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Different aspects of age in the oeuvre of David Almond

Lindsey Geybels — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 11:59:34 +0000

In recent decades, age studies has started to emerge as a new approach to study children’s literature. This book is co-authored by several members of the CAFYR team and builds on that scholarship but also significantly extends it by exploring age in various aspects of children’s literature: the age of the author, the characters, the… Continue reading Different aspects of age in the oeuvre of David Almond

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Encounters of a dreamy kind

Lindsey Geybels — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:05:58 +0000

Dreams can function in children’s books as a means to connect young characters and older figures in the story. In this article, Vanessa Joosen presents three methods to study intergenerational encounters in and through dreams in a selection of contemporary Dutch children’s books. She does this by means of a digital analysis of a corpus… Continue reading Encounters of a dreamy kind

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Shuffling and sighing

Lindsey Geybels — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:31:50 +0000

Children’s literature is traditionally seen as a carrier of various ideologies as well as an important factor in children’s socialisation, for example in terms of the representation of age. A children’s book that portrays older characters as frail people with old-fashioned habits will influence the young reader’s perception of older people in their own environment,… Continue reading Shuffling and sighing

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Determining author or reader

Lindsey Geybels — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:04:03 +0000

Due to the nature of literary texts as being composed of words rather than numbers, they are not an obvious choice to serve as data for statistical analyses. However, with the help of computer programs, words can be converted to numbers and specific parts of a text can be examined on a large scale. Textual… Continue reading Determining author or reader

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A style for every age

Frauke Pauwels — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:01:06 +0000

The oeuvres of ‘crosswriters’ or ‘dual audience authors’ who write for both children and adults form the perfect touchstones for research on the similarities and differences between children’s literature and literature for adults. By means of stylometry, a digital research method that aids in studying style, the works of ten Dutch and English language dual… Continue reading A style for every age

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Readers under the sorting hat

Frauke Pauwels — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:23:27 +0000

These days, children often devour the entire Harry Potter series during their years at primary school. At the time of each publication, the character grew along with the readers: each volume saw Harry growing up. Based on a digital analysis of the books, it appears that the style of the books and the themes covered… Continue reading Readers under the sorting hat

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