Crosscurrents Of Children S Literature

Author : John Daniel Stahl,Tina L. Hanlon,Elizabeth Lennox Keyser
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1084 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UCSC:32106019140679

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Crosscurrents of Children's Literature by John Daniel Stahl,Tina L. Hanlon,Elizabeth Lennox Keyser Pdf

This volume combines a wide variety of primary texts with critical readings, examines the texts within the context of critical debates, explores the ways in which children's literature combines instruction and entertainment, oral and written traditions, words and pictures, fantasy and realism, classics and adaptations, and perspectives on childhood and adult life. It spans a wide range of literary periods, genres, and cultural traditions, and examines how these overlapping forms and genres, diverse influences, and evolving values and attitudes towards children and childhood have shaped the body of literature written for young adults and children.

Author : John Daniel Stahl,Tina L. Hanlon,Elizabeth Lennox Keyser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Children's literature
ISBN : 0195327462

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Instructor's Manual to Accompany Crosscurrents of Children's Literature by John Daniel Stahl,Tina L. Hanlon,Elizabeth Lennox Keyser Pdf

Author : Stacy E. Hoult-Saros
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498519786

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The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children's Literature by Stacy E. Hoult-Saros Pdf

The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children’s Literature: Over the Fence analyzes the ways in which myths about farmed animals’ lives are perpetuated in children’s materials. Specifically, this book investigates the use of five recurring thematic devices in about eighty books for young children published during the past five decades. The close readings of texts and images draw on a wide range of fields, including animal theory, psychoanalytic and Marxian literary criticism, child development theory, histories of farming and domestication, and postcolonial theory. In spite of the underlying seriousness of the project, the material lends itself to humorous and not overly heavy-handed explications that provide insight into the complex workings of a literary genre based on the covering up of real animal lives.

Author : Emer O'Sullivan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781538122921

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Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature by Emer O'Sullivan Pdf

History is constantly evolving, and the history of children’s literature is no exception. Since the original publication of Emer O’Sullivan’s Historical Dictionary of Children’s Literature in 2010, much has happened in the field of children’s literature. New authors have come into print, new books have won awards, and new ideas have entered the discourse within children’s literature studies. Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 700 cross-referenced entries. This book will be an excellent resource for students, scholars, researchers, and anyone interested in the field of children’s literature studies.

Author : Seth Lerer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226473024

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Children's Literature by Seth Lerer Pdf

Ever since children have learned to read, there has been children’s literature. Children’s Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop’s fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from Where the Wild Things Are to Harry Potter. The only single-volume work to capture the rich and diverse history of children’s literature in its full panorama, this extraordinary book reveals why J. R. R. Tolkien, Dr. Seuss, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Beatrix Potter, and many others, despite their divergent styles and subject matter, have all resonated with generations of readers. Children’s Literature is an exhilarating quest across centuries, continents, and genres to discover how, and why, we first fall in love with the written word. “Lerer has accomplished something magical. Unlike the many handbooks to children’s literature that synopsize, evaluate, or otherwise guide adults in the selection of materials for children, this work presents a true critical history of the genre. . . . Scholarly, erudite, and all but exhaustive, it is also entertaining and accessible. Lerer takes his subject seriously without making it dull.”—Library Journal (starred review) “Lerer’s history reminds us of the wealth of literature written during the past 2,600 years. . . . With his vast and multidimensional knowledge of literature, he underscores the vital role it plays in forming a child’s imagination. We are made, he suggests, by the books we read.”—San Francisco Chronicle “There are dazzling chapters on John Locke and Empire, and nonsense, and Darwin, but Lerer’s most interesting chapter focuses on girls’ fiction. . . . A brilliant series of readings.”—Diane Purkiss, Times Literary Supplement

Author : Claudia Mills
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317141402

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Ethics and Children's Literature by Claudia Mills Pdf

Exploring the ethical questions posed by, in, and about children’s literature, this collection examines the way texts intended for children raise questions of value, depict the moral development of their characters, and call into attention shared moral presuppositions. The essays in Part I look at various past attempts at conveying moral messages to children and interrogate their underlying assumptions. What visions of childhood were conveyed by explicit attempts to cultivate specific virtues in children? What unstated cultural assumptions were expressed by growing resistance to didacticism? How should we prepare children to respond to racism in their books and in their society? Part II takes up the ethical orientations of various classic and contemporary texts, including 'prosaic ethics' in the Hundred Acre Wood, moral discernment in Narnia, ethical recognition in the distant worlds traversed by L’Engle, and virtuous transgression in recent Anglo-American children’s literature and in the emerging children’s literature of 1960s Taiwan. Part III’s essays engage in ethical criticism of arguably problematic messages about our relationship to nonhuman animals, about war, and about prejudice. The final section considers how we respond to children’s literature with ethically focused essays exploring a range of ways in which child readers and adult authorities react to children’s literature. Even as children’s literature has evolved in opposition to its origins in didactic Sunday school tracts and moralizing fables, authors, parents, librarians, and scholars remain sensitive to the values conveyed to children through the texts they choose to share with them.

