Children’s Literature in Europe at the Start of the 20th Century and the Intellectual Place of Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić’s Children’s Story Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića1

• Authors: Ewers Hans-Heino

Title variants

HR

Dječja književnost u Europi početkom dvadesetoga stoljeća i intelektualno mjesto dječje priče Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića Ivane Brlić-Mažuranić

DE

Die Kinderliteratur in Europa zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts und die Bedeutung von Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić‘s Kinderliteraturklassiker Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića

• Languages of publication: HR EN DE

Abstracts

HR

Esej prikazuje kulturni kontekst i ideje vodilje obrazovne reforme u Europi početkom dvadesetoga stoljeća te donosi pregled trendova prisutnih u dječjoj književnosti toga vremena. Autor smješta Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića Ivane Brlić-Mažuranić, klasično djelo hrvatske dječje književnosti, u tradiciju ne-fantastične dječje književnosti dječje autonomije, dijelom idiličkoga, a dijelom paraboličnoga značaja. Također to djelo dovodi u vezu s pričama njemačkoga dječjega pisca Otfrieda Preußlera, koje su se pojavile sredinom dvadesetoga stoljeća, u vrijeme kad je Hlapić preveden na njemački jezik. Radi se o vrsti književnosti usmjerenoj na to da u mladim čitateljima stvori osjećaj sretnoga sklada između sebe i svijeta te tako u djecu čitatelje ugradi temeljni osjećaj: povjerenje.

EN

The essay presents the cultural circumstances and the main ideas of the educational reform in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century and gives an overview of the trends found in children’s literature of the time. The author places Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića [The Strange Adventures of Hlapich the Apprentice], a Croatian classic by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, in the tradition of children’s non-fantastic literature of childhood autonomy, of a partly idyllic, partly parabolic, nature. He also relates it to stories by the German children’s author Otfried Preußler, which appeared in the mid 20th century, at the time when Hlapich was translated into German. It is the kind of literature which aims to create for its young readers the feeling of happy agreement between the self and the world, and it thus instils a basic sense of trust in its child readers.

DE

In dem Essay werden der kulturelle Kontext und die Leitideen zur Bildungsreform in Europa zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts vorgestellt, sowie der damalige aktuelle Stand der Kinderliteratur umgerissen. Den kroatischen Kinderliteraturklassiker Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića von Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić verortet der Autor in der Tradition der nicht-fiktionalen Kinderliteratur, wobei das Werk sowohl idyllische wie auch parabolische Merkmale aufweist. In dem Essay wird sodann das Werk in Beziehung zu den Erzählungen des deutschen Kinderautors Otfried Preußler gebracht, die um die Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts veröffentlicht werden, als Hlapić ins Deutsche schon übersetzt war. In beiden Fällen handelt es sich um eine Art der Kinderliteratur, die darauf ausgerichtet ist, in den Kindern das Gefühl des Einklangs mit der Umwelt hervorzurufen und ihnen damit eine Form von Urvertrauen zu vermitteln.

Keywords

HR

dječja književnost; Europa; početak dvadesetoga stoljeća; Ivana Brlić Mažuranić; Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića

EN

children’s literature; Europe; turn of the 20th century; Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić; The Strange Adventures of Hlapich the Apprentice

DE

Kinderliteratur; Europa; Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts; Ivana Brlić Mažuranić; Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića

• Publisher: Croatian Association of Researchers in Children’s Literature
• Journal: Libri & Liberi
• Year: 2013
• Volume: Vol 2
• Issue: No. 2
• Pages: 179-186

Contributors

author

Ewers Hans-Heino

Identifiers

DOI

10.21066/carcl.libri.2013-02(02).0028