This edited collection traces the evolution of writing, retelling, and critically reading children's and young adult tales over decades of cultural, social, and technological changes. Global contributions cover the increasingly diverse narratives found in children's literature, including how contemporary authors challenge traditional gender roles found in fairy tales through modern increasingly prevalent retellings. Chapters also consider the psychological impact of storytelling on children and how narratives can provide children with frameworks for understanding their emotions and experiences.
Edited by:
Bernard Montoneri
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9783031897665
ISBN 10: 3031897668
Pages: 295
Publication Date: 25 June 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: Rewriting, Retelling, and Adaptation.- Chapter 2: Saint-Exupéry’s Memories and the Prince’s Life on B612 in the Morgan Library Manuscript of The Little Prince.- Chapter 3: And the Story Lives On: Fred Fordham’s Graphic Novel Adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.- Chapter 4: Nikolai Nosov’s Novella Vitya Maleyev in School and at Home: The Turn to Psychological Prose.- Chapter 5: An Educational Tale of the Japanese “Child” as a Western Ideal Entrusted to a Fox: Gon the Fox and the Sociology of Knowledge.- Chapter 06: From Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to Comics: Reading the Imprints of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Children World.- Part 2: Critical Reading: Theories and Interpretations.- Chapter 7: On Whangdoodles and Changing Times: Reading Scandal, Adaptation, and Identity Politics in the Works of Roald Dahl.- Chapter 8: Fairy Tales: A Psychoanalytic Review.- Chapter 9: The Labyrinth of Gender in The Twin Knights: Osamu Tezuka’s World between Diversity and Limits.- Chapter 10: Little Red Riding Hood in the Mirror of Different Cultures and Time Periods.- Chapter 11: Magic Mirrors and Traumatic Chronotopes: Mizuki Tsujimura’s and Erin Morgenstern’s Contemporary Fairy Tales.
Bernard Montoneri is Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. He is the editor of the IAFOR Journal of Literature and Librarianship. Dr Montoneri edited a book titled Time Travel in World Literature and Cinema in 2024.
