Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Teaching Literature in the English Classroom

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature Works grade: 10 Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Anglistik/ Amerikanistik) language: English abstract: Table of contents 1 Why do we have to teach literature? 1.1 Tasks of literature: Cultural Enrichment Language Enrichment Personal Involvement 1.2 Teaching fiction in school1.3 Criteria for text selection 2 The phenomenon „Harry Potter 2.1 Task proposals to teach „Harry Potter3 Reading activities 3.1 Pre-reading activities 3.2 While-reading activities 3.3 Post-reading activities 4 Conclusion about teaching Harry Potter 5 5. Bibliography 5.1 Book sources 5.2 Internet sources