Beyond Babar (eBook)

The European Tradition in Children's Literature

Sandra L. Beckett, Maria Nikolajeva (Herausgeber)

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2006
336 Seiten
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-1-4616-5679-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Beyond Babar: The European Tradition in Children's Literature examines in depth eleven of the most celebrated European children's novels in substantial, critical essays written by well-known international scholars. This approach provides a comprehensive discussion of the selected works from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Each essay offers a critical introduction to the text that can serve as a point of departure for literary scholars, professors of children's literature, primary and secondary school teachers, and librarians who are interested in texts that cross languages and cultures.

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All too often, attention is paid only to those children's novels that were written in English, with non-English-language works being passed over and neglected. Beyond Babar: The European Tradition in Children's Literature examines eleven of the most celebrated European children's novels in substantial, critical essays written by well-known international scholars. This approach provides a comprehensive discussion of the selected works from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Each essay offers a critical introduction to the text that can serve as a point of departure for literary scholars, professors of children's literature, primary and secondary school teachers, and librarians who are interested in texts that cross languages and cultures. Beyond Babar is especially meant to assist instructors of children's literature who would like to use these texts in the classroom, in order to begin to redress the English-language dominance of many children's literature courses. This volume will also be of interest to the general public, as its ultimate aim is to bring to the attention of all English-speaking readers the literature from other parts of the world, in this case from Europe. Beyond Babar helps to facilitate the border crossings of these European masterpieces of children's literature into the English-speaking world.

Autor

Sandra L. Beckett is Professor of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Brock University in Canada. She is the author of numerous books, including Recycling Red Riding Hood (2002). Maria Nikolajeva is Professor of Comparative Literature at Stockholm University (Sweden). She is the author of numerous books and articles on children's literature, including Aesthetic Approaches to Children's Literature: An Introduction (Scarecrow, 2005).

Inhalt

Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 1. Earth Hanging in Infinity: Janusz Korczak's King Matt the FirstChapter 3 2. The Taming of the Two: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Little PrinceChapter 4 3. A Misunderstood Tragedy: Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking BooksChapter 5 4. Creating the Eternal Farewell: Tove Jansson's Moomin NovelsChapter 6 5. Blue Train, Red Flag, Rainbow World: Gianni Rodari's The Befana's ToyshopChapter 7 6. Modernism for Children? Cecil Bødker's Silas and the Black MareChapter 8 7. Michel Tournier Retells the Robinson Crusoe Myth: Friday and Robinson: Life on Speranza IslandChapter 9 8. About a Factory-Made Boy: Christine Nöstlinger's Story about ConradChapter 10 9. A Neverending Success Story? Michael Ende's Return Trip to FantasticaChapter 11 10. "We Were a Pair": Peter Pohl's Johnny, My FriendChapter 12 11. Philosophical Homework or Universal Amazement? Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's WorldChapter 13 12. What Do We Translate When We Translate Children's Literature?Part 14 BibliographyPart 15 IndexPart 16 About the Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.8.2006
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Allgemeines / Lexika
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• ISBN-10: 1-4616-5679-6 / 1461656796
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4616-5679-1 / 9781461656791