Power, Voice and Subjectivity in Literature for Young Readers
Title | Power, Voice and Subjectivity in Literature for Young Readers PDF eBook |
Author | Maria Nikolajeva |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 406 |
Release | 2009-09-10 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1135238227 |
This book considers one of the most controversial aspects of children’s and young adult literature: its use as an instrument of power. Children in contemporary Western society are oppressed and powerless, yet they are allowed, in fiction written by adults for the enlightenment and enjoyment of children, to become strong, brave, rich, powerful, and independent -- on certain conditions and for a limited time. Though the best children’s literature offers readers the potential to challenge the authority of adults, many authors use artistic means such as the narrative voice and the subject position to manipulate the child reader. Looking at key works from the eighteenth century to the present, Nikolajeva explores topics such as genre, gender, crossvocalization, species, and picturebook images. Contemporary power theories including social and cultural studies, carnival theory, feminism, postcolonial and queer studies, and narratology are also considered, in order to demonstrate how a balance is maintained between the two opposite inherent goals of children’s literature: to empower and to educate the child.
Power, Voice and Subjectivity in Literature for Young Readers
Title | Power, Voice and Subjectivity in Literature for Young Readers PDF eBook |
Author | Maria Nikolajeva |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2009-09-10 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1135238235 |
Looking at key works from the eighteenth-century to the present, Nikolajeva explores topics such as genre, gender, crossvocalization, species, and picturebook images in order to demonstrate how a balance is maintained between the two opposite inherent goals of children’s literature: to empower and to educate the child.
A Voice For Children
Title | A Voice For Children PDF eBook |
Author | Ashleigh Young |
Publisher | Learning Media Ltd |
Total Pages | 28 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Children |
ISBN | 9780790327273 |
Power and Children's Literature
Title | Power and Children's Literature PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Total Pages | 166 |
Release | 2007 |
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The Rhetorical Power of Children's Literature
Title | The Rhetorical Power of Children's Literature PDF eBook |
Author | John H. Saunders |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 183 |
Release | 2017 |
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Children's Literature and Resistance
Title | Children's Literature and Resistance PDF eBook |
Author | Meredith Ann Larson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 340 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Children's literature |
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Functions of Voice in Children's Literature
Title | Functions of Voice in Children's Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Matthew Shohet |
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Total Pages | |
Release | 1997 |
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