„Niemand halte die Weltgeschichte als zur bloßen Kurzweil geschrieben“ – Geschichtserzählungen im kinder- und jugendliterarischen Werk von Gustav Nieritz (1795-1876)

• Authors: Schmideler Sebastian

Title variants

HR

„Neka nitko povijest svijeta ne smatra napisanom za puku dokolicu“ – povijesne pripovijesti za djecu i mladež Gustava Nieritza (1795-1876)

EN

“Nobody should Take the History of the World as if Written for Mere Diversion” – Historical Fiction in Children’s and Young Adult Literature by Gustav Nieritz (1795-1876)

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

DE

Obwohl Gustav Nieritz heute aus dem kulturellen Gedächtnis der Deutschen verschwunden ist, zählt er doch zu den meistgelesenen deutschsprachigen Jugendschriftstellern des 19. Jahrhunderts und damit zu denjenigen Verfassern, die in allen Kreisen der Bevölkerung rezipiert worden sind. Unter seinen Jugendschriften, die bislang kaum erforscht wurden, gehört ein nicht geringer Teil zur geschichtserzählenden Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Der Beitrag untersucht die Spezifik des in diesen Kinder- und Jugendbüchern vermittelten Geschichtsbildes, deren wissenschaftliche Analyse bislang noch aussteht. Hierbei wird der Frage nachgegangen, inwiefern die geschichtserzählende Kinder- und Jugendliteratur der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts von der sich parallel entwickelnden kritischanalytischen Geschichtswissenschaft beeinflusst wurde oder aber einer eigenen, spezifisch kinder- und jugendliterarischen Tradition folgte.

HR

Premda je Gustav Nieritz danas iščeznuo iz kulturnoga sjećanja Nijemaca, spada on ipak među najčitanije njemačke autore književnosti za mladež u 19. stoljeću, a time i među onodobne reprezentativne spisatelje čija su djela čitali svi društveni slojevi. Znatan dio od ukupno 117 djela, za koje je moguće utvrditi Nieritzovo autorstvo, a koja su do sada bila nedovoljno istražena, spada u red povijesnih pripovijesti namijenjenih djeci i mladeži. U članku se istražuje specifična slika povijesti koja se posreduje u tim djelima, a koja do sada nije bila podvrgnuta znanstvenoj analizi. Spoznajni interes rada leži prije svega u razmatranju problema u kojoj je mjeri kritičko-analitička povijesna znanost koja se u to doba razvijala utjecala na povijesne pripovijesti namijenjene djeci i mladeži u prvoj polovici 19. stoljeća, ili je pak riječ o djelima koja slijede navlastitu, specifičnu tradiciju književnosti za djecu i mladež. Na temelju analize odabranih povijesnih pripovijesti ustanovljuje se da prikazi povijesti u Gustava Nieritza slijede tradiciju preuzetu iz antike u skladu s kojom se povijest poima učiteljicom života (historia magistra vitae) tako da se i kod njega posredovanje povijesti instrumentalizira u svrhu poučavanja vrlinama. U tom je kontekstu slika povijesti Gustava Nieritza usko isprepletena s posredovanjem protestantskog vjerskog morala. Nieritz, doduše, nasuprot Christopheru von Schmidu, na koga se kao uzor poziva, prikaz povijesti podupire razmjerno većim realističnim sadržajem. Bez obzira na to, Nieritzov povijesno-pripovjedački opus korespondira sa suvremenim ciljevima školskoga odgoja i književne izobrazbe puka, čija je temeljna svrha stabilizacija postojećeg poretka i nabožni odgoj. Znanstveno posredovanje povijesti širim krugovima čitateljstva postaje sastavnim dijelom njemačke dječje i omladinske književnosti tek u drugoj polovici 19. stoljeća.

EN

Although Gustav Nieritz has not been granted a place in Germany’s cultural memory, he was one of the most important and popular authors of books for children and young adults in the 19th century. His books were read by virtually everyone. Many of the 117 books for children and young adults of which his authorship is certain, are historical fiction for young readers. Unfortunately, they have hardly ever been the topic of research to this date. This paper analyses Nieritz’s specific construction of history, which has long remained unexplored. The main research interest is the question in what way historical fiction for children and young adults in the early 19th century was affected by the parallel development of the new science of history or in what way these texts follow their own specific traditions. In the context of the investigation of selected historical fiction, the paper demonstrates how the construction of history in the work of Gustav Nieritz is governed by ancient traditions, which consider history as a teacher of life (historia magistra vitae) and the teaching of history as a school of virtue. In this context, the work of Gustav Nieritz is clearly influenced by the doctrine of Protestantism. However, Gustav Nieritz’s work shows– in contrast to Christoph von Schmid, who was his ideal and role model – a comparatively advanced realistic approach and treatment of the topic. Despite that, the historical fiction of Nieritz reflects the 19th century idea of an education for the people. Stabilisation of the existing social order and religious instruction are its principal purposes. The beginning of a scholarly construction of history for a wide spectrum of readers cannot be found in children’s books and young adult fiction before the second half of the 19th century.

Keywords

DE

Geschichtsdarstellung im Kinder- und Jugendbuch; Gustav Nieritz; Neunzehntes Jahrhundert; Religion; Deutschland

HR

devetnaesto stoljeće; Gustav Nieritz; Njemačka; prikaz povijesti u dječjoj književnosti i književnosti za mladež; religija

EN

construction of history in books for children and young adults; Gustav Nieritz; 19th century; religion; Germany

• Publisher: Croatian Association of Researchers in Children’s Literature
• Journal: Libri & Liberi
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 29-44

Contributors

author

Schmideler Sebastian

• Fakultät für Linguistik und Literaturwissenschaft