چکیده (انگلیسی):

During the latter part of the 18
th
century two German authors in particular showed
great interest in the topic of childhood and how childhood experiences shaped their
lives. Heinrich Jung-Stilling finished his autobiographical novel Heinrich Stillings
Childhood and Youthin 1777, and Karl Philipp Moritz authored Anton Reiserbetween
1785-1790. The purpose of these narratives was not spectacular action or passionate
love stories but pure observation of a human being—with particular attention to
small details. The texts examined present, often contrary to their stated aims, a
persistent picture of a childhood in which family constellations produce children
who lack a fixed gender identity, a clear notion ofsexuality, and find their identity in
fantasy worlds.