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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... literary studies to education and psychology, and include an essay on what writers for children think about their craft. This results in a fascinating range of perspectives on key topics in children's literature and an introduction to ...
... literary theory.> Will it keep our children singing.> Well perhaps not. But understanding something of literary theory will give us some understanding of how the literature we give to our children works. It might also keep us engaged ...
... literary' quality or value inherent in any set of words on a page. As Jonathan Culler sums it up, 'Literature is a speech act or textual event that elicits certain kinds of attention' (1997: 27) – or, better, which is accorded a certain ...
... literary studies elsewhere' (1977: 203; see also Chapter 10). However, because the study of children's literature has been skewed towards the reader and affect, rather than towards the book as artefact, we are in the position of having ...
... literary' readings which are not to be judged in terms of an external scale of values. As Nodelman and Reimer have noted: Unfortunately, many readers approach texts with the idea that their themes or messages can be easily identified ...
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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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Understanding Children's Literature: Key Essays from the Second Edition of ... Peter Hunt Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
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