A crime story with a moral. On the didactic dimension of Erich Kästner’s novel „Emil and the detectives”
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15633/tes.11311Keywords:
Erich Kästner, „Emil and the detectives”, didacticism, detective stories for children and young peopleAbstract
In my article, I examine one of the most famous novels for children and young people, “Emil and the Detectives” by Erich Kästner, in terms of the process of didacticization and the practical use of the text in secondary school classes and in working with university students. In my reflections, I emphasize and describe the didactic and moralizing value of Kästner’s text.
References
Daubert H., Detektiv- und Kriminalgeschichte, w: Kinder- und Jugendmedien. Ein Handbuch für die Praxis, Hrsg. D. Grünewald, W. Kaminski, Weinheim–Basel 1984, s. 431–439.
Depta A., Początki kryminału — Auguste Dupin i Sherlock Holmes. Reminiscencje, w: Literatura popularna, t. 3: Kryminał, red. E. Bartos, K. Niesporek, Katowice 2019, s. 141–154.
Ewers H.-H., Der Autor als Star. Erich Kästners auktoriale und aktionale Selbstinszenierung im Kinderroman, w: Erich Kästners weltweite Wirkung als Kinderschriftsteller. Studien zur internationalen Rezeption des kinderliterarischen Werks, Hrsg. B. Dolle-Weinkauff, H.-H. Ewers, Frankfurt am Main 2002, s. 11–31.
Hübener A., Erich Kästners Kinder- und Jugendbücher in der Grundschule und Sekundarstufe I, Hohengehren 2006 (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Unterricht, 4).
Kaminski W., Weimarer Republik, w: Geschichte der deutschen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Hrsg. R. Wild, Stuttgart–Weimar 2002, s. 251–265.
Kästner E., Emil i detektywi, przeł. L. Gradstein, Warszawa 2017.
Lange G., Krimis für Kinder und Jugendliche, w: Taschenbuch der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Grundlagen — Gattungen, Hrsg. G. Lange, Bd. 1, Hohengehren 2002, s. 521–546.
Martuszewska A., Powieść kryminalna, w: Słownik literatury popularnej, red. T. Żabski, Wrocław 2006, s. 461–471.
Martuszewska A., Detektyw, w: Słownik literatury popularnej, red. T. Żabski, Wrocław 2006, s. 101–109.
Olkusz K., Multimodalność jako narzędzie narracyjne w literaturze kryminalnej, w: Literatura popularna, t. 3: Kryminał, red. E. Bartos, K. Niesporek, Katowice 2019, s. 111–139.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Justyna Radłowska
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions, and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
