Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,0, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Anglistik/ Amerikanistik), language: English, abstract: Table of contents 1 Why do we have to teach literature? 1.1 Tasks of literature: Cultural Enrichment, Language Enrichment, Personal Involvement 1.2 Teaching fiction in school 1.3 Criteria for text selection 2 The phenomenon "Harry Potter" 2.1 Task proposals to teach "Harry Potter" 3 Reading activities 3.1 Pre-reading activities 3.2 While-reading activities 3.3 Post-reading activities 4 Conclusion about teaching Harry Potter 5 5. Bibliography 5.1 Book sources 5.2 Internet sources