Children’s Literature and Childhood Discourses: Exploring Identity through Fiction

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Dr Anna Cermakova (Lancaster University, UK) Professor Michaela Mahlberg (University of Birmingham, UK)

Children’s Literature and Childhood Discourses

Exploring Identity through Fiction

Dr Anna Cermakova (Lancaster University, UK), Professor Michaela Mahlberg (University of Birmingham, UK), Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
02 May 2024

Literacy; Semantics; Computational linguistics; Children's literature studies: general

Series: Corpus and Discourse

Children’s literature shapes what children learn about the world. It reflects social values, norms, and stereotypes. This book offers fresh insights into some of the key issues in fiction for children, from the representation of gender to embodied cognition and the translation of children’s literature.

Connecting classic children’s texts such as Alice in Wonderland with contemporary fiction including Murder Most Unladylike, the book innovatively brings together perspectives from corpus linguistics, stylistics, cognitive linguistics, literary and cultural studies, and human geography. It explores approaches to experiencing fiction, as well as methods for the study of literary texts. Childhood discourses are investigated through the materiality of texts, the spaces that literature takes up in libraries, the cultural history of fiction moulded through performances, as well as reading environments that shape childhood experiences, such as fashion and urban spaces.

Children’s Literature and Childhood Discourses emphasizes the crucial link between fictional stories and real life.

Edited by: Dr Anna Cermakova (Lancaster University UK), Professor Michaela Mahlberg (University of Birmingham, UK), Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350176980
ISBN 10: 1350176982
Series: Corpus and Discourse
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 02 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anna Cermakova is a Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University, UK and EdTech consultant for WiKIT, AS. Michaela Mahlberg is Professor of Corpus Linguistics at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Reviews for Children’s Literature and Childhood Discourses: Exploring Identity through Fiction

Societies that do not value the power of storytelling for children do not value the future. This book promises to offer a much needed broadening perspective on the field of contemporary children’s literature and it’s vital place in helping young people navigate today’s world. -- Sita Brahmachari, Award winning Children's & YA author As this collected volume crosses disciplinary divides, it not only constitutes a major contribution to children’s literature scholarship but also shows the substantial relevance of this field for example to linguistics, gender studies or childhood studies. It will appeal both to academic readers and those with other professional expertise related to children and childhood. -- Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, University of Wroclaw, Poland This book represents a new and innovative approach to the study of children’s literature. It is likely to be of interest to linguists, literary scholars, education researchers, librarians, teachers and parents, and also to researchers in the numerous domains with which it makes connections. -- Martin Wynne, University of Oxford, UK