Theme of divorce in children's literature and its didactic use

The thesis focuses on the topic of divorce in literature for children and young people and on its didactic use for primary school pupils. Formally, the thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part contains basic information about the phenomenon of divorce, its history, and its current situation. It also deals with the impact of divorce on children and the role of the teacher in supporting them during this period. Subsequently, it focuses on the didactic use of literary works in teaching at primary school. At the same time, it focuses on important themes in children's and young adult literature past and present, with an emphasis on depictions of divorce. Also included is a survey of contemporary children's literature, with individual titles sorted according to various criteria. The practical section describes the qualitative research and the data collection methods used. Three titles by Czech authors in which the topic of divorce is depicted were selected for this thesis. Based on these titles, three teaching lessons were created, which were subsequently implemented and reflected upon in the third year of primary school. The implementation took place at the turn of February and March 2025 in a class of 27 pupils. Reflection took the form of self-reflection, pupil...