Children's Literature: Theory and Practice

ELH ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicity A. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Literature Theory

scholarly journals NILAI MORAL DALAM TOKOH CERITA BUAYA LEARISA KAYELI: KAJIAN SASTRA ANAK [Moral Value in Character of Learisa Kayeli's Crocodile Story: A Study of Children's Literature]

TOTOBUANG ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-329
Author(s):  
DUDUNG ABDULAH
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Sixth Graders ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
The One ◽  
Literature Theory ◽  
Descriptive Method

This study aims to discover the moral value in character of Learisa Kayeli's Crocodile story written and developed by Asrif. Literary studies talking about children's literature through Maluku folklore are still not found in scientific journals. Therefore, the theory used in this study is the children’s literature theory of Burhan Nurgiyantoro. The research method used descriptive method of content analysis. This study describes the qualifications and disclosure of the character from the story as an introduction in interpreting the moral values. This story was chosen because (1) it has never been examined using children's literature theory; (2) the important characters are played by animal characters and result in more readers’ imagination compared to stories with human characters; (3) this story is intended for children especially for the fourth, fifth, and sixth graders; (4) it has a complete storyline; and (5) it is printed Maluku folklore written in Indonesian and went through digitalization process. This study concludes that there are seven moral values conveyed by the author in character of Learisa Kayeli's Crocodile story, namely: (1) do not be afraid to defend the truth or to quell tyranny even though life is at stake in order to create a harmonious and peaceful life; (2) appreciate the one who has contributed in (saving) your life in order to establish eternal brotherhood until the end of life; (3) do not disturb the peace of other people's lives so that your lives remain fortune; (4) never give up in trying to do something so that your dreams can be achieved; (5) make good friends with others so that you may be accepted by anyone and anywhere including in any new environment; (6) be patient in solving any obstacles in life so you can cherish other people; and (7) be wise to the surrounding environment in order to create a healthy natural balance so that it can provide benefits for mankind. Kajian ini bertujuan menelusuri nilai moral dalam tokoh cerita rakyat Maluku berjudul Buaya Learisa Kayeli yang ditulis dan dikembangkan oleh Asrif. Kajian sastra yang mengangkat tentang sastra anak melalui cerita rakyat Maluku masih belum ditemukan dalam karya ilmiah. Teori yang digunakan dalam kajian ini adalah teori sastra anak. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif analisis. Kajian ini mendeskripsikan kualifikasi dan pengungkapan watak tokoh cerita sebagai pengantar dalam menafsirkan nilai moral yang terkandung di dalamnya. Cerita ini dipilih karena (1) belum pernah dikaji melalui  kajian sastra anak; (2) para tokoh penting diperankan oleh karakter binatang sehingga nilai fantasinya lebih tinggi daripada cerita dengan tokoh manusia; (3) cerita ini diperuntukkan bagi anak-anak terutama kelas 4, 5, dan 6; (4) memiliki cerita yang utuh; dan (5) merupakan cerita rakyat Maluku yang sudah dibukukan dan sudah berbahasa Indonesia bahkan sudah mengalami proses digitalisasi. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa ada tujuh nilai moral yang disampaikan pengarang dalam tokoh cerita Buaya Learisa Kayeli, yaitu (1) janganlah takut membela kebenaran/menumpas kezaliman meskipun nyawa menjadi taruhannya supaya tercipta kehidupan yang harmonis dan tenteram; (2) hargailah orang yang telah berjasa dalam (menyelamatkan) hidupmu supaya terjalin persaudaraan yang abadi sampai akhir hayat; (3) janganlah suka mengganggu ketenangan hidup orang lain supaya tidak bernasib buruk di kemudian hari; (4) jangan pernah menyerah dalam berusaha supaya impianmu bisa tercapai; (5) berperangailah dengan baik terhadap orang lain supaya kamu bisa diterima oleh siapa pun dan di mana pun termasuk di lingkungan baru sekali pun; (6) bersabarlah dalam menghadapi rintangan kehidupan supaya buah dari kesabaran itu bisa bermanfaat bagi orang lain; dan (7) bersikap bijaklah terhadap lingkungan sekitar supaya tercipta keseimbangan alam yang sehat sehingga bisa memberikan keuntungan bagi umat manusia.

scholarly journals Multi-Addressee Nature of Works Intentionally Aimed at a Young Audience – an Opportunity or a Threat? In the Context of Hanna Dymel-Trzebiatowska’s “Philosophical and Translational Migrations in the Moomin Valley” (2019)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 487-496
Author(s):  
Dorota Michułka
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Existential Philosophy ◽  
Cognitive Poetics

The article is based on the review of the book by Hanna Dymel-Trzebiatowska Philosophical and Translational Migrations in the Moomin Valley (2019). Interdisciplinary considerations concern the issue of the multi-addressee nature of works intentionally aimed at a young audience, and their basis is the analysis and interpretation of Tove Jansson’s series on Moomins, deeply rooted in philosophical contexts. In the interpretation of the saga of the Finnish writer, Dymel-Trzebiatowska refers to various aspects of the theory and practice of reception as well as to selected issues belonging to the area of theory and practice of translation. In interpretative contexts, the researcher also distinguishes psychoanalytical critique, cognitive poetics, existential philosophy, the broadly understood philosophy of ethics and childhood anthropology, thanks to which her book fits perfectly into contemporary discussions on the function, place, role and status of children’s literature, its meaning in the wider cultural circuit literary and – potentially – also its presence in the field of Polish studies.

