Representing the Holocaust in Children's Literature (review)

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi B. Sokoloff
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
The Holocaust

Enid Blyton and the Mystery of Children's Literature (review)

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-298
Author(s):  
Marilynn Strasser Olson ◽  
Angela J. C. Ingram ◽  
Kathleen M. Ashley
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Children’S Literature

scholarly journals To Traumatize or to Put under a Taboo? Holocaust Narratives in Children’s Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 251-264
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Rybak
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Young Reader ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Anti Semitism ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Holocaust Narratives

The article investigates the ways of representing the Holocaust in children’s literature published in Poland in the 21st century (e.g. Joanna Rudniańska’s Kotka Brygidy and Smoke by Antón Fortes and Joanna Concejo). Phenomena such as anti-Semitism or death of the main character, called by researchers and critics inappropriate for a young audience, are analyzed with the use of the research on taboo in children’s literature (Bogusława Sochańska and Justyna Czechowska) as well as confronted with the threat of “traumatization” of the young reader (Małgorzata Wójcik-Dudek). The analysis proves that the Shoah only appears to be well-represented in children’s literature as many topics are still omitted.

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