Trickster as Figure and Force: Ambivalence in Busch's and Hoffmann's picture-books.

Autor/in	Vloeberghs, Katrien
Titel	Trickster as Figure and Force: Ambivalence in Busch's and Hoffmann's picture-books.
Quelle	In: German as a foreign language, (2002) 2, S. 57-65 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-9570
Schlagwörter	Erziehung; Bilderbuch; Kinderliteratur; Unterrichtsfach; Deutsch als Fremdsprache; Erzähltechnik; Geschichtsunterricht; Interpretation
Abstract	German nineteenth century children's literature tends to represent an intact and harmonious world in which conflict situations are avoided. The disobedient child embodies a potential disturbance and children's literature affirms proper behaviour and attitude toward authority. This appears not to hold true as far as the picture-books by Heinrich Hoffmann and Wilhelm Busch are concerned. Their complexity may explain their enduring success. Busch's famous stories "Max und Moritz", "Fipps der Affe" and "Eispeter" and Hoffmann's "Struwwelpeter" provide a moral agreement. Hoffmann's and Busch's tales can be read as typical examples of 'intimidation-stories': disobedient children experience a cruel but justified punishment. But a closer analysis shows that this pattern functions primarily as a protective layer hiding a different story. Subliminally, Busch's and Hoffmann's tales hide a disorienting and even subversive attitude. Of the many levels on which such an alternative meaning can be detected, two are discussed in the analysis: the first concerns the action and the characterization of the protagonists, the second the reliability of the narrating instance. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2023/1