(in Polish) Przedmiot fakultatywny: Literatura młodzieżowa w regionie Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej 3224-PRZEDF92
The course focuses on selected issues in (youth) literature and anthropology of literature in Central and Eastern European countries. Its aim is to characterise the literary processes taking place in the region, with particular emphasis on the influence of historical and socio-political factors on the development and shape of literature in individual countries. In search of factors determining their specificity, the main emphasis is placed, on the one hand, on common elements indicating their cultural proximity and kinship, and on the other hand, on their distinctiveness and differences.
The following topics will be discussed during the classes:
1. What is young adult literature? Young adult literature vs. children's literature.
2. Types of young adult literature – detective literature, literature for girls, literature for boys, adventure literature, fantasy literature.
3. Issues, motifs, themes, characters in young adult literature, Crossover literature.
4. Youth literature before the breakthrough in the Central and Eastern European region – themes, issues, motifs.
5. Youth literature after the breakthrough in the Central and Eastern European region – themes, issues, motifs.
6. Youth literature in Poland – before the 1989 breakthrough and after the breakthrough – genres, change in themes, contemporary youth problems.
7. Youth literature in West Germany – evolution of motifs, issues, change in themes, contemporary youth problems.
8. Youth literature in East Germany – themes, motifs, evolution of themes in youth literature from the 1950s to the 1980s.
9. Youth literature in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic and Slovakia
10. Youth literature in Ukraine – change of themes, motifs.
11. Youth literature in Belarus - change of themes, motifs.
12. Youth literature in Lithuania - change of themes, motifs.
13. Youth literature in Russia - change of themes, motifs.
14. Eastern and Western youth literature.
Student workload:
Participation in classroom activities – 30 hours (1 ECTS)
Preparation for classes - 30 hours (1 ECTS)
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Learning outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
Upon completing the course, the student will know and understand:
the complex nature of language, with particular emphasis on the cultural context of the countries in the region, the specific characteristics of the literature of individual CEE countries, recognising similarities and differences between them and the broadly understood intercultural context, the impact of historical, social and political events in the region on the literary process, the works of the most important writers and works belonging to the literary canon of the EEC countries, the most important trends and directions, as well as the dominant genres in contemporary literature in the countries of the region, and recognise the challenges facing it (K_W09).
Skills
Upon completing the course, the student is able to:
- search for, select, analyse and use necessary information from various sources (K_U01)
- refer to acquired theoretical and practical knowledge and use it in typical professional statements concerning the literature of the countries of the region, as well as the specificity of the region as a whole in a global context, constructing them logically and referring to the positions of other participants in these communication situations (K_U06)
- communicate using various communication channels and techniques on literary topics concerning the countries of the region (K_U07)
- independently prepare a written and oral statement in Polish and a foreign language on selected topics in the field of literature and present the results of their work to the group (K_U08)
- use at least two foreign languages at a minimum level of B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (K_U09)
- plan and organise individual and team work, plan and implement the process of independent learning, including specialist knowledge, after graduation (K_U10)
- use modern communication and information technologies in their work (K_U11).
Social Competences
Upon completing the course, the student is prepared to:
- critical assessment of existing knowledge, continuous learning and supplementing acquired knowledge and skills (K_K01)
- effective communication and living in society, including in a culturally diverse society, working in a team, coping with typical professional situations, verifying one's views through factual discussion and evaluating one's knowledge (K_K02).
Assessment criteria
I. The organization of classes:
1) Attendance at all classes, covered by the plan, shall be compulsory.
2) It is not possible to have a resit if the reason of failing the credit was noncompliance with the requirement to participate in them. In such a case a student can be conditionally registered in an successive stage of study and can repeat the failed course.
3) In case of 30 hours in semester, 2 absences without justifying are acceptable. Missed classes must be made up in accordance with the requirements of the lecturer. The requirements are provided by the lecturer during the first class.
II. Assessment Criteria
The final grade is composed of:
Active and substantive participation in classes (50%) and written work or podcast (50%).
In order to obtain a positive grade for the semester, students must prepare one presentation on a selected topic and demonstrate active participation during classes.
Grading system:
99 – 100% - 5 (excellent)
93 - 98% - 5 (very good)
87 - 92% - 4,5 (fairly good)
77 - 86% - 4 (good)
71 - 76% - 3,5 (satisfactory plus)
60 - 70% - 3 (satisfactory)
Bibliography
Recommended literature:
M. Chrobak, Bohater literatury dziecięcej i młodzieżowej z okresu PRL. Między kreacją a recepcją, Kraków 2019.
Filoteknos. Literatura dziecięca. Mediacja kulturowa. Antropologia dzieciństwa, Vol. 12, red. K. Kowalczyk, S. W. Świtała, Wrocław 2022.
Literatura dla dzieci i młodzieży (po roku 1980), red. K. Heska-Kwaśniewicz, Katowice 2008.
Literatura dla dzieci i młodzieży (po roku 1980), tom 2, red. K. Heska-Kwaśniewicz, Katowice 2009.
Literatura dla dzieci i młodzieży (1945-1989), tom 3, red. K. Heska-Kwaśniewicz, K. Tałuć, Katowice 2013.
Literatura dla dzieci i młodzieży, tom 4, red. K. Heska-Kwaśniewicz, K. Tałuć, Katowice 2014.
Literatura dla dzieci i młodzieży, tom 5, red. K. Heska-Kwaśniewicz, K. Tałuć, Katowice 2017.
K. Nun, Mädchenleben in Ost und West – DDR, Ungarn, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Frankfurt am Mein 2001.
Światy dzieciństwa. Infantylizacje w literaturze i kulturze, red. M Chrobak, K. Wądolny-Tatar, Kraków 2001.
Słownik literatury dziecięcej i młodzieżowej, red. B. Tylicka, G. Leszczyński, Wrocław 2002.
„Stare” i „nowe” w literaturze dla dzieci i młodzieży – biografie, red. B. Olszewska, O. Pajączkowski, L. Urbańczyk, Opole 2015.
Source texts and studies will be verified on an ongoing basis by the lecturer.
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: