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From Mythic to Linear
Maria Nikolajeva
其他書名
Time in Children's Literature
出版Rowman & Littlefield, 2000
主題Education / GeneralJuvenile Nonfiction / Literary Criticism & CollectionsLiterary Criticism / Children's & Young Adult Literature
ISBN08108495269780810849525
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WN_6_lfJGqQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Nikolajeva examines the depiction of time in literature for children, identifying a continuum of texts ranging from those that depict non-linear time, typical of archaic, or mythical, thought, to those that express linearity, typical of contemporary mainstream literature. She argues that literature is a deconstruction, a displacement, of myth, and that it depicts a symbolic coming-of-age process rather than a strictly representational reflection of a concrete "reality." The texts are categorized by the degree to which the coming-of-age process is accomplished; the movement is from an initial condition of primary harmony (Arcadia, Paradise, Utopia) through different stages toward either a successful or a failed passage. This study encompasses a number of children's novels from different epochs and countries: Scandinavian, British, American, Canadian, Australian, South African, and East European.