La literatura juvenil histórica como medio para la construcción de la identidad
Literary narrative, as well as entertaining, provides a historical and contemporary place toraise awareness and reflection in young readers on subjects such as identity (‘who am I?’), the necessaryself-reflection, the relationship with memories of the ancestors, the forgetfulness of the past and the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidad de Granada
2012-10-01
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Series: | Impossibilia: Revista Internacional de Estudios Literarios |
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Online Access: | http://www.impossibilia.org/static/descargas/numero-4/literatura-juvenil-historica-medio-para-construccion-identidad-isabella-leibrandt.pdf |
Summary: | Literary narrative, as well as entertaining, provides a historical and contemporary place toraise awareness and reflection in young readers on subjects such as identity (‘who am I?’), the necessaryself-reflection, the relationship with memories of the ancestors, the forgetfulness of the past and the needfor its transmission to subsequent generations, and therefore, the individual responsibility as a linkbetween past and future. Despite the difficulty in transferring the horrors of wars to second and thirdgenerations, we present the role of contemporary historical children’s literature as a mediator for an openintergenerational dialogue. |
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ISSN: | 2174-2464 |