1. Organizational instructions; 2. Theory of Literature for Children and Youth; 3. Literature for children and youth in relation to didactics and psychology; 4. The issue of genres: fairy tales (Jacob, Wilhelm Grimm vs. Otfried Preußler); 5. The issue of genres: adventure novels (Joachim Heinrich Campe, Ludwig Tieck, David Wyss; Karl May); 6. The issue of genres: novels of Erich Kästner vs. novels of Christiane Nöstlinger vs. novesls of Andreas Steinhöfel; 7. The issue of genres: fantasy (Michael Ende); 8. – 9. The issue of genres: Problem oriented Literature (Peter Härtling, Gudrun Pausewang); 10.The issue of genres: Literature for young adult (Christiane F. vs. Wolfgang Herrndorf); 11.The issue of genres: World War II in Literature for Children and Youth (Mirjam Pressler); 12. Conclusion, course evaluation