| Description |
xii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 3.1.Practical advice for researchers / Sandra L. Beckett -- 3.2.A practical case study - Little Red Riding Hood / Sandra L. Beckett -- 3.3.Analysing visual texts - tools and terminologies / Rosemary Ross Johnston -- 3.4.Case study - The Island by Armin Greder / Rosemary Ross Johnston -- 4.Historical Research -- 4.1.Researching historical children's literature / M. O. Grenby -- 4.2.Text and context / M. O. Grenby -- 4.3.Histories, politics and children's literature / David Rudd -- 5.Research and Theory -- 5.1.Introduction / Kimberley Reynolds -- 5.2.Child-oriented criticism / Kimberley Reynolds -- 5.3.Reader response / Rosemary Ross Johnston -- 5.4.Comparative children's literature / Emer O'Sullivan -- 5.5.Gender / Rosemary Ross Johnston -- 5.6.Multiculturalism and post-colonialism / Clare Bradford -- 5.7.Psychological approaches to children's literature / Charles Butler -- 5.8.Postmodernism / Charles Butler -- 6.Changing Forms and Formats -- |
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Contents note continued: 6.1.Textual transformations: The case of Robinson Crusoe / Andrew O'Malley -- 6.2.Film adaptation: The case of The Secret Garden / Charles Butler |
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Machine generated contents note: Why research children's literature? -- What do researchers in children's literature study? -- The child(ren) in children's literature -- Literature for children -- Why a specialist research methods handbook? -- 1.Basic Children's Literature Research Skills / M. O. Grenby -- 1.1.Choosing your project -- 1.2.Beginning your research -- 1.3.Sample research proposals -- 1.4.Conducting your research -- 1.5.Writing up your research -- 1.6.Children's literature research-specific issues -- 2.Children's Literature Archives, Collections and Resources -- 2.1.Using research libraries, archives and collections / Alison Bailey -- 2.2.Case study - working in the British Library / Alison Bailey -- 2.3.Using manuscripts to research children's literature / Ruth Connolly -- 2.4.Case study - working with the Seven Stories archive / Nolan Dalrymple -- 2.5.Finding secondary material / Lucy Pearson -- 3.Visual Texts -- |
| Summary |
Examines visual texts such as picturebooks, films, computer games and other 'transformed' texts, as well as more traditional modes of writing for children |
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Offers a step-by-step guide to devising, starting and carrying out a research project (such as a dissertation or thesis), and advice on what kinds of research it is possible and profitable to undertake |
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Wide-ranging in approach, Children's Literature Studies: A Research Handbook |
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Children's literature is a rapidly expanding field of research which presents students and researchers with a number of practical and intellectual challenges. This research handbook is the first devoted to the specialist skills and complexities of studying children's literature at university level. Bringing together the expertise of leading international scholars, it combines practical advice with in-depth discussion of critical approaches |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Children's literature -- Research -- Methodology.
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Children's literature -- Study and teaching.
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| Author |
Grenby, M. O. (Matthew Orville), 1970-
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Reynolds, Kimberley.
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| LC no. |
2011283224 |
| ISBN |
0230525539 (hbk.) |
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0230525547 (paperback) |
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9780230525535 (hbk.) |
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9780230525542 (paperback) |
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