Goodbye, Ghetto: Further Comparative Approaches to Children's Literature

PMLA ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiera Vaclavik
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Genre Studies ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Cultural Productions ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Literature Theory ◽  
Blind Spots

In 2005 Emer O'Sullivan published the most comprehensive outline to date of a comparative approach to the study of literature and other cultural productions for the young. She presents nine constituent areas of comparative study in relation to children's literature (theory of children's literature, contact and transfer studies, comparative poetics, intertextuality studies, intermediality studies, image studies, comparative genre studies, comparative historiography of children's literature, comparative history of children's literature studies), which she illustrates with examples from around the world. But, although extensive, O'Sullivan's proposal is not without its blind spots, and she acknowledges that it “can only be enhanced by future discussion and modification” (12). With the aim of bolstering the field of children's literature, I here propose an area of comparative research overlooked by O'Sullivan. I also suggest extensions to her conception of comparative literature and to her handling of reception or reader response.

Getting Better: Children’s Literature Theory and the It Gets Better Project1

2020 ◽  
pp. 135-152
Author(s):  
Derritt Mason
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Cultural Discourse ◽  
Peter Pan ◽  
Queer Youth ◽  
Cultural Texts ◽  
Literature Theory ◽  
A Site

This chapter considers Dan Savage and Terry Miller’s It Gets Better project, an anti-bullying YouTube campaign that launched in 2010 following a rash of queer youth suicides, and argues that this project is a site of convergence for children’s literature and adult fictions. Mason suggests that the circulation and adaptation of cultural texts like It Gets Better across and through multiple genres—what he refers to, after Kathryn Bond Stockton, as a text and/or genre’s “sideways growth”—challenge critics to widen their theoretical lenses for the study of young people’s texts and culture. The book version of It Gets Better engages in a repetitive anxious rehearsal of its own metanarrative of “getting better” and renders the project (im)possible, Mason argues, drawing on Jacqueline Rose’s The Case of Peter Pan. While It Gets Better fails politically, it succeeds nonetheless at generating critical cultural discourse about how adults address queer youth.

scholarly journals Des livres pour enfants a l’heure de la mondialisation

2015 ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Muguras Constantinescu
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Friedrich Nietzsche ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Founding Director ◽  
Charles Perrault ◽  
New Phenomena ◽  
The Impact

En este artículo, la autora desarrolla varias ideas sobre la teoría y la práctica de los campos científicos desde un punto de vista social y pedagógico directamente relacionado con la literatura y las artes plásticas para niños. La cuestión es analizada desde el marco teórico diseñado por Jean Perrot en su último libro, Du jeu, des enfants et des livres à l’heure de la mondialisation (Editions du Cercle de la Librairie, Paris, 2011). Jean Perrot es un reconocido estudioso de la literatura y la ficción infantil y el director fundador del Instituto Internacional Charles Perrault de Francia. En su última obra, el autor reflexiona sobre las metamorfosis de los libros y la cultura para niños en la era de la "videoesfera" y la "sociedad del espectáculo" bajo el impacto de la globalización. Explora de forma relevante los numerosos fenómenos nuevos conectados a la "producción para niños" que describe como una cuestión particularmente compleja.El libro de Jean Perrot supone una mirada exhaustiva sobre la investigación realizada en el campo de la literatura infantil en los albores del tercer milenio, con análisis relevantes sobre el público objetivo, la tentación de considerar el libro como un objeto, la compleja relación entre discurso y pintura, y el tema del cuerpo fantástico en obras y novelas dirigidas a jóvenes lectores. La conclusión que Jean Parrot elabora en su libro es lúdica y optimista en la medida en que, por medio de una sutil estrategia intertextual, el autor adopta y adapta la idea del “eterno retorno” en referencia a Harry Potter, el “león” de la infancia y Friedrich Nietzsche. In the present paper, the author develops several ideas about the theory and practice of scientific fields from a social and educational viewpoint directly connected to children’s literature and visual arts. The issue is analyzed inside the theoretical frame designed by Jean Perrot in his latest book, Du jeu, des enfants et des livres à l’heure de la mondialisation (Editions du Cercle de la Librairie, Paris, 2011). Jean Perrot is a well-known scholar of literature and children’s fiction and the founding director of Charles Perrault International Institute in France. In his latest work, the author reflects on the metamorphoses of children’s books and culture in the era of the “video-sphere” and of the “show society” under the impact of globalization. He relevantly explores the numerous new phenomena that are connected to “children’s production” which he describes as a particularly complex issue. Jean Perrot’s book is an overall view on research done in the field of children’s literature at the beginning of the third millennium, with relevant analyses of the target audience, of the temptation of the book seen as an object, of the complex relationship between discourse and picture, of the theme of the fantasy body in plays and novels addressing young readers. The conclusion that Jean Perrault draws in his book is ludic and optimistic as, through a subtle intertextual strategy, the author adopts and adapts the idea of the “eternal return” when referring to Harry Potter, to the childhood “lion” and to Friedrich Nietzsche.

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