A COMPANION TO CHILDRENS LITERATURE A collection of international, up-to-date, and diverse perspectives on childrens literary criticism A Companion to Childrens Literature offers students and scholars studying childrens literature, education, and youth librarianship an incisive and expansive collection of essays that discuss key debates within childrens literature criticism. The thirty-four works included demonstrate a diverse array of perspectives from around the world, introduce emerging scholars to the field of childrens literature criticism, and meaningfully contribute to the scholarly conversation. The essays selected by the editors present a view of childrens literature that encompasses poetry, fiction, folklore, nonfiction, dramatic stage and screen performances, picturebooks, and interactive and digital media. They range from historical overviews to of-the-moment critical theory about childrens books from across the globe. A Companion to Childrens Literature explores some of the earliest works in childrens literature, key developments in the genre from the 20th century, and the latest trends and texts in childrens information books, postmodern fairytales, theatre, plays, and more. This collection also discusses methods for reading childrens literature, from social justice critiques of popular stories to Black critical theory in the context of childrens literary analysis.
- | Author: Karen Coats|Deborah Stevenson|Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
- | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
- | Publication Date: Jun 20, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 496 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Criticism
- | ISBN-10: 1119038227
- | ISBN-13: 9781119038221