Understanding Children's LiteraturePeter 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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... issues are dealt with in Chapters 3, 4, and 8). The two most obvious constructions of history are from an Anglocentric viewpoint, and from a male viewpoint (although, of course, those 'viewpoints' are far from stable). Other ...
... issues, unless the balance is explic— itly stated. Judy Blume's books, which in Forever (1975) include the first example of explicitly described sexual intercourse in a children's book, have been widely condemned, but have been bought ...
... issues or coping with problems, or 'good' for reading in that 'literary' way which is a small part of adult culture ... issue of the presti— gious annual journal, Children's Literature, was devoted to 'cross-writing', based on the idea ...
... issue, forcing a reconsideration of conventional approaches to study. Childhood is also a very personal issue for each and every one of us – scholars, policy— makers, parents and children. (Kehily and Swann 2003: ii) Diversity, then, is ...
... issues about the condi— tions of the discipline's existence. First, it should be noted that the boys, above, are not free agents; they are simply positioned in another discourse: that of sexism. Children, in other words, become subjects ...
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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 |
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