Author : Sylvia M. Vardell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781440867798

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Children's Literature in Action by Sylvia M. Vardell Pdf

This practitioner-oriented introduction to literature for children ages 5–12 covers the latest trends, titles, and tools for choosing the best books and materials as well as for planning fun and effective programs and activities. The third edition of Children's Literature in Action provides an activity-oriented survey of children's literature for undergraduate and graduate students seeking licensure and degrees that will lead to careers working with children in schools and public libraries. Author Sylvia M. Vardell draws on her 30 years of university teaching and extensive familiarity with the major textbooks in the area of children's literature to deliver something different: a book that focuses specifically on the perspective and needs of the librarian, with emphasis on practical action and library applications. Its contents address seven major genres: picture books, traditional tales, poetry, contemporary realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and informational books. Each chapter includes practical applications for the educator who shares books with children and who develops literature-based instruction. Chapters are enriched by author comments, collaborative activities, featured books, special topics, and activities including selected awards and celebrations, historical connections, recommended resources, issues for discussion, and assignment suggestions. This new edition incorporates the 2018 AASL National School Library Standards.

Author : Ananta Kumar Giri,Su-Chen Wu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811906848

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Cross-Currents of Social Theorizing of Contemporary Taiwan by Ananta Kumar Giri,Su-Chen Wu Pdf

The book presents aspects of cross-currents of theorizing of self, culture and society in the contemporary Taiwan. Social theorizing has been addressed critically, reflectively and creatively by the philosophical, religious, psychological and literary traditions of one of the world’s great civilizations Theorizing is a dynamic movement of self, culture, society and the world as it is related to our actions, reflections, meditations to understand the world more meaningfully and holistically as well as to transform it. But much of social theorizing in the modern world is primarily Euro-American and despite the socalled globalization of knowledge, this condition of one-sided Euro-American valorization of knowledge and neglect of others continues unabated. There is very little attention to theorizing about the human condition emerging from other parts of the world such as Taiwan and its global implication. This book transforms this condition by mapping the field of theorizing in a wider spectrum of philosophy, psychology, religions, social sciences and humanities in contemporary Taiwan.

Author : Julia Mickenberg,Lynne Vallone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199938551

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The Oxford Handbook of Children's Literature by Julia Mickenberg,Lynne Vallone Pdf

Remarkably well researched, the essays consider a wide range of texts - from the U.S., Britain and Canada - and take a variety fo theoretical approaches, including formalism and Marxism and those related to psychology, postcolonialism, reception, feminism, queer studies, and performance studies ... This collection pushes boundaries of genre, notions of childhood ... Choice. Back cover of book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786460199

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Appalachian Children's Literature by Anonim Pdf

This comprehensive bibliography includes books written about or set in Appalachia from the 18th century to the present. Titles represent the entire region as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission, including portions of 13 states stretching from southern New York to northern Mississippi. The bibliography is arranged in alphabetical order by author, and each title is accompanied by an annotation, most of which include composite reviews and critical analyses of the work. All classic genres of children's literature are represented.

Author : A. Gavin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230361867

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The Child in British Literature by A. Gavin Pdf

The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts. Written by international experts, the volume's essays challenge earlier readings of childhood and offer fascinating contributions to the current upsurge of interest in constructions of childhood.

Author : Mieke K. T. Desmet
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3039111477

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Babysitting the Reader by Mieke K. T. Desmet Pdf

Contexts and approaches -- The bibliographical data -- Case study : formula fiction series -- Case study : classic girl fiction -- Case study : award winning books.

Author : Lester D. Friedman,Allison B. Kavey
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0813546222

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Second Star to the Right by Lester D. Friedman,Allison B. Kavey Pdf

Over a century after its first stage performance, Peter Pan has become deeply embedded in Western popular culture, as an enduring part of childhood memories, in every part of popular media, and in commercial enterprises. Since 2003 the characters from this story have had a highly visible presence in nearly every genre of popular culture: two major films, a literary sequel to the original adventures, a graphic novel featuring a grown-up Wendy Darling, and an Argentinean novel about a children's book writer inspired by J. M. Barrie. Simultaneously, Barrie surfaced as the subject of two major biographies and a feature film. The engaging essays in Second Star to the Right approach Pan from literary, dramatic, film, television, and sociological perspectives and, in the process, analyze his emergence and preservation in the cultural imagination.

Author : Laura Viñas Valle
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443887557

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De-constructing Dahl by Laura Viñas Valle Pdf

This is the first single-authored monograph on Roald Dahl since 1994. Remarkably, in spite of Dahl’s commercial success, and the divided opinions he generates, very little scholarly work on the author has been produced. In the light of sociocultural constructivist theory, De-constructing Dahl focuses on the critical context, texts and paratexts that make up the packaging of “Dahl.” It offers the first thorough overview of the criticism and the language employed to discuss Dahl since the 1970s, the difficulties that using such language entails, and how it still permeates current criticism. It delves into the relationship between Dahl’s children’s and adult fiction by drawing comparisons and contrasts and exploring the common traits and patterns that bring his whole work together. It also examines how Dahl constructed himself as a children’s writer; how his publishing house and allies contribute to mediating and sustaining the Dahl public persona; the ways that marketing strategies are responsible for the identity of his books; and how editorial decisions about the age range, and, therefore, how the classification of a manuscript as a book for children or for adults constructs particular ideas of what “children’s literature” is, and what is considered “appropriate” or “unsuitable” for children to read.

Author : Fiona McCulloch
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781847064875

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Children's Literature in Context by Fiona McCulloch Pdf

Featuring close readings of commonly studied texts, this book takes students of Children's Literature through the key works, their contexts and critical and popular afterlives.