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C/LI/52. Differences in children's literature – adventure, fantasy, fairytale

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2010
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The paper examines how adventure, fantasy and fairytale genres in children’s literature are different in their descriptive content, appeal and relationship to their readers. The research refers to published studies on the subject: N. Anderson’s Elementary Children’s Literature: Basics for Teachers and Parents, E. Bearne’s Myth, Legend, Culture and Morality, and Bettleheim’s The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales, and other secondary data sources – on-line resources, journal articles, and works of fiction. The paper discusses the importance of children’s books in terms of the development of reading skills, and how the forms of literature under discussion have changed over time and according to literary and social trends.

 

KEYWORDS: Children’s literature, fantasy, adventure, fairytale, education, literacy,

 
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