A study of Berlin in the German children's and youth literature during the interwar period

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02411
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Fumihiko 金沢大学, 歴史言語文化学系, 准教授 (30452098)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ドイツ文学 / 児童文学 / ベルリン / 両大戦間期

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyses the relationship between children and the modern city of Berlin based on the German children's and youth literature during the interwar period. Consequently, it was proven that a new type of children arose in the 20th century, which gathers and transmits information through newspapers and telephones and cleverly moves through the city by using different means of public transport. On the one hand this new type of children differs widely from the children of the 19th century and on the other hand from the characters in the contemporary German adult literature, who feel alienated by the urban life in this big city.

Free Research Field

近現代ドイツ・オーストリア文学