An edition of Our mythical childhood...
(2016)
Our mythical childhood...
the classics and literature for children and young adults
by Katarzyna Marciniak
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This volume offers a survey of the reception of Classical Antiquity in the literature for youngsters by applying regional perspectives from East-Central and Western Europe, Africa, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, and the United States. The title 'Our Mythical Childhood' hints at the elusive and paradoxical potential of the ancient tradition that is both a fixed base shared by many people worldwide since their early life as well as a body of references constantly being reinterpreted in response to local challenges. The reader is given a deeper insight into the processes shaping children's and young adults' identities and their cultural formation. The volume fills an important gap in the scholarship and contributes to the development of Reception Studies in innovative and attractive directions.
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Our mythical childhood...: the classics and literature for children and young adults
2016, Brill
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9004313427 9789004313422
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Table of Contents
What Is a Classic... for Children and Young Adults? / Katarzyna Marciniak
PART 1: In Search of Our Roots: Classical References as a Shaper of Young Readers' Identity
From Aesop to Asterix Latinus: A Survey of Latin Books for Children / Wilfried Stroh
Childhood Rhetorical Exercises of the Victor of Vienna / Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska
The Aftermath of Myth through the Lens of Walter Benjamin: Hermes in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and in Astrid Lindgren's Karlson on the Roof / Katarzyna Jerzak
A Latin Lesson for Bad Boys, or: Kipling's Tale of the Enchanted Bird / Jerzy Axer
Laura Orvieto and the Classical Heritage in Italy before the Second World War / Valentina Garulli
Saul Tchernichowsky's Mythical Childhood: Homeric Allusions in the Idyll "Elka's Wedding" / Agata Grzybowska
Jadwiga Żylińska's Fabulous Antiquity / Robert A. Sucharski
A Child among the Ruins: Some Thoughts on Contemporary Modern Greek Literature for Children / Przemysław Kordos
The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Polish Lexicography for Children and Young Adults / Ewa Rudnicka
PART 2: The Aesop Complex: The Transformations of Fables in Response to Regional Challenges
Our Fabled Childhood: Reflections on the Unsuitability of Aesop to Children / Edith Hall
A Gloss on Perspectives for the Study of African Literature versus Greek and Oriental Traditions / Peter T. Simatei
Aesop's Fables in Japanese Literature for Children: Classical Antiquity and Japan / Beata Kubiak Ho-Chi
Vitalis the Fox: Remarks on the Early Reading Experience of a Future Historian of Antiquity in Poland (1950s-1960s) / Adam Łukaszewicz
Aemulating Aesopus: Slovenian Fables and Fablers between Tradition and Innovation
David Movrin
PART 3: Daring the Darkness: Classical Antiquity as a Filter for Critical Experiences
Armies of Children: War and Peace, Ancient History and Myth in Children's Books after World War One / Sheila Murnaghan and Deborah H. Roberts
Classical Antiquity in Children's Literature in the Soviet Union / Elena Ermolaeva
Katabasis "Down Under" in the Novels of Margaret Mahy and Maurice Gee / Elizabeth Hale
'His Greek Materials': Philip Pullman's Use of Classical Mythology / Owen Hodkinson
Orpheus and Eurydice: Reception of a Classical Myth in International Children's Literature / Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer
PART 4: New Hope: Classical References in the Mission of Preparing Children to Strive for a Better Future
Greek Mythology in Israeli Children's Literature / Lisa Maurice
Telemachus in Jeans: Adam Bahdaj's Reception of the Myth about Odysseus's Son / Joanna Kloss
An Attempt on Theseus by Kir Bulychev: Travelling to Virtual Antiquity / Hanna Paulouskaya
Graeco-Roman Antiquity and Its Productive Appropriation: The Example of Harry Potter / Christine Walde
J.K. Rowling Exposes the World to Classical Antiquity / Elżbieta Olechowska
East, West, and Finding Yourself in Caroline Lawrence's "Roman Mysteries" / Helen Lovatt
Create Your Own Mythology: Youngsters for Youngsters (and Oldsters) in Mythological Fan Fiction / Katarzyna Marciniak.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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