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Fantasy and the Real World in British Children's Literature - Caroline Webb - Bog

- The Power of Story

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This study examines the childrenΓÇÖs books of three extraordinary British writersΓÇöJ.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Terry PratchettΓÇöand investigates their sophisticated use of narrative strategies not only to engage children in reading, but to educate them into becoming mature readers and indeed individuals. The book demonstrates how in quite different ways these writers establish reader expectations by drawing on conventions in existing genres only to subvert those expectations. Their strategies lead young readers to evaluate for themselves both the power of story to shape our understanding of the world and to develop a sense of identity and agency. Rowling, Jones, and Pratchett provide their readers with fantasies that are pleasurable and imaginative, but far from encouraging escape from reality, they convey important lessons about the complexities and challenges of the real worldΓÇöand how these may be faced and solved. All three writers deploy the tropes and imaginative possibilities of fantasy to disturb, challenge, and enlarge the world of their readers.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781138547858
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 176
  • Udgivet:
  • 6. februar 2018
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x0 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 453 g.
  • 2-4 uger.
  • 22. november 2024
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This study examines the childrenΓÇÖs books of three extraordinary British writersΓÇöJ.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Terry PratchettΓÇöand investigates their sophisticated use of narrative strategies not only to engage children in reading, but to educate them into becoming mature readers and indeed individuals. The book demonstrates how in quite different ways these writers establish reader expectations by drawing on conventions in existing genres only to subvert those expectations. Their strategies lead young readers to evaluate for themselves both the power of story to shape our understanding of the world and to develop a sense of identity and agency. Rowling, Jones, and Pratchett provide their readers with fantasies that are pleasurable and imaginative, but far from encouraging escape from reality, they convey important lessons about the complexities and challenges of the real worldΓÇöand how these may be faced and solved. All three writers deploy the tropes and imaginative possibilities of fantasy to disturb, challenge, and enlarge the world of their readers.

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