Children´s and Young Adult Diary Fiction in the EFL classroom

1. Staatsexamen Frühjahr 2016
im Fach Englisch
Prof. Dr. Annika Kolb
Literary Studies –
Children´s and Young Adult Diary Fiction in the EFL classroom
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Characteristics of diary fiction
Characteristics of picture books and young adult literature
Potential of diary fiction for the language classroom
Chances and challenges of teaching children´s and YAL in the
language classroom
 Competence models for teaching literary texts
 Tasks on diary fiction for the EFL classroom
Primary Literature:
Alexie, Sherman (2009) The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. New York: Little.
Brooks, K. (2013) The bunker diary. London: Penguin Books.
Collins, T. (2010) Diary of a wimpy vampire. London: O'Mara.
Cronin, D. and Bliss, H. (Ill.) (2005) Diary of a spider. New York: Cotler.
French, J. and Whatley, B. (Ill.) (2003) Diary of a wombat. New York: Sandpiper.
Kinney, J. (2008) Diary of a wimpy kid: A Novel in Cartoons. London: Puffin Books.
Lloyd, S. (2008) The carbon diaries 2015. London: Hodder Children's.
Tashjian, J. (2010) My life as a book. New York: Holt.
Diary Fiction:
Abbott, H. P. (1984) Diary fiction. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Amato, M. (2009) ‘Dear Diary: A Fiction Writer’s Secret Tool’, Illinois Reading Council Journal,
37(3), pp. 3–7.
Field, Trevor (1989) Form and function in the diary novel. Totoma: Rowman & Littlefield.
Hassam, Andrew (1992) Writing and reality: A study of modern British Diary Fiction.
Westport: Praeger.
Hesse, M. and Ernst, D. (2011) Sherman Alexie. The absolutely true diary of a part-time
Indian. Teacher´s Guide. Leipzig: Klett.
Martens, L. (2009) The diary novel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Prince, G. (1975) The diary novel: Notes for the definition of a sub-genre. In: Neophilologus;
Oct1975, Vol. 59 Issue 4, p 477-481.
Taber, N. and Woloshyn, V. (2011) Dumb Dorky Girls and Wimpy Boys: Gendered Themes in
Diary Cartoon Novels. In: Children's Literature in Education; Sep2011, Vol. 42 Issue 3, p 226242.
Picture Books
Enever, J. (Hrsg.) (2006) Picture books and young learners of English. Stuttgart:
Langenscheidt.
Lewis, D. (2006) Reading contemporary picturebooks : picturing text. London:
Routledge/Falmer.
Niemann, H. (2002) Mit Bilderbüchern Englisch lernen. Seelze-Velber: Kallmeyer.
Nikolajeva, M. (2006) How Picturebooks Work. Auflage: 1. New York: Routledge.
Nodelman, P. (1990) Words about pictures : the narrative art of children’s picture books. 2.
[print.]. Athens, Ga. [u.a.]: Univ. of Georgia Press.
Salisbury, M. and Styles, M. (2012) Children’s Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling.
London: Laurence King Pub.
Stefanova, P. (2005) Kinderliteratur im Fremdsprachenunterricht der Grundschule. In: Doyé,
P. (ed.) Kernfragen des Fremdsprachenunterrichts in der Grundschule. Braunschweig:
Westermann Schulbuchverlag, pp. 80–93.
Tings, N. (2005) Authentische Kinderliteratur im Englischunterricht der Grundschule. In: Doyé,
P. (ed.) Kernfragen des Fremdsprachenunterrichts in der Grundschule. Braunschweig:
Westermann Schulbuchverlag, pp. 184–198.
Young Adult Literature
Bushman, J. H. and Haas, K. P. (2006) Using young adult literature in the English classroom. 4.
ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. [u.a.]: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall. Fre N 700: 120
Cadden, Mike (2010) Genre as Nexus: The Novel for Children and Young Adults. In: Wolf, S.
(ed.) Handbook of Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature. New York: Routledge,
pp. 302–313.
Cart, M. (2011) Young adult literature : from romance to realism. Chicago: American Library
Association. JuLi A 340: 22
Coats, K. (2010) Young Adult Literature: Growing Up, In Theory. In: Wolf, S. (ed.) Handbook
of Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature. New York: Routledge, pp. 315– 329.
Crumpler, T. and Wedwick, L. (2010) Readers, Texts, and Contexts in the Middle: Reimagining Literature Education for Young Adolescents. In: Wolf, S. (ed.) Handbook of
Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature. New York: Routledge, pp. 63–75.
Hesse, M. (2009) Teenage fiction in the active English classroom. Stuttgart: Klett .
Stevenson, D. (2010) History of Children’s and Young Adult Literature. In: Wolf, S. (ed.)
Handbook of Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature. New York: Routledge, pp.
179–193.
Teaching Literature in the EFL classroom:
Collie, J. and Slater, S. (2010) Literature in the language classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Hallet, W., Surkamp, C. and Krämer, U. (Hrsg.) (2015) Literaturkompetenzen Englisch. Seelze:
Kallmeyer.
O’Sullivan, E. and Rösler, D. (2013) Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Fremdsprachenunterricht.
Tübingen: Stauffenburg-Verlag.
Surkamp, C. and Nünning, A. (2008) Englische Literatur unterrichten– 1: Grundlagen und
Methoden. Stuttgart: Klett.
Surkamp, C. and Nünning, A. (2010) Englische Literatur unterrichten– Unterrichtsmodelle und
Materialien. Stuttgart: Klett.
Thaler, E. (2008) Teaching English literature. Paderborn: Schöningh.
Literary Competences
Burwitz-Melzer, Eva (2007) ‘Ein Lesekompetenzmodell für den fremdsprachlichen
Literaturunterricht’, in Bredella, Lothar and Hallet, Wolfgang (eds) Literaturunterricht,
Kompetenzen und Bildung. Trier: WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, pp. 127–157.
Diehr, Bärbel and Surkamp, Carola (2015) ‘Die Entwicklung literaturbezogener Kompetenzen
in der Sekundarstufe I: Modellierung, Abschlussprofil und Evaluation.’, in Hallet, Wolfgang,
Surkamp, Carola, and Krämer, Ulrich (eds) Literaturkompetenzen Englisch. Modellierung Curriculum - Unterrichtsbeispiele. Seelze: Kallmeyer, pp. 21–40.
Hallet, Wolfgang (2009) ‘Romanlektüre und Kompetenzentwicklung: Vom narrativen Diskurs
zur Diskursfähigkeit’, in Hallet, Wolfgang and Nünning, Ansgar (eds) Romandidaktik
Theoretische Grundlagen, Methoden, Lektüreanregungen. Trier: WVT Wissenschaftlicher
Verlag Trier, pp. 73–88.
Lütge, Christiane (2012) ‘Developing “Literary Literacy?” Towards a Progression of Literary
Learning’, in Eisenmann, M. & Summer, Theresa (eds) Basic issues in EFL teaching and
learning. Heidelberg: Winter, pp. 191–202.
Surkamp, Carola (2012) ‘Literarische Texte im kompetenzorientierten
Fremdsprachenunterricht’, in Krämer, Ulrich and Hallet, Wolfgang (eds) Kompetenzaufgaben
im Englischunterricht Grundlagen und Unterrichtsbeispiele. Seelze: Kallmeyer, pp. 77–90.
Prüfungshandapparat Nr. 8 in der Bibliothek
Selected texts on ILIAS: Kurs „Staatsexamen Frühjahr 2016 – diary fiction“ password diary

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