Understanding Children's Literature

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Peter Hunt
Routledge, 2006 M05 17 - 232 páginas

Edited by Peter Hunt, a leading figure in the field, this book introduces the study of children’s literature, addressing theoretical questions as well as the most relevant critical approaches to the discipline.

The fourteen chapters draw on insights from academic disciplines ranging from cultural and literary studies to education and psychology, and include an essay on what writers for children think about their craft. The result is a fascinating array of perspectives on key topics in children’s literature as well as an introduction to such diverse concerns as literacy, ideology, stylistics, feminism, history, culture and bibliotherapy.

An extensive general bibliography is complemented by lists of further reading for each chapter and a glossary defines critical and technical terms, making the book accessible for those coming to the field or to a particular approach for the first time.

In this second edition there are four entirely new chapters; contributors have revisited and revised or rewritten seven of the chapters to reflect new thinking, while the remaining three are classic essays, widely acknowledged to be definitive.

Understanding Children’s Literature will not only be an invaluable guide for students of literature or education, but it will also inform and enrich the practice of teachers and librarians.

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Contenido

the expanding world of Childrens Literature Studies
1
how does childrens literature exist?
15
3 Critical tradition and ideological positioning
30
the setting of childrens literature
50
linguistics and stylistics
73
readerresponse criticism
86
psychoanalytical criticism
103
8 Feminism revisited
114
the resources of childrens literature
140
11 Understanding reading and literacy
159
12 Intertextuality and the child reader
168
bibliotherapy and psychology
180
14 What the authors tell us
190
Glossary
206
General bibliography
208
Index
212

how picture books work
128

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Peter Hunt is Professor Emeritus in Children's Literature at Cardiff University.

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