Children’s Literature: The Significance and Other Impacts
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1303.07Keywords:
children’s literature, childhood, ideology, fairy tales, goodnessAbstract
It is worth noting that children’s literature is one of the rapidly growing fields in the literature on one hand, but on the other hand, it is also the most argumentative area of study among critics and all interested persons. The debatable feature of this literary genre underlies the broad scope of the literary texts that can include under its umbrella; fairy tales, short stories, novels, poems, and picture books. Additionally, these books’ commercial success and readability can have a long-lasting influence, and we can trace these impacts from one generation to another and from one culture to another. These books occupy a vital position in the scholar’s discussion to examine the suitability and goodness of their content to fit the mentality of children. No one can deny these books’ profound impacts on the young generation’s personal development, but we must admit that other impacts may scratch this bright image of these memorable books. In this paper, the researcher tries to detect both sides of children’s literature by referring to the role of the writer’s ideology.
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