Literatur als Freiraum: Literaturdidaktik und literarizitätsorientierter DaF-Unterricht in Italien – Entwurf eines Forschungsprojekts

Abstract

Language and literature, or linguistics and literary education, in the Italian context, in the history of foreign language didactics, are very closely linked. If one takes a closer look at the Italian school system, using the example of German as a foreign language, a complex and varied situation can be observed. What is specific about a literature-oriented lesson in German as a foreign language and how can it be scientifically founded? This is a question, which was asked in the scientific debate in the German-speaking world, by many linguists and literary scholars in the 1970s and 1980s and it still seems to be unanswered in the Italian school context today. Although new perspectives have been opened up with the volume accompanying the European Framework of Reference for Languages, published in 2020, the discussion on the role of literary education and the importance of literatureoriented teaching still remains an open question and encourages the discovery of new research paths.

Keywords

• Didactic of Literature
• German as a foreign language
• literariness