Children's Literature: Approaches and Territories

ISBN-13: 9780230227132 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 416 str.

Janet D Maybin

Opis

How has children s literature been defined? In what ways has it changed over time? How are the classics of children s literature established? What is the impact of digital media and globalization on books for children?
Children s Literature: Approaches and Territories provides a social and literary overview of the field of Anglophone children s literature: its history and genres, its current concerns and its possible future directions. Emphasising how children s literature is embedded in the social life of children and adults, the collection brings together lively and accessible scholarly essays by leading scholars, some reprinted and others newly commissioned. It includes sections on poetry, drama and picture books and is supported by detailed introductory material, suggestions for further reading and a colour plate section reproducing illustrations from key children s texts.
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Spis treści

List of figures .- List of plates .- Acknowledgements.- Introduction; J.Maybin & N.Watson.- PART I: PURPOSES AND HISTORIES Introduction; H.Montgomery.- Instruction and Delight; P.Hunt.- Origins: Fairy Tales and Folk Tales; J.Zipes.- Children's Literature: Birth, Infancy, Maturity; M.Grenby.- The First Golden Age; H.Carpenter.- The Same But Different: Conservatism and Revolution in Children's Fiction; P.Hunt.- Multicultural Agendas; L.Paul.- Transformative Energies; K.Reynolds.- PART II: PUBLISHING, PRIZES AND POPULARITY Introduction; J.Maybin.- Boys' and Girls' Reading, 1884; E.Salmon.- Empire Boys; J.Bristow.- 20th Century British Publishing; N.Tucker.- Prizes! Prizes! Newbery Gold; K.Kidd .- In Defence of the Indefensible? Some Grounds for Enid Blyton's Appeal; D.Rudd.- Marketing at the Millennium; C.Squires.- PART III: POETRY Introduction; N.Watson.- 'From the Garden to the Street': The History of Poetry for Children; M.Styles.- The Language of Poems for Children: A Stylistic Case Study; L.Jeffries.- 'From the Best Poets?' Anthologies for Children; M.Styles.- PART IV: STORY-TELLING, STAGE AND SCREEN Introduction; N.Watson.- Stories in Performance; J.Swann.- Drama; S.Greenhalgh.- Screen Classics; D.Cartmell.- PART V: WORDS AND PICTURES Introduction; S.Goodman.- Texts and Pictures: A History; J.Whalley.- Picturebook Codes W.Moebius.- Postmodern Experiments; B.Goldstone.- PART VI: CONTEMPORARY TRANSFORMATIONS.- Introduction; A.Hewings.- In Praise of Adaptation; L.Hutcheon.- Harry Potter Goes to China; S.Gupta with C.Xiao.- Reading Transformations; R.Flewitt.- Cross-reading and Crossover Books; R.Falconer .- Index.

O autorze

JANET MAYBIN is Senior Lecturer in Language and Communication at The Open University, UK. She researches and writes on children's informal language and literacy practices and creativity in language. Recent publications include Children's Voices: Talk, Knowledge and Identity and Using English.
 
NICOLA J. WATSON is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at The Open University. Her research over the last fifteen years has focussed upon the reception, adaptation, transformation, and consumption of historical and literary narratives. Her publications include Revolution and the Form of the British Novel, 1790-1825, England's Elizabeth: An Afterlife in Fame and Fantasy (with Michael Dobson) and The Literary Tourist.