THE RELIGIOUS LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN IN „THE UNIQUE BOOK”(1946)
THE RELIGIOUS LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN IN „THE UNIQUE BOOK”(1946)

Summary/Abstract: The period between the two world wars is considered to be a fertile ground for children literature. In their approaches, the creators of children literature, had in view the fact that in preparing for life, literature was second after religion. Religious literature was naturaly included in the textbooks of the time.The „Unique Book” for the 6th grade of 1946 proves the selection of literary works on criterion of their moral and religious substance. Many of the literary texts could be easily regarded as religious as long as the religious symbols, the characters from the sacred area, the themes and faboulos events are cores around which they wove stories, legends or poems. An important fact is the presence of moralizing stories.

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