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Author:
Webb, Caroline, 1961- author.
Title:
Fantasy and the real world in British children's literature : the power of story / Caroline Webb.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
163 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Reality in literature.
Storytelling in literature.
Rowling, J. K.--Criticism and interpretation.
Jones, Diana Wynne--Criticism and interpretation.
Pratchett, Terry--Criticism and interpretation.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Jones, Diana Wynne.
Pratchett, Terry.
Rowling, J. K.
Children's literature, English.
Fantasy fiction, English.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Reality in literature.
Storytelling in literature.
Jones, Diana Wynne,--1934-2011.
Rowling, J. K.,--1965-
Pratchett, Terry,--1948-
Englisch.
Kinderliteratur.
Phantastische Literatur.
Realitätsbezug.
Erzähltechnik.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index.
Contents:
119. Resisting "Destinarianism" 23 -- 2 The Case of Heroic Fantasy 48 -- 3 Ontologies of the Wainscot 76 -- 4 Representing the Witch 97 -- 5 Resisting "Destinarianism" 119.
Summary:
"This study examines the children's books of three extraordinary British writers - J.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Terry Pratchett - and 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 world - and 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Children's literature and culture ; 101
ISBN:
0415722713 (hardback)
9780415722711 (hardback)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)868209565
LCCN:
2014015791
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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