill 2003
hesse, mechthild: “Zeitgenössische Jugendromane im Unterricht“. In: Handbuch Romandidaktik 2009
hesse, mechthild: “Disciplining Boys with Marriage Arrangements” – Bali Rai’s (Un)arranged Marriage in the EFL Classroom”. In: Heidelberg: Winter 2009
Hesse, Mechthild: Teenage Fiction in the Active EFL Classroom. Stuttgart: Klett, 2009
Hunt, Peter (ed.). Children’s Literature. An Illustrated History. Oxford: OUP, 1995
Hunt, Peter. Children’s Literature. Oxford: Blackwell 2001
hunt, peter (Ed.): International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Vol. 1 & 2. London: Routledge 2004
Lazar, Gillian: Literature and Language Teaching: A Guide for Teachers and Trainers. Cambridge: CUP, 1993
mukherjee, joybato: “Unity in Diversity: The Indian Kaleidoscope in the EFL Classroom”. 143 - 151. In: delanoy, werner & volkmann, laurenz (Eds.): Cultural Studies in the EFL Classroom. Heidelberg: Winter 2006
Nünning, Ansgar & Surkamp, Carola. Englische Literatur unterrichten. Seelze: Klett Kallmeyer 2006
Thaler, Engelbert: Teaching English Literature. Padebron: Schöningh 2008
Zipes, Jack: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Oxford: OUP, 2006
Teacher’s Guides
Teacher’s Guides of all primary works published by Ernst-Klett Verlag, Stuttgart; La Linéa by Heiko Kist; Slam by Miriam Bögel; Stone Cold by Susanne Heinz; Abomination by Hesse etc al. to be found in Raabits folder (SDM); other guides by Mechthild Hesse. They should all be in the PH library. Or you can buy them with a school stamp.