How far is it elsewhere? On the awareness of the alien in german children's and youth literature

Authors

  • Gina Weinkauff

Keywords:

German, change of function, otherness, enculturation, picture book, adventure novel

Abstract

This article presents a selection of those findings. lt starts with some problems of terminology: meanings of alterity in an objective and a subjective sense, different grades of alterity. Then it reveals some basic phenomena: Alterity in several different fictional models of reality, the significance of cultural elements and their meaning for different concepts of literature for children and young adults, different conventions of portraying other cultures in the literature for children and for young people.
Finally it highlights the process of disappearance of these conventions and traditional portrayals of other cultures in contemporary literature for children and young people.

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Published

2011-06-14

Issue

No. 9 (2011)

Section

Artículos

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Anuario de Investigación en Literatura Infantil y Juvenil has been published in open access from 2019 (vol. 17). The journal allows the authors to retain publishing rights. Authors may reprint their articles in other media without having to request authorization, provided they indicate that the article was originally published in Anuario de Investigación en Literatura Infantil y Juvenil. The journal holds the copyright of printed issues (volumes 0-16).