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.
| ISBN: | 9781498519779 |
| Publication date: | 21st July 2016 |
| Author: | Stacy HoultSaros |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Ecocritical Theory and Practice |
| Genres: |
Children’s and teenage literature studies: general |
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.
The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children's Literature features in the following genres: Children’s and teenage literature studies: general
The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children's Literature is available in Hardback
The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children's Literature was written by Stacy HoultSaros and published by Lexington Books
The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children's Literature has 192 pages
Yes it is part of Ecocritical Theory and Practice series
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