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Author | : John Stephens |
Publisher | : Longman Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Children |
ISBN | : |
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When children read fiction they are exposed to the beliefs which inform and structure their society. The books encourage child readers to internalise particular ways of seeing the world and help shape their development as individuals. Although this process forms a key part of their education, it remains largely invisible. As well as a story, fictions impart a significance to readers - often without revealing its presence or ground - and therefore have considerable potential to socialize their audience. John Stephens analyses this process and shows how fictions can work to constrain or liberate audience responses. He explores picture books as well as historical, realistic and fantastic fictions to show how both a character within the narrative and the implied reader are positioned within ideology. The author considers areas of ideology not previously examined and offers new perspectives on realism and fantasy. The book will be of interest to linguists and teachers as well as to the general reader.
Author | : Marian Keyes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Children's literature |
ISBN | : 9781846825262 |
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This volume examines how children's books retain the ability to transform, activate, indoctrinate, or empower their readers. From utopian and dystopian voices to children's literature written in response to war situations to critiques of misogynistic assumptions that normalize or eroticize violence, these essays demonstrate the potential of children's literature to radically challenge cultural norms. Contents include: national identity in The Hunger Games * aspects of socio-political transformation in children's literature * the figure of the child in WWI children's literature * echoes of the past, aspirations for the future in the teenage novels of Eilis Dillon * portraits and paratexts in the work of Mrs. S.C. Hall * Catherine Breillat's cinematic perspective on Bluebeard * identity and ideology in the work of O.R. Melling * eco-critical perspectives on the life and works of Beatrix Potter * sexualized violence and rape myths in contemporary young adult fiction * the emergence of the gallant Fascist in Italian children's literature of the inter-war period. *** "It may seem odd to think of literature for children as containing political and ideological themes and ideas, but in fact, many theorists believe that such messages are quite prevalent in these stories and novels. The contributors do a nice job of addressing both modern and classic literature....a worthy addition to the resources on children's literature. Recommended." - Choice, July 2015, Vol. 52, No. 11 (Series: Studies in Children's Literature - Vol. 7) [Subject: Literary Criticism]
Author | : Murray Knowles |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2002-11 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1134884354 |
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In this important and timely study Murray Knowles and Kirstin Malmjkaer examine the work of some of our most popular children's writers, from this and the last century, in order to expose the persuasive power of literature.
Author | : Robyn McCallum |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2012-10-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1135581290 |
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Ideologies of Identity in Adolescent Fiction examines the representation of selfhood in adolescent and children's fiction, using a Bakhtinian approach to subjectivity, language, and narrative. The ideological frames within which identities are formed are inextricably bound up with ideas about subjectivity, ideas which pervade and underpin adolescent fictions. Although the humanist subject has been systematically interrogated by recent philosophy and criticism, the question which lies at the heart of fiction for young people is not whether a coherent self exists but what kind of self it is and what are the conditions of its coming into being. Ideologies of Identity in Adolescent Fiction has a double focus: first, the images of selfhood that the fictions offer their readers, especially the interactions between selfhood, social and cultural forces, ideologies, and other selves; and second, the strategies used to structure narrative and to represent subjectivity and intersubjectivity.
Author | : Philip Nel |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2011-06-13 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0814758541 |
Download Keywords for Children’s Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
49 original essays on the essential terms and concepts in children's literature
Author | : Murray Knowles |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2002-11-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1134884346 |
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This study examines the work of children's writers from the 19th and 20th centuries in order to expose the persuasive power of language. Looking at the work of 19th century English writers of juvenile fiction, Knowles and Malmkjaer expose the colonial and class assumptions on which the books were predicated. In the modern teen novel and the work of Roald Dahl the authors find contemporary attempts to control children within socially established frameworks. Other authors discussed include, Oscar Wilde, E. Nesbit, Lewis Carroll and C.S. Lewis.
Author | : David Crystal |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780300170825 |
Download A Little Book of Language Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A narrative history of language ranges from the first words of an infant to the modern dialect of text messaging, discussing linguistic styles, the origin of accents, and the search for the first written word.
Author | : Julia L. Mickenberg |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2008-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0814757200 |
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A rarely discussed aspect of children's literature--the politics behind a book's creation--has been thoroughly explored in this intelligent, enlightening, and fascinating account.
Author | : Mark Hawkins-Dady |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1024 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1135314179 |
Download Reader's Guide to Literature in English Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Reader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.
Author | : Gaby Thomson-Wohlgemuth |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 475 |
Release | : 2011-01-13 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1135844070 |
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In this book, Gaby Thomson-Wohlgemuth explores the effects of ideology on the English-to-German translation of children’s literature under the socialist regime of the former German Democratic Republic. Giving prominence to extra-textual factors, the study undertakes a close investigation of the East German censorship machinery, showing that there was a close correlation between the socialist ideology propagated by the regime and the book selection process itself. Through an analysis of the contents of the print permit (censorship) files and the afterwords found in many books, Thomson-Wohlgemuth demonstrates that literature was re-written not only to placate the censor but also to directly guide the reader down the correct ideological path, both in the selection and interpretation of each translated text. Thomson-Wohlgemuth begins this engaging study with a concise but thorough historical background of East German children's literature, setting the context for an examination of how the state and party operated to control the development of the genre. She highlights the fact that there was multi-level censorship at work, with the Unity Party propagating certain ideological literary policies, and the publishers self-censoring when selecting suitable texts for translation and publication. This book serves as an exemplary study of how publishers collaborated with the state in all Eastern European countries, and should be of interest to historians and children’s literature scholars alike.