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Nathan und seine Kinder von Mirjam Pressler. Adaption des dramatischen Gedichtes Nathan der Weise von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing für Kinder
| Title in English | Nathan und seine Kinder by Mirjam Pressler. Adaptation of the dramatic poem Nathan der Weise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing for children |
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Germanica Wratislaviensia |
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| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | Adaptation of the literary work; literarature for children and youth; critical analysis of the literary work; comparison |
| Description | This article deals with the adaptation of one of the most important works of the German literature. At first is mentioned the school tradition of the adaptations of the so called classical literary works at schools in Germany. There are two very significant questions concerning this proceeding: the quality of the adaptation for children and its compliance with the original work. The next chapter deals with the content of the work Nathan der Weise by G.E. Lessing. I mentioned especially the Jewish Melchisedech whose story contains the parable of the three rings. In the chapter Nathan und seine Kinder by Mirjam Pressler I analyzed this book and compared it with the original work. The very important difference by Mirjam Pressler is the change of the genre drama to a novel. There are several differences in the acting persons against the original work. The number of their performances in the individual chapters differs too and different is also their social milieu. |