Traffic devil
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The traffic devil is next to the traffic jasper the second main character in traffic theater, a method of traffic education . He is the opponent of Kasper, who always wants evil, wants to seduce you into illegal behavior and accidents, but with this intention he is exposed by Kasper in interaction with the audience. Depending on the type of theater, the traffic devil can appear as a hand puppet , stick puppet or marionette .
history
The Verkehrsteufel has been part of the ensemble's tribe since the advent of traffic theater in the 1950s . As a teaching theater, the traffic jasper needed an opponent with whom he could playfully deal in favor of appropriate behavior in traffic and for the amusement of the children. Early traffic education was still primarily geared towards avoiding accidents. She also assumed that children needed simple thought patterns in order to be able to understand problems. The early puppet theater therefore relied on black and white drawings of good and bad characters. The good were embodied by fairies , angels and the puppet , the bad by wizards , witches and the devil . It was only with the didactic reorientation in the 1970s that a turn away from the strict typification and a more differentiated characterization of the characters began, which also allowed learning processes with those acting on the stage.
Characteristic
The traffic devil is not a mere traffic offender , as there are numerous in traffic theater, but a conscious seducer. With promises and temptations to gain advantages, he tries to induce children and adults alike to behave contrary to traffic rules. He represents the selfish thoughts and accident-prone characteristics of the various road users and serves the advantage, the convenience, the ruthlessness or the know-it-all. The devil is evil and wants to do the greatest possible harm in order to enjoy the calamity that follows. It is important for the audience to see through this and to work together to counteract the machinations. The Kasper helps. He questions the flattery of the traffic devil, gives thought impulses, discusses with those involved. He wants everyone to be able to relate to one another as partners and without prejudice. As long as the Kasper does not appear on stage, the devil will find a paradise for his seductive arts. The audience has to deal with him alone. Only when the devil begins to gain the upper hand on the stage and the disaster is approaching dangerously nearer does the Kasper step in and save the situation in association with the audience.
Pedagogical orientation
In the early years of traffic education, the traffic devil was maltreated with a frying pan or rolling pin and chased off the stage, amid the mockery and cheering of the children . The traffic theater, which was pedagogically and didactically renewed in the 1970s with the Karlsruher Verkehrskasper , dispensed with any use of violence in the dispute about appropriate behavior, ostracized the non-pedagogical malice and avoids the black and white drawing of good and bad, which was widely used until then. It is educationally based on values, focuses less on the occurrence of accidents than on the intercourse and always comes to an agreeable end. The Karlsruher Verkehrskasper even gives the devil the opportunity to learn from his mistakes by making sense of his own damage. In one version, in the over-zeal of his seduction strategy, he puts himself in a precarious position through carelessness, from which he can only escape again with hardship and badly torn. In another version, at least the young devil learns from the mistakes of his incorrigible father: After the old devil of traffic limped and howled down into the throat of hell after a self-inflicted traffic accident, the young devil who remained sadly on stage complains:
“A shame about the beautiful tail!
Oh, if only the beautiful tail were whole!
I don't risk my tail and my feet
-Even if I have to be good for it! "
And the Kasper sums it up triumphantly:
"Have you already seen something like this:
In the end the devil thinks it's beautiful too,
to go the zebra crossing way! "
literature
- Erika Borchardt: De Verkiersdüwel or Im Paradies des Verkehrsteufels , play, digital edition, Godern 2012.
- Jakob Lorey: History of the traffic devil Rrums , Verlag Heinrich Ellermann, Hamburg 1956.
- F. Salzlechner: Der Verkehrsteufel , 9 text books, Theaterverlag, Planegg o. J.
- August Vaupel: Kasper catches the traffic devil and all the children help out , Märkischer Verlag, Lüdenscheid 1950 (illustrated by Heinz Schubert)
- K. Wagner: Traffic education then and now. 50 years of Verkehrskasper . Scientific state examination work (GHS), Karlsruhe 2002.
- Siegbert A. Warwitz: Seducers at the zebra crossing, a didactic piece in six scenes , In: Ders .: Traffic education from the child. Perceive-play-think-act . 6th edition Baltmannsweiler 2009. ISBN 978-3-8340-0563-2 , pp. 257-272.
- Siegbert A. Warwitz, Anita Rudolf: Punch and Judy Theater . In: Dies .: The sense of playing. Reflections and game ideas . 4th edition, Schneider, Baltmannsweiler 2016, ISBN 978-3-8340-1664-5 .
CDs / albums
- Hamburger Verkehrskasper: The police kasper and his friends trip the traffic devil , Europe, Munich 1970
- Augsburger Kasperle: How Kasperle chases the traffic devil , part 1 + 2, Metronome Records GmbH, Gloria, Hamburg 1972, (text by Gerd v. Hassler)
- Gerd von Hassler: Kasperl lays the devil in , radio play (LP), Verlag OPP, 1979
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jakob Lorey: History of the traffic devil Rrums , Verlag Heinrich Ellermann, Hamburg 1956
- ^ K. Wagner: Traffic education then and now. 50 years of Verkehrskasper . Scientific state examination work (GHS), Karlsruhe 2002
- ↑ Erika Borchardt: De Verkiersdüwel or Im Paradies des Verkehrsteufels , play, digital edition, Godern 2012
- ↑ August Vaupel: Kasper catches the traffic devil and all the children help , Märkischer Verlag, Lüdenscheid 1950
- ^ Siegbert A. Warwitz: The traffic jasper is coming . In: Traffic education from the child. Perceive-play-think-act . 6th edition, Baltmannsweiler 2009. pp. 245-248 u. Pp. 252-257
- ^ Siegbert A. Warwitz: Verführer am Zebra Crossing, a didactic play in six scenes , In: Ders .: Traffic education from child. Perceive-play-think-act . 6th edition, Baltmannsweiler 2009, p. 272
