Abstract
Since the 1970s, children's literature research has developed a number of approaches, from simple ideological criticism to more sophisticated applications of postcolonial theory, to analyse how, and to what end, members of other national, cultural, racial and ethnic groups are represented in texts for children. However, a field of study within comparative literature, imagology, which specifically addresses the cultural construction and literary representation of national characters in literature, has not yet made much impact. This review article will present its origins and methods of investigation as well as sketch areas in children's literature of imagological interest, which have been or are still waiting to be productively addressed, to show what the domain can gain from this approach.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | International Research in Children's Literature |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISSN | 1755-6198 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 01.07.2011 |
Bibliographical note
Statement required by the Intellectual Property Agreement made between EUP and the International Research Society for Children’s Literature: “I acknowledge that inclusion of this definitive version in Institutional Repositories that were not my institution at the time the contribution was submitted for publication require additional permission from Edinburgh University Press”.Research areas and keywords
- English
- Literature studies
- Construction of national character
- Discourse
- Image studies
- Imagology
- Topography
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Literature and Literary Theory
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