Representing the Holocaust in Children's Literature

ISBN-13: 9780415937191 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 216 str.

Lydia Kokkola; Jack Zipes

Opis

This work examines how the Holocaust is represented in fiction for children and young adults. Kokkola takes on the perspective of the contemporary child, who lacks personal knowledge of the Holocaust, and explores how the unspeakable can be represented for young readers. She also questions why children want to read Holocaust Fiction and how they negotiate the boundary between fact and fiction.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Non-Representation 2. Writing History: Creating Fictions 3. Crossing Borders: Autobiographical Fiction? 4. Responses to Representation Conclusion: Understanding the Holocaust? Literature in Education Select Bibliography

O autorze

Lydia Kokkola is a Collegium Researcher at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies(TIAS) University of Turku, Finland. She is also Adjunct Professor of Children's Literature in English at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.