Voices of the stinky cheese man: a comparative study of two postmodern picture books
Voices of the stinky cheese man: a comparative study of two postmodern picture books
Author(s): Voicu Mihnea SimandanSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Keywords: children’s books; postmodernism; metafictive devices; pedagogy; reading; Four Resource Model;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is a comparative study of two picture books which demonstrate postmodern tendencies. The paper is structured into three parts. I will begin with a presentation of the characteristics of the metafictive devices used by writers and illustrators in postmodern picture books. The second part will compare the two picture books chosen in terms of postmodern readings and will identify and explore the metafictive devices that I have noticed within each text. Finally, I will discuss the two texts in terms of relevancy to classroom teaching using the Four Resource Model framework developed by Freebody and Luke ( Freebody, 1992). In order to demonstrate the classroom application of the chosen texts, examples of how the texts can be used within each of the four areas of the framework will be given. An appendix, which includes the plot summary of the two books, precedes the references list.
Journal: Educația Plus
- Issue Year: VI/2010
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 157-168
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English