SUBJECT AREA: PT-PZ - GERMAN LITERATURE AND JUVENILE BELLE LETTRES
Purpose: German Literature: To support the work of students studying German and German Literature, both in the original and in translation, as well as interdisciplinary work in drama, cultural studies, and political studies. Juvenile Belle Lettres: To support studies in Anthropology.
Existing Collection Strength: The German Literature collection has a good representation of the works of major German authors, and critical works about them. Collection level is Selective (3). An area that needs further development is authors of the late 20th century. Literature in teutonic languages other than German is not generally collected. There are few titles acquired in the PZ (Children's Literature) area.
Current Collecting Intensity: As above. The collection should have good editions of all of the works of major authors taught, in all genres, representative works of other important authors, and a selective collection of critical works.
Geographic Focus: German-language literature primarily from Germany, but also from other European countries.
Chronological Focus: All periods are collected.
Languages Collected: Primary works are acquired in German, critical works are acquired in English and German. Authors studied in other courses and key selected works are purchased in translation.
Formats Collected: The emphasis is on books, with selected serial titles. Video is also collected, particularly for the course on German cinema. Selected web sites are accessible from the German Language & Literature subject guide.
Preservation: Care has to be given to replace damaged copies, especially older, heavily used works, to ensure there are good editions of all major authors present.
Access to Journal Articles: MLA and Humanities Index are the main general indexes used. More comprehensive coverage is available through the bibliographies Germanistik and Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach- und Literatur-Wissenschaft.
Date: May 2001, Revised May 2003
Selector Responsible: Anita Cannon