Japan Children's Literature Association Newcomer Award
〈物語〉のゆらぎ (児童文学批評の新地平３)
This collection of criticism examines instability of the self, social precarity, and possible exits in contemporary children's literature. It rereads childhood not as a fixed state but within changing relationships and the atmosphere of the times.
Work Information
In an age when stable stories are hard to see, it reads the instability of self and society reflected in children's literature.
Volume three of Kurosio Publishers' New Horizons in Children's Literature Criticism series. Published as a collection including new essays, it became the work recognized by the Japan Association of Writers for Children Newcomer Award.
Review Summaries
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Its distinctive feature is a critical stance that reads the instability of contemporary children's literature productively through close discussion of works. The viewpoint is clear and useful as an entry into children's literature studies.
Book Information
- Publisher
- くろしお出版
- Published
- 2011-11-11
- Pages
- 256 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784874245385
- ISBN-10
- 4874245382
- Price
- 2200 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論/評論・文学研究/児童文学評論
子ども時代から成長していく間の確立すべき概念の「ゆらぎ」や、人間がつくりだす「あやうさ」をつかまえようとする作品に迫る。 またユーモアやファンタジーが人を厳かにし、希望を抱かせる理由についても考える（シリーズ第三巻）。
奥山恵（おくやま めぐみ） 「Huckleberry Books」（ハックルベリーブックス，千葉柏市子どもの本専門店）経営。白百合女子大学・共立女子大学非常勤講師。1963年千葉県生まれ。千葉大学大学院修士課程修了。都立高校教員などを経て現在に至る。本書掲載の批評など，児童文学作品への批評執筆多数。