Comparative Children's Literature

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Routledge, Mar 5, 2005 - Literary Criticism - 256 pages

WINNER OF THE 2007 CHLA BOOK AWARD!

Children's literature has transcended linguistic and cultural borders since books and magazines for young readers were first produced, with popular books translated throughout the world.

Emer O'Sullivan traces the history of comparative children's literature studies, from the enthusiastic internationalism of the post-war period – which set out from the idea of a supra-national world republic of childhood – to modern comparative criticism. Drawing on the scholarship and children's literature of many cultures and languages, she outlines the constituent areas that structure the field, including contact and transfer studies, intertextuality studies, intermediality studies and image studies. In doing so, she provides the first comprehensive overview of this exciting new research area. Comparative Children's Literature also links the fields of narratology and translation studies, to develop an original and highly valuable communicative model of translation.

Taking in issues of children's 'classics', the canon and world literature for children, Comparative Children's Literature reveals that this branch of literature is not as genuinely international as it is often fondly assumed to be and is essential reading for those interested in the consequences of globalization on children's literature and culture.

 

Contents

Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 18
Section 19
Section 20
Section 21
Section 22
Section 23
Section 24
Section 25

Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 16
Section 17
Section 26
Section 27
Section 28
Section 29
Section 30
Section 31
Section 32
Section 33
Section 34

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Emer O'Sullivan
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2005)

Emer O'Sullivan is Professor for Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Lüneburg, Germany. Her book, Kinderliterarische Komparastik, on which this book is based, won the International Research Society for Children's Literature Award for Outstanding Research in August 2001.

Bibliographic information

TitleComparative Children's Literature
AuthorEmer O'Sullivan
Editionillustrated
PublisherRoutledge, 2005
ISBN1134404840, 9781134404841
Length256 pages
Subjects › 

Literary Criticism / Children's & Young Adult Literature
Literary Criticism / General
  
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