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(Un)happy endings in contemporary children’s Holocaust literature
Author(s): Anna SałatarowSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, School education, Social psychology and group interaction, History of the Holocaust, Social Norms / Social Control, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: contemporary children’s literature; the Holocaust; morality; difficult emotions in literature
Summary/Abstract: Among Polish books in the genre of children’s literature, there are many that do not refrain from taking up difficult topics, ones which are burdened with a heavy emotional charge. Among such books are numerous stories about the Holocaust. These stories provide an opportunity to work through traumatic emotions and, at the same time, open the field for reflection on the shaping of socially desirable moral attitudes among young readers and on the mediating role of adults in the reading process. This article analyzes selected works representing this genre as attempts to overcome the dominant convention of happy endings in children’s literature. Anna Sałatarow also attempts to define the consequences of the unhappy or open endings in stories for young readers.
Journal: Paidia i Literatura
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 1-10
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish