Directions of development of the latest children’s literature in the light of applications for the Yellow Ciżemka Award (in 2021) Cover Image

Kierunki rozwoju najnowszej literatury dziecięcej w świetle zgłoszeń do Nagrody Żółtej Ciżemki (w roku 2021)
Directions of development of the latest children’s literature in the light of applications for the Yellow Ciżemka Award (in 2021)

Author(s): Alicja Baluch
Subject(s): Semiotics / Semiology, Visual Arts, Studies of Literature, Communication studies, School education, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: children’s literature; Yellow Ciżemka Award; picturebook; intersemioticism; interactivity

Summary/Abstract: Alicja Baluch discusses recent developments in Polish small children’s literature on the basis of books submitted to the Yellow Ciżemka Award in literature, which has been awarded by the Krakow Library since 2017. Baluch emphasizes that among the entrants are many young authors, including graphic designers and illustrators, who are making their debut. The works she analyses are dominated by visual over verbal methods of narration as well as the forms of picture book and toy book. Among the new solutions, in both verbal and pictorial narratives, particularly noticeable are the interactive motifs of traces, threads, and canvases.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 1-11
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish