Fantasy And The Real World In British Childrens Literature
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Author |
: Caroline Webb |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 176 |
Release |
: 2014-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317935759 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317935756 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fantasy and the Real World in British Children's Literature by : Caroline Webb
This study examines the children’s books of three extraordinary British writers—J.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Terry Pratchett—and investigates their sophisticated use of narrative strategies not only to engage children in reading, but to educate them into becoming mature readers and indeed individuals. The book demonstrates how in quite different ways these writers establish reader expectations by drawing on conventions in existing genres only to subvert those expectations. Their strategies lead young readers to evaluate for themselves both the power of story to shape our understanding of the world and to develop a sense of identity and agency. Rowling, Jones, and Pratchett provide their readers with fantasies that are pleasurable and imaginative, but far from encouraging escape from reality, they convey important lessons about the complexities and challenges of the real world—and how these may be faced and solved. All three writers deploy the tropes and imaginative possibilities of fantasy to disturb, challenge, and enlarge the world of their readers.
Author |
: Caroline Webb |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 190 |
Release |
: 2014-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317935742 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317935748 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fantasy and the Real World in British Children's Literature by : Caroline Webb
This study examines the children’s books of three extraordinary British writers—J.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Terry Pratchett—and investigates their sophisticated use of narrative strategies not only to engage children in reading, but to educate them into becoming mature readers and indeed individuals. The book demonstrates how in quite different ways these writers establish reader expectations by drawing on conventions in existing genres only to subvert those expectations. Their strategies lead young readers to evaluate for themselves both the power of story to shape our understanding of the world and to develop a sense of identity and agency. Rowling, Jones, and Pratchett provide their readers with fantasies that are pleasurable and imaginative, but far from encouraging escape from reality, they convey important lessons about the complexities and challenges of the real world—and how these may be faced and solved. All three writers deploy the tropes and imaginative possibilities of fantasy to disturb, challenge, and enlarge the world of their readers.
Author |
: Michael Levy |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2016-04-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781316483138 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1316483134 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Children's Fantasy Literature by : Michael Levy
Fantasy has been an important and much-loved part of children's literature for hundreds of years, yet relatively little has been written about it. Children's Fantasy Literature traces the development of the tradition of the children's fantastic - fictions specifically written for children and fictions appropriated by them - from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, examining the work of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, C. S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, J. K. Rowling and others from across the English-speaking world. The volume considers changing views on both the nature of the child and on the appropriateness of fantasy for the child reader, the role of children's fantasy literature in helping to develop the imagination, and its complex interactions with issues of class, politics and gender. The text analyses hundreds of works of fiction, placing each in its appropriate context within the tradition of fantasy literature.
Author |
: Stephanie Burgis |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2021-09-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781547606382 |
ISBN-13 |
: 154760638X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Raven Heir by : Stephanie Burgis
Perfect for fans of Robert Beatty and Shannon Hale comes a magical new middle grade fantasy series about a young shapeshifter trying to save her family. Deep within an enchanted forest lies a castle where a set of triplets and their sorceress mother have lived for years--safe from the decades-long war for the Raven Throne that rages in the kingdom. Cordelia, one of the triplets, has the power to become any animal with just a thought, and she yearns to discover more about the world outside her castle. But one day, the world comes to her, when the eldest of the triplets becomes the newest heir to the throne. Knowing that being named heir means certain death, Cordelia's mother hid the truth about which child is the eldest when she hid them in the forest. When her family is captured, it's up to Cordelia to use her powers to keep her siblings hidden and discover the truth about the Raven Heir--before it's too late. From the author of The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart comes a thrilling new fantasy full of magic, adventure, and the power of family. Acclaim for The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart A Kids' Indie Next List Pick An Amazon Best Book of the Month A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year A VOYA Top Shelf Pick
Author |
: Jo Walton |
Publisher |
: Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages |
: 275 |
Release |
: 2014-05-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466800793 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466800798 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis My Real Children by : Jo Walton
