The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature

ISBN-13: 9780415472715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str.

David Rudd

Opis

The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature is a vibrant and authoritative exploration of children's literature in all its manifestations. It features a series of essays written by expert contributors who provide an illuminating examination of why children's literature is the way it is. Topics covered include:

• the history and development of children's literature
• various theoretical approaches used to explore the texts, including narratological methods
• questions of gender and sexuality along with issues of race and ethnicity
• realism and fantasy as two prevailing modes of story-telling
• picture books, comics and graphic novels as well as 'young adult' fiction and the 'crossover' novel
• media adaptations and neglected areas of children's literature.

The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature contains suggestions for further reading throughout plus a helpful timeline and a substantial glossary of key terms and names, both established and more cutting-edge. This is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to an increasingly complex and popular discipline.

Recenzje

'...this volume represents a comprehensive introduction for the uninitiated, as well as a convenient reference point for teachers.' - Times Literary Supplement

'... it is the closest anyone has come (yet) to a book one could unreservedly recommend to any student taking a Children's Literature course at graduate or a very-good undergraduate level, for solidly practical reasons.' - Peter Hunt

'David Rudd deserves high praise for the well-edited, comprehensive, and thoughtful collection of eleven essays, the thorough and largely useful gloassary, and the detailed and helpful time-line.' - International Research in Children's Literature

'... an accessible and ffascinating collection of essays.' - Journal of Children's Literature Studies

O autorze

David Rudd is Professor of Children's Literature at the University of Bolton, UK. He was on the awarding panel for the Children's Laureate 2007 and his books include A Communication Studies Approach to Children’s Literature (1992) and Enid Blyton and the Mystery of Children's Literature (2000).