Power, voice and subjectivity in literature for young readers / Maria Nikolajeva.
Language: English Series: Children's literature and culture ; 67Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2010Description: xiii, 217 sISBN:- 9780415636698
- 9780415802154
- 0415802156
- Berättarteknik
- Other (Philosophy) in literature
- Power (Philosophy) in literature
- Voice in literature
- Subjectivity in literature
- Children's literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
- Children's literature -- Psychological aspects
- Makt i litteraturen
- Den andre i litteraturen
- Främmandegöring
- Litteraturestetik
- Crossvokalisering
- Genus
- Berättarröst
- Berättarteknik
- Subjektivitet i litteraturen
- Robinsonader
- Dystopier
- Orientalism i litteraturen
- Barn- och ungdomslitteratur -- psykologiska aspekter
- Barnlitteratur -- psykologiska aspekter
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- 809.89282 22
- PN1009.A1
- G.092
| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Biblioteket HKR | Biblioteket | 809.89282 Nikolajeva | Checked out | 2025-01-23 | 11156000165596 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This booknbsp;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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Harry Potter and the secrets of children's literature -- Othering the sense: language and (mis)communication -- Othering the genre: fantasy and realism -- Othering the child: George MacDonald's fairy tales -- Othering the future: stereotypes of dystopia -- Othering the setting: orientalism and robinsonade -- Othering gender: new masculinities, new femininities -- Othering voice: crossvocalization and performance -- Othering ideology: literature in society's service -- Othering the species: the (ab)use of animals -- Othering the visual: power structures in picturebooks -- Othering the reader: identification fallacy.
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