It's 2015, and Patricia Cowan is very old. "Confused today," read the notes clipped to the end of her bed. She forgets things she should know-what year it is, major events in the lives of her children. But she remembers things that don't seem possible. She remembers marrying Mark and having four children. And she remembers not marrying Mark and raising three children with Bee instead. She remembers the bomb that killed President Kennedy in 1963, and she remembers Kennedy in 1964, declining to run again after the nuclear exchange that took out Miami and Kiev. Her childhood, her years at Oxford during the Second World War-those were solid things. But after that, did she marry Mark or not? Did her friends all call her Trish, or Pat? Had she been a housewife who escaped a terrible marriage after her children were grown, or a successful travel writer with homes in Britain and Italy? And the moon outside her window: does it host a benign research station, or a command post bristling with nuclear missiles? Two lives, two worlds, two versions of modern history; each with their loves and losses, their sorrows and triumphs. Jo Walton's My Real Children is the tale of both of Patricia Cowan's lives...and of how every life means the entire world. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author |
: Diana Wynne Jones |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 215 |
Release |
: 2014-04-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062295095 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062295098 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Islands of Chaldea by : Diana Wynne Jones
A stand-alone novel of magic and adventure by the renowned fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones, who also wrote Howl's Moving Castle and the Chrestomanci books. Almost finished upon her death in 2011, the manuscript was completed by Diana's sister Ursula Jones, an acclaimed novelist and actress. Publishers Weekly called The Islands of Chaldea "a story to cherish" in their starred review. Aileen comes from a long line of magic makers, and her aunt Beck is the most powerful magician on Skarr. But Aileen's magic has yet to reveal itself, even though she is old enough and it should have by now. When Aileen is sent over the sea on a mission for the King, she worries that she'll be useless and in the way. A powerful talking cat changes all of that—and with every obstacle Aileen faces, she becomes stronger and more confident, until her magic blooms. This stand-alone novel, by the beloved and acclaimed author of such classic fantasy novels as Howl's Moving Castle and the Chrestomanci books, will be welcomed by fans old and new. "Jones's imaginative vigor is unabated in this last, picaresque novel; her deft, fluid style and penchant for precise, characterful description are amply present," proclaimed The Horn Book.
Author |
: Anna Goodall |
Publisher |
: Michael O'Mara Books |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 2021-02-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781913101343 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1913101347 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Maggie Blue and the Dark World by : Anna Goodall
A thrilling and gripping tale of friendship, courage and the power of being yourself.
Author |
: Anna Abraham |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 865 |
Release |
: 2020-06-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108429245 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108429246 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of the Imagination by : Anna Abraham
The human imagination manifests in countless different forms. We imagine the possible and the impossible. How do we do this so effortlessly? Why did the capacity for imagination evolve and manifest with undeniably manifold complexity uniquely in human beings? This handbook reflects on such questions by collecting perspectives on imagination from leading experts. It showcases a rich and detailed analysis on how the imagination is understood across several disciplines of study, including anthropology, archaeology, medicine, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and the arts. An integrated theoretical-empirical-applied picture of the field is presented, which stands to inform researchers, students, and practitioners about the issues of relevance across the board when considering the imagination. With each chapter, the nature of human imagination is examined - what it entails, how it evolved, and why it singularly defines us as a species.
Author |
: M. Daphne Kutzer |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 182 |
Release |
: 2002-09-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135578220 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135578222 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Empire's Children by : M. Daphne Kutzer
First Published in 2001.
Author |
: Tricia Clasen |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 316 |
Release |
: 2016-08-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317430711 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317430719 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gender(ed) Identities by : Tricia Clasen
This volume brings together diverse, cross-disciplinary scholarly voices to examine gender construction in children's and young adult literature. It complements and updates the scholarship in the field by creating a rich, cohesive examination of core questions around gender and sexuality in classic and contemporary texts. By providing an expansive treatment of gender and sexuality across genres, eras, and national literature, the collection explores how readers encounter unorthodox as well as traditional notions of gender. It begins with essays exploring how children's and YA literature construct communities formed by gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and in face-to-face and virtual spaces. Section II's central focus is how gendered identities are formed, unpacking how texts for young readers ranging from Amish youth periodicals to the blockbuster Divergent series trace, reproduce, and shape gendered identity socialization. In section III, the essential literary function of translating trauma into narrative is addressed in classics like Anne of Green Gables and Pollyanna, as well as more recent works. Section IV's focus on sexuality and romance encompasses fiction and nonfiction works, examining how children's and young adult literature can serve as a regressive, progressive, and transgressive site for construction meaning about sex and romance. Last, Section IV offers new readings of paratextual features in literature for children -- from the classic tale of Cinderella to contemporary illustrated novels. The key achievement of this volume is providing an updated range of multidisciplinary and methodologically diverse analyses of critically and commercially successful texts, contributing to the scholarship on children's and YA literature; gender, sexuality, and women's studies; and a range of other disciplines.