The basic meaning of the word nonsense means that it has no real meaning. This has gained a broader range of use over the years. In literature it has become a humorous genre which plays with different linguistic options and subverts language conventions. In literary works it appears as words without meaning or a connection of words that have no logic and thus create an unusual reality. Since nonsense is expressed through humour it can easily be connected with memes, as they are expressed the same way. Memes have become a very popular way of communicating which allow us to take advantage of them as a teaching tool. They can be used to motivate students in an especially fun way that is close to them.
In my theoretical thesis I first defined the terms young adult literature, poetry, nonsense and meme. The empirical part has two segments, I first conducted a survey to discover if memes are a suitable didactic tool for discussing poetry. The students participating in the survey showed great interest in nonsense works and were enthusiastic when asked to work with memes. The second part of the empirical work involved teachers. In a questionnaire I tried to determine their knowledge of nonsense, how often then and how they used it in the classroom and if they had any problems when discussing this topic in class. It turned out that older and younger teachers were familiar with this type of literature and they didn't encounter a lot of problems when teaching and discussing this type of literature.
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