Our mythical childhood ... : the classics and literature for children and young adults / edited by Katarzyna Marciniak.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marciniak, Katarzyna, editor.

Series:

Metaforms ; Volume 8.

Metaforms, 2212-9405 ; Volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's literature.

Young adult literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (540 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2016

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume offers a survey of the reception of Classical Antiquity in the literature for youngsters by applying regional perspectives from East-Central and Western Europe, Africa, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, and the United States. The title Our Mythical Childhood hints at the elusive and paradoxical potential of the ancient tradition that is both a fixed base shared by many people worldwide since their early life as well as a body of references constantly being reinterpreted in response to local challenges. The reader is given a deeper insight into the processes shaping children’s and young adults’ identities and their cultural formation. The volume fills an important gap in the scholarship and contributes to the development of Reception Studies in innovative and attractive directions.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Katarzyna Marciniak

What Is a Classic… for Children and Young Adults? / Katarzyna Marciniak

From Aesop to Asterix Latinus: A Survey of Latin Books for Children / Wilfried Stroh

Childhood Rhetorical Exercises of the Victor of Vienna / Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska

The Aftermath of Myth through the Lens of Walter Benjamin: Hermes in J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and in Astrid Lindgren’s Karlson on the Roof / Katarzyna Jerzak

A Latin Lesson for Bad Boys, or: Kipling’s Tale of the Enchanted Bird / Jerzy Axer

Laura Orvieto and the Classical Heritage in Italy before the Second World War / Valentina Garulli

Saul Tchernichowsky’s Mythical Childhood: Homeric Allusions in the Idyll “Elka’s Wedding” / Agata Grzybowska

Jadwiga Zylinska’s Fabulous Antiquity / Robert A. Sucharski

A Child among the Ruins: Some Thoughts on Contemporary Modern Greek Literature for Children / Przemysław Kordos

The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Polish Lexicography for Children and Young Adults / Ewa Rudnicka

Our Fabled Childhood: Reflections on the Unsuitability of Aesop to Children / Edith Hall

A Gloss on Perspectives for the Study of African Literature versus Greek and Oriental Traditions / Peter T. Simatei

Aesop’s Fables in Japanese Literature for Children: Classical Antiquity and Japan / Beata Kubiak Ho-Chi

Vitalis the Fox: Remarks on the Early Reading Experience of a Future Historian of Antiquity in Poland (1950's–1960's) / Adam Łukaszewicz

Aemulating Aesopus: Slovenian Fables and Fablers between Tradition and Innovation / David Movrin

Armies of Children: War and Peace, Ancient History and Myth in Children’s Books after World War One / Sheila Murnaghan and Deborah H. Roberts

Classical Antiquity in Children’s Literature in the Soviet Union / Elena Ermolaeva

Katabasis “Down Under” in the Novels of Margaret Mahy and Maurice Gee / Elizabeth Hale

‘His Greek Materials’: Philip Pullman’s Use of Classical Mythology / Owen Hodkinson

Orpheus and Eurydice: Reception of a Classical Myth in International Children’s Literature / Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer

Greek Mythology in Israeli Children’s Literature / Lisa Maurice

Telemachus in Jeans: Adam Bahdaj’s Reception of the Myth about Odysseus’s Son / Joanna Kłos

An Attempt on Theseus by Kir Bulychev: Travelling to Virtual Antiquity / Hanna Paulouskaya

Graeco-Roman Antiquity and Its Productive Appropriation: The Example of Harry Potter / Christine Walde

J.K. Rowling Exposes the World to Classical Antiquity / Elżbieta Olechowska

East, West, and Finding Yourself in Caroline Lawrence’s “Roman Mysteries” / Helen Lovatt

Create Your Own Mythology: Youngsters for Youngsters (and Oldsters) in Mythological Fan Fiction / Katarzyna Marciniak

Bibliography / Katarzyna Marciniak

Index / Katarzyna Marciniak.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 11, 2016).

OCLC:

962065754

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004335370

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access