The mighty child :: time and power in children's literature /

The Mighty Child offers an existentialist approach to the theorization and criticism of children's literature, nuancing the academic claim that children's literature, specifically defined as 'didactic', alienates childhood from adulthood and disempowers its implied child reader....

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1. Verfasser: Beauvais, Clémentine
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
Schriftenreihe:Children's literature, culture, and cognition ; v. 4.
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Zusammenfassung:The Mighty Child offers an existentialist approach to the theorization and criticism of children's literature, nuancing the academic claim that children's literature, specifically defined as 'didactic', alienates childhood from adulthood and disempowers its implied child reader. This volume recentres the theoretical debate around the constructions of time and power which characterize conceptions of childhood and adulthood in children's literature. The 'hidden', didactic adult of children's literature, this volume argues, is not solely the dictatorial planner of the child's future, but a.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027269157
9027269157
1322664978
9781322664972

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