Children's Literature The New Critical Idiom Series
Children?s Literature is an accessible introduction to this engaging field. Carrie Hintz offers a defining conceptual overview of children?s literature that presents its competing histories, its cultural contexts, and the theoretical debates it has instigated.
Positioned within the wider field of adult literary, film, and television culture, this book also covers:
- Ideological and political movements
- Children?s literature in the age of globalization
- Postcolonial literature, ecocriticism, and animal studies
Each chapter includes a case study featuring well-known authors and titles, including Charlotte?s Web, Edward Lear, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. With a comprehensive glossary and further reading, this book is invaluable reading for anyone studying Children?s Literature.
Introduction
1. Definitions
2. Children's literature: early and global histories
3. Children's literature and the political
4. Theories and methodologies
5. Children's literature and the global and natural world
Conclusion
Carrie Hintz is Associate Professor of English at Queens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA.
Date de parution : 10-2019
12.9x19.8 cm
Date de parution : 11-2019
12.9x19.8 cm
Thème de Children's Literature :
Mots-clés :
Conceptual Mapping Strategies; John Drakakis; American Psychiatric Association; Young Adult Fiction; Rose Wilder Lane; The New Critical Idiom; American Sign Language; Young Adult Literature; Hans Christian Andersen Award; Picture Books; Children’s Literature; Little Women; Attention Deficit Disorder; Harry Potter; Tintin Au Congo; Peter Pan; Chinese Communist Party; Children's Stories; Contemporary Society; Fairy Tales; Fairy Tale; Juvenile literature; Children’s Literature Scholars; Animal Studies; context; Historical Children’s Literature; Cognitive Narratology; history; Marah Gubar; Dark Skinned Characters; overview; Magician’s Book; Goodnight Moon; theory; Charlotte’s Web; children's literature; Early Children’s Literature; postcolonial literature; Classic Children’s Literature; adult literary; Comparative Children’s Literature; Childhood Studies Scholars; Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song
