Double Interpretations. Religion in Children's and Youth Literature ed. by Mirjam Zimmermann and Jana Mikota

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-99
Author(s):  
Jutta Reusch
Keyword(s):  
Youth Literature

Transformation and Education in GDR Youth Literature: A Script Theory Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Jean E. Conacher
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Socialist Realism ◽  
National Literature ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Conceptual Blending ◽  
Script Theory ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
Youth Literature

Youth literature within the German Democratic Republic (GDR) officially enjoyed equal status with adult literature, with authors often writing for both audiences. Such parity of esteem pre-supposed that youth literature would also adopt the cultural–political frameworks designed to nurture the establishment of socialism on German soil. In their quest to forge a legitimate national literature capable of transforming the population, politicians and writers drew repeatedly upon the cultural heritage of Weimar classicism and the Bildungsroman, Humboldtian educational traditions and Soviet-inspired models of socialist realism. Adopting a script theory approach inspired by Jean Matter Mandler, this article explores how directive cultural policies lead to the emergence of multiple scripts which inform the nature and narrative of individual works. Three broad ideological scripts within GDR youth literature are identified which underpin four distinct narrative scripts employed by individual writers to support, challenge and ultimately subvert the primacy of the Bildungsroman genre. A close reading of works by Strittmatter, Pludra, Görlich, Tetzner and Saalmann reveals further how conceptual blending with classical and fairy-tale scripts is exploited to legitimise and at times mask critique of transformation and education inside and outside the classroom and to offer young protagonists a voice often denied their readers.

scholarly journals Omstrede kwessies en teksinterne korrektiewe in Skilpoppe van Barrie Hough

Literator ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-182
Author(s):  
M.J. Fritz ◽  
E.S. Van der Westhuizen
Keyword(s):  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Binary Relations ◽  
Politics And Religion ◽  
Youth Literature

Controversial issues and text-internal correctives in <i>Skilpoppe</i> by Barrie Hough This article focuses on the binary relations between controversial issues and text internal correctives by making use of examples from “Skilpoppe” (Babushka dolls) (2002) by Barrie Hough. The article starts with a discussion of controversial issues, including the four main categories, identified as violence, sexuality, politics and religion and continues briefly to the censorship as enacted before the Films and Publications Act, No. 65 of 1996 was passed. Thereafter the text-internal corrective, which is sometimes found to be an answer to controversial issues present in youth literature, is discussed and the binary relations between literary controversy and text-internal correctives are highlighted. The theory developed is then used in the analysis of controversial issues in “Skilpoppe”.

scholarly journals Contribución de la formación literaria a la educación integral: análisis del currículo básico de Educación Primaria

2019 ◽  
pp. 29-38
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Integral Approach ◽  
Royal Decree ◽  
Legal Text ◽  
Literary Education ◽  
Legal Contexts ◽  
Educación Primaria ◽  
Fundamental Paper ◽  
Youth Literature

The educational process always involves a relationship with value: in essence and foundation it is valuable. Always framed by legal contexts, it is possible to say that, since it is educational, the Royal Decree 126/2014 is based on values. In this research an analysis of the axiological content of this basic curriculum is carried out, concretely the block dedicated to literary education. The study starts from an integral approach of education to which literature contributes with a fundamental paper. The objective is to demonstrate how this is represented in the referenced legal text, stimulating the consideration of elements that may lead to an improvement in future normative actions, including the strengthening of the role of the children’s and youth literature in this process.

scholarly journals KRAKATAU ON FIRE, THE DISASTER OF 1883 IN DUTCH COLONIAL LITERATURE: A POSTCOLONIAL APPROACH

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Rick Honings
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Colonial Literature ◽  
And Shifts ◽  
Robert Michael Ballantyne ◽  
Dutch Colonial ◽  
Youth Literature

<p>In 1883, the volcano Krakatau erupted and collapsed, causing the deaths of tens of thousands. The eruption was one of the first disasters to take place beyond the Dutch boundaries that received so much attention in the Netherlands. Although the disaster appealed to the imagination, it barely led to the publication of fiction. Only in Dutch Indies youth literature can one find something about the Krakatau. In this article, four Dutch stories and novels are analysed: “Stories of the moon” by Nellie van Kol-Porreij, The hermit of Rakata or Krakatau on fire by Robert Michael Ballantyne, “Nine Months on Krakatau” by B.L. Kailola and Escaped from the jaws of death: The Krakatau tragedy by Rick Blekkink. These sources are analysed from a postcolonial perspective focusing on unequal power relations. Focal points are the representation of the Indies and the indigenous people of the colony. This article illustrates the continuities and shifts in the representations over de course of time (1886-2014). </p>

scholarly journals The Position of South African Children's and Youth Literature in Librarian Training in South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 106-118
Author(s):  
Genevieve Hart
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
South African ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
African Literature ◽  
Course Content ◽  
South African Literature ◽  
Information Association ◽  
Youth Literature

A survey of 16 South African library schools was undertaken to identify children's literature courses. Eighteen courses were found at eight institutions. The lecturers responsible were then interviewed - giving details of course content, resources available and their perceptions of their challenges. The courses are clearly under threat and very little emphasis is placed on South African literature. The intervention of the Library and Information Association of South Africa and library organisations is called for.

scholarly journals New book on the Russia children literature in Czechia (review of the monography: Kudrjavceva Malenova Eva. The Literary Tale in the Individual Style of Gennadiy Tziferov in the Context of the Czech Reception of Children and Youth Literature in the Second Half of the XX Century. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2017. 182 p.)

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-150
Author(s):  
Olga Nikolayevna Chelyukanova
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Style ◽  
Youth Literature

The review touches upon the problems which are formulated and solved by Eva Kudrjavceva Malenova in her scientific study “The Literary Tale in the Individual Style of Gennadiy Tziferov in the context of the Chech Reception of Children and Youth Literature in the Second Half of the XX Century”. The importance of scientific research, originality, well-based arguments of the author’s position, the valuability and novelty of material are underlined in the review.

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