Fundamental Concepts of Children’s Literature Research

Ewers is Professor of German Literature with a focus on Children's Literature at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt/Main and Director of the "Institut für Jugendbuchforschung" (Institute for Children's Literature Research).

• Series Editor’s ForewordIntroductionPart I: Literary Communication with Children and Young People1. Children’s Literary Communication2. Different Forms of Children’s Literary Messages3. Children’s Literature as Literature for Mediators4. Children’s Literature as Twofold Communication5. Children’s Literature as Reading Material for AdultsPart II: Children’s Literary Distribution and Evaluation Systems6. Children’s Literary Action Systems7. The Market for Children’s Books and Media8. Children’s Books and Media as an Action System in Public Libraries9. "School Reading" as a Selection and Distribution System10. The "children’s book" pedagogic action system11. The "children’s public literary forum" Action System12. Historical Change in Distribution and Evaluation Systems for Children’s Literature.13. Children’s Literary Polysystems and their ProvidersPart III: Semiotics of Children’s and Young Adult Literature14. Children’s Literary Symbol Systems15. Fundamental Children’s Literary Norms16. Children’s Literary Concepts17. Children’s Literary DiscoursePart IV: Children’s Literature as Literature Suitable for Children and Young People18. Child Suitability: Accommodation and Assimilation19. Forms of Child Suitability: Forms of Accommodation20. Child Suitability as a Basis for Textual Analysis21. External and Internal SuitabilityNotes Index