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This class is particularly offered to students of Lehramt Grundschule but may also be attended by other students. It looks at how recent young adult novels imagine interactions between humans and more-than-human beings, and how young people react to social and existential challenges. The texts all portray a search for sanctuary – for a place offering both physical and spiritual safety, to both humans and non-humans. Written by authors from various cultural backgrounds, these texts contain both ancient mythical motifs and modern realist as well as magic realist elements. We will examine them for their didactic and literary contributions to present discussions about juvenile resilience and social and ecological transformation.
Students are required to purchase a Reader (Copy&Paste); each student is requested to choose two of the following texts:
- Louise Erdrich, The Birchbark House. HarperCollins, 1999. ISBN 0063064162
- Jennifer Dance, Red Wolf. Dundurn, 2014. ISBN 1459708105
- Sita Bahmachari, Red Leaves. Macmillan, 2014. ISBN 1447262980
- Sita Brahmachari, Where The River Runs Gold. Orion, 2019. ISBN 1510105417
- Sandra Smith, Treasure (vol. 1 of Seed Savers). Flying Books House, 2018. ISBN 943345058
- Sara Pennypacker, Here in the Real World. Harper Collins, 2020. ISBN 0008371695
- Sara Pennypacker, Pax. Balzer & Bray, 2019. ISBN 0062377027
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