International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Hunt, Peter

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The International Companion Encyclopedia answers these questions and provides comprehensive coverage of children's literature from a wide range of perspectives. Over 80 substantial essays by world experts include Iona Opie on the oral tradition, Gillian Avery on family stories and Michael Rosen on audio, TV and other media. The Companion covers a broad range of topics, from the fairy tale to critical theory, from the classics to comics.
Structure The Companion is divided into five sections:
1) Theory and Critical Approaches
2) Types and Genres
3) The Context of Children's Literature
4) Applications of Children's Literature
5) The World of Children's Literature
Each essay is followed by references and suggestions for further reading. The volume is fully indexed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 944
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134879946
• Artikelnr.: 38258971

Autorenporträt

PETER Sheila HUNT, Ray

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction
Part I Theory and Critical Approaches
2 Defining Children's Literature and Childhood
3 History, Culture and Children's Literature
4 Ideology
5 Linguistics and Stylistics
6 Reader-Response Criticism
7Psychoanalytical Criticism
8Feminist Criticism: From Sex-Role Stereotyping to Subjectivity
9llustration and Picture Books
10A Note on Bibliography
11Intertextuality
Part II Types and Genres
12Early Texts Used by Children
13Fairy Tales and Folk-tales
14 Myth and Legend
15 Playground Rhymes and the Oral Tradition
16Poetry for Children
17Draman
18he Development of Illustrated Texts and Picture Books
19The Modern Picture Book
20Popular Literature: Comics, Dime Novels, Pulps and Penny Dreadfuls
21Religious Writing for Children
22Animal Stories
23Real Gardens with Imaginary Toads: Domestic Fantasy
24High Fantasy
25Science Fiction
261Shaping Boyhood: Empire Builders and Adventurers
27The Family Story
28School Stories
29Pony Books
30Historical Fiction
31Books for Younger Readers
Chapter 1Teenage Fiction: Realism,Romances, Contemporary Problem Novels
33Metafictions and Experimental Work
34 Major Authors' Work for Children
35 Books Adopted by Children
36Information Books
37 Children's Magazines
Part III The Context of Children's Literature
38 Children's Book Design
39 Children's Book Publishing in Britain
40Children's Book Publishing in the USA
41Reviewing and Scholarly Journals
42Censorship
43Prizes and Prizewinners
44 Translation
45 Radio, Television, Film, Audio and Video
46Story-telling
47 Libraries and Research Collections
48 What the Authors Tell Us
Part IV Applications of Children's Literature
49 Reading and Literacy
50 Teenagers Reading: Developmental Stages of Reading Literature
51Teaching Fiction and Poetry
52 Teaching Children's Literature in Higher Education
53 Librarianship
54Bibliotherapy and Psychology
55Publishing for Special Needs
Part V The World of Children's Literature
56The World of Children's Literature: An Introduction
57 Culture and Developing Countries
58 British Children's Literature: A Historical Overview
59 Scotland
60Wales
61Ireland
62 The Nordic Countries
63 The Netherlands
64 France
65 Spain
66 Portugal
67 Germany
68 Switzerland
69 Austria
70 Italy
71 Greece
72 Russia
73 Eastern Europe
74 Turkey
75 Hebrew and Israeli
76 The Arab World
77 Africa
78 The Indian Sub-Continent
79 The Far East
80 China
81 Japan
82 Australia
83 New Zealand
84 Canada
85 Children's Literature in the USA: A Historical Overview
86 Central and South America and the Caribbean