Nazi children's literature as a political instrument: between Kamenetsky and Adorno
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Literature and politics, Nazi children's literature, Effects of literatureAbstract
This paper proposes to characterize, historically and theoretically, the Nazi children’s literature as a political instrument of ideological propaganda whose effects would not have occurred in an unconditional and isolated manner. On the one hand, taking Christa Kamenetsky’s historical research, it’s described what Nazi children’s literature was and in what environment this literature proliferated. On the other hand, taking Theodor Adorno’s critical philosophy, it’s ascribed to Nazi children’s literature some typical characteristics of the culture industry and fascist propaganda. Between Kamentsky and Adorno, the case of Nazi children’s literature reveals the complexity involved in the question of literature’s moral and political effects.
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