The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children's Literature

Over the Fence

Stacy E. Hoult-Saros (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2016
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-1977-9 (ISBN)

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The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children’s Literature: Over the Fence analyzes the ways in which myths about farmed animals’ lives are perpetuated in children’s materials. Specifically, this book investigates the use of five recurring thematic devices in about eighty books for young children published during the past five decades. The close readings of texts and images draw on a wide range of fields, including animal theory, psychoanalytic and Marxian literary criticism, child development theory, histories of farming and domestication, and postcolonial theory. In spite of the underlying seriousness of the project, the material lends itself to humorous and not overly heavy-handed explications that provide insight into the complex workings of a literary genre based on the covering up of real animal lives.

Stacy Hoult-Saros is associate professor of Spanish at Valparaiso University

Introduction
Chapter One: Anthropomorphism
Chapter Two: Freedom
Chapter Three: Commodification
Chapter Four: Protection
Chapter Five: Submission
Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	06.08.2016
Reihe/Serie	Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 238 mm
Gewicht	458 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4985-1977-6 / 1498519776
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-1977-9 / 9781498519779
Zustand	Neuware