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FROM MYTHIC TO LINEAR
TIME IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE |
| By: |
Maria Nikolajeva |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0810837137 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780810837133 |
| Publisher: |
SCARECROW PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
10 January, 2000 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
This approach to text typology examines the depiction of time in literature for children. It argues that literature is a deconstruction, a displacement, of myth, and that it depicts a symbolic coming-of-age process rather than a strictly representational reflection of a concrete "reality". |
| Synopsis: |
In this approach to text typology, Maria Nikolajeva examines the depiction of time in literature for children. She identifies a continuum of texts ranging from those that depict non-linear time, typical of archaic, or mythical, thought, to those that express linearity, typical of contemporary mainstream literature. She argues that literature is a deconstruction, a displacement, of myth, and that it depicts a symbolic coming-of-age process rather than a strictly representational reflection of a concrete "reality". The texts are categorized by the degree to which the coming-of-age process is accomplished; the movement is from an initial condition of primary harmony (Arcadia, Paradise, Utopia) and moves through different stages toward either a successful or a failed passage. The study encompasses a number of children's novels from different epochs and countries, contributing a better knowledge of children's literature from different parts of the world. |
| Illustrations: |
index |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Scarecrow Press |
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Returnable |
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