Српски роман за децу на почетку 21. века у светлу књижевних награда (2001–2010)
Serbian Roman for Children at the Beginning of the 21st Century in the Light of Literary Awards (2001–2010)

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Summary/Abstract: The Doctoral Dissertation entitled Serbian Novel for Children at the Beginning of the 21st Century in the Light of Literary Prizes (2001–2010) is based on analysis of novels for children in Serbian language that were awarded one of the three relevant prizes: Neven, Politikin zabavnik and Rade Obrenović. The basic focus of the dissertation is analysis of typological characteristics and genre orientations of the novels for children in the first decade of the 21st century, their esthetic values and/or representativity, and determination of a dominant vision of the world and childhood presented in these novels, as well as evaluation of their developmental relevance. The novels have been analyzed individually as well as within typological characteristics to which, in our opinion, they belong, and also they have been seen in a wider culturological context. We have analyzed the relation between the novels that received awards and current events, their potential to fit in the megastructural modernism concept, their reference values, presence in the media and a possibility to be a basis for the most modern culture concept dedicated to children, which implies their inclusion in the educational system, that is, the canonization. Bearing in mind that we speak about works that have come into being in the transition period, an important part of our investigation was oriented towards the relation of these novels with a wider context of the Serbian novel for children, with an emphasis on the period of the eighties and ninetieth. The conclusion that we made after the research is that many novels have been written and awarded a prize in the stated period which, judged by esthetic uniqueness, correspond to the highest requirements of the rich tradition of the Serbian literature for children. Thus, the works of art created in the first decade of the 21st century have a great potential to become a part of the future canon; however, before it happens, it is necessary to expose them to a serious and institutional discussion.

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