Zeitschrift für die Welt der Türken (Aug 2013)
ADOLESCENCE NOVEL AND THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF IT IN GERMAN YOUTH LITERATURE
Abstract
As a result of German youth literature researches in 1990s, a new youthliterature genre has been described as adolescence novel and other youth literaturegenres were grouped under this new genre. This study investigates Turkish –German adolescence novel studies contrastively. The genre which is called asadolescence novel is defined and explained in the context of adolescence novel.Youth literature types are also discussed. After defining literary genre classification,historical development of it will be discussed with regard to historical periods inGerman youth literature. The instances of adolescence novel will be discussedstarting with Goethe and the first examples of adolescence novel, up to our date. Thestages of adolescence novel will be discussed with regard to each literary period by considering the youth cultures, youth psychology, and youth sociology. The currentstatus of adolescence novel will also be described and evaluated.
