Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen. Spielfilm und Kinderbuch im Vergleich

Research paper from 2013 in the field of German - Education, Didactics, Linguistics, grade: 1.3, University of Duisburg-Essen, course: B2 - Didactic Analysis of Teaching Materials from Curricular and Media Perspectives, language: German, abstract: "Where the Wild Things Are" is a fantasy story written by Maurice Sendak in 1967 and was used as the basis for the film adaptation of the picture book classic in 2009. Since the book only served as a foundation for the film, a critical examination of the connections and differences is intriguing and will be explored in this essay. I will also address the question of how and to what extent the children's book and the feature film can or should be used in schools.