Different faces of old age in contemporary literature and children's books

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Course ID:	3302-OSL-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0231) Language acquisition The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Different faces of old age in contemporary literature and children's books
Name in Polish:	Różne oblicza starości w literaturze dla małych czytelników
Organizational unit:	Institute of German Studies
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	general courses
Mode:	Classroom Remote learning
Short description:	The aim of the course is to present ways of describing and depicting old age, death and transience of life in contemporary German literature for children of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. Reflection on a the way to implement such topics as: cheerful old age, old age burdened with diseases - dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, caricatured image of old age, death, mourning, the passing of life - both in relation to the text and to the picture. The seminar has a workshop character and assumes active participation of students in the search for answers to the question about the legitimacy of breaking taboos in publications for the youngest readers.
Full description:	Description of the course content: 1. Interpretation of the taboo concept for a children's book - What it used to be and what it is now. 2. "Ars moriendi" theme and in literature for children, 3. Old age in children's literature and book: - cheerful old age, - old age burdened with diseases - dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, - caricatured image of old age, 4. death, mourning, 5. the passing of life.
Bibliography:	Literature of the subject will be given at the first class.
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge: - acquiring, deepening and updating the knowledge about new trends in literature for children, - getting to know the topics of cultural and moral taboos present in children's literature. Skills: - the ability to prepare and present arguments in the discussion on the legitimacy or lack of legitimacy of the presence of controversial topics in books for young children, - the ability to critically evaluate how taboos are dealt with in children's books and to participate in a discussion. Social competence: - understanding the need for lifelong learning, - the ability to participate in a discussion in a cultural way, - the ability to systematically participate in cultural life and interest in the development of the publishing market of children's books.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Attendance and active participation in classes, presentation/paper.

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