Around 2007, several self-proclaimed norm-critical publishing companies were established in Sweden. This caused a long debate in the daily press, where some critics compared the ”norm-critical” books to propaganda. The debate indicates a conflict between an aesthetic and a didactic approach to children’s literature. Another lively debate with simil...
This study investigates the uses and functions of swear words in children’s literature, analyzing Ulf Stark’s Rymlingarna (The Runaways, 2018) and Oskar Kroon’s Överallt och ingenstans (Everywhere and Nowhere, 2020). In both novels there are characters swearing recurringly, even though swear words are usually not frequently used in literature for y...
This paper aims to reclaim the children’s literature production of the Ukrainian writer Vsévolod Garshin (1855-1888) and assess its possible anticipation of the genre known as anti-fables, new fables or refables. Garshin is a Russian literary author widely recognized in Europe, but little known in Spain. The first part of this paper presents some d...
Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel Matilda (1988/2018) has long been considered controversial by literary scholars on account of its stereotypes, sexism, and violence. At the same time, the novel has long been a favourite among educators for its ability to encourage children to read. This article suggests ways in which the controversial contents...
Japanese children’s literature translated directly into Finnish is a very novel phenomenon, which is why there is currently a vacuum of research in that area. This study aims to begin to fill that vacuum. The present study examines the Japanese children’s literature series Oshiri Tantei and its Finnish translation through one of the most central th...
Multiple studies show that growing up with a mentally ill parent affects children in many ways. In recent years many children ́s picturebooks about mental illness have been published, making it an accessible subject for the youngest readers. The aim of this study is to examine how children’s experiences of parental mental illness is described in pi...
This study contains analysis from eight different children’s books, who are nominated for the preschool children’s literature prize on the platform Polyglutt, to look at the didactic potentials the books contain based on the Swedish preschool’s foundations of values. The purpose of the study is to illuminate and emphasize the importance that presch...
There have been a growing number of studies on the different contents where Children ́s and Young Adult Literature (Ch/YA) can be diffused, but there are not many studies centered on those using virtual media exclusively. In this realm blogs are outstanding for their ability to make content known while allowing visitors of the site to exchange and ...
Research into the role of literature in the Nordic classroom has shown that literary texts are predominantly seen as a tool for the developing of literacy skills and often focus on the structural components of the text itself. This often leads to the equally important creative and playful aspects being sidelined. Addressing this imbalance, the pres...
The review article concerns the publication by Anna Nosek “Co dać dziecku na gwiazdkę?” Studia nad kulturą czytelniczą i krytyką literatury dla młodych odbiorców w XIX wieku (“What to Give a Child for Christmas?” Studies on Reading Culture and Literary Criticism for Young Readers in the 19th Century). The article indicates that this publication is ...
