scholarly journals Narrative Strategies Giving Voice to the Silenced Subject

Barnboken ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Sofie Persson
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Narrative Form ◽  
First Person ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Narrative Strategies ◽  
Children And Young Adults

This article uses an ecocritical, posthumanist animal studies approach to fiction about horses for children and young adults in order to show how different narrative strategies co-exist within a framework of silence versus voice and Othering versus anthropomorphizing. The examples are taken from two Swedish series of books: the stories of Vitnos (1971–1980) by Marie Louise Rudolfsson, and those about Klara (1999–2008) by Pia Hagmar. The study shows that regardless of the narrative form chosen, be it placing the horse as a first-person narrator or introducing a human narrator and focalizer, the result is quite similar. The horse is alternately anthropomorphized and depicted as Other, many times through the technique of allomorphism, placing the horse above the human being. 

scholarly journals Mój tato został gwiazdą. Tanatos w ukraińskiej książce obrazkowej

2019 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 197-206
Author(s):  
Mateusz Świetlicki
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
First Person ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Death And Loss

My dad became a star: Thanatos in Ukrainian picturebooksAfter the Euromaidan Revolution, war and death became major topics in many books for children and young adults. The main focus of the article is the representation of death and loss in Halyna Kyrpa’s picturebook Мій тато став зіркою illustrated by Oksana Bula. After losing her father, the nameless protagonist struggles to understand war and death. The author argues that the genre of the picturebook and the first-person narrative make the story more comprehensible for young readers who can see the protagonist’s maturation.  Мій тато став зіркою. Танатос в українських ілюстрованих книжкахСоціо-політична ситуація в Україні змінила статус Танатоса в дитячій літературі. Після Євромайдану війна і смерть стали основними темами багатьох книжок для дітей і молоді. У центрі уваги смерть, змальована в книжці Галини Кирпи Мій тато став зіркою ілюстрованій Оксаною Булою. Після втрати батька, головний герой, імені якого читач не знає, намагається зрозуміти суть війни і смерті. Автор дослідження твердить, що жанр picturebook і оповідь від першої особи роблять історію більш зрозумілою для юних читачів, які спостерігають за змінами, що відбуваються з протагоністом. 

scholarly journals Kindsein – Erinnern – Erzählen

2021 ◽  
pp. 127-141
Author(s):  
Ute Dettmar
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Memory Studies ◽  
German Reunification ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Narrative Strategies ◽  
Memory Culture ◽  
Autobiographical Texts ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Social Upheaval

Artikelbeginn:[English title and abstract below] »Erinnerungen aus der Kindheit kann man doch nur haben, wenn man selbst kein Kind ist« (de Velasco 2013, S. 10) – so kommentiert die 13-jährige homodiegetische Erzählerin Nini im Roman Tigermilch das Auftauchen einer ersten bewussten »richtige[n] Kindheitserinnerung« (ebd.). Angesprochen ist damit der zunächst paradox anmutende Zusammenhang von Kindsein und Erinnern. Sich selbst im umfassenderen Sinn daran zu erinnern, wie es ist, ein Kind zu sein, gehört zu den Fähigkeiten, die Kindern nicht zugesprochen werden. Die Kindheit gilt als das Lebensalter, in dem man ganz bei sich ist, in dem alles gegenwärtig und vieles möglich ist. Pläne und Perspektiven richten sich in die offene Zukunft, im Rückblick über Erinnerungen zu verfügen und sie als Teil der eigenen Biografie zu begreifen, wird selbst zum Zeichen der Differenz: ein Indiz dafür, dass die Kindheit bereits an ihr Ende gekommen ist. Recalling and Retelling ChildhoodThe (Self)Depiction of Childhood during German Reunification from Memory Culture and Generational Viewpoints Ever since the Peaceful Revolution paved the way for the reunification of Germany in 1990, texts and media for children and young adults have depicted these historical events from a range of narrative and generational viewpoints. This article addresses forms of childhood remembrance of this era of radical political and social upheaval in East Germany, focussing on autobiographical texts and media (essays and comics) as well as novels and stories. These are discussed through the lens of memory studies with respect to individual and collective identity and memory construction, and as functions of intra- and intergenerational communication. Using selected examples and with reference to the categories of the novel of remembrance and the novel of memory, the article identifies narrative strategies and image–text relationships employed to recall the events preceding and following German reunification. It shows how texts filter, interpret and condense individual memories, and link these to generational memory, and how they may ultimately be seen as contributions to communicative memory.

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