From Pippi Longstocking to Zoki Poki and Back Cover Image

From Pippi Longstocking to Zoki Poki and Back
From Pippi Longstocking to Zoki Poki and Back

Author(s): Monika Ilkova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Vermilion ZIM
Keywords: children's literature; Pippi; Zoki Poki; growing up; comparison

Summary/Abstract: This article is a comparison of the most famous Macedonian children's book, Zoki Poki by Olivera Nikolova, and one of the most famous children's books in the world, Pippi Long stocking by Astrid Lindgren. These two books in many ways are the opposite and differ, but they are also similar in many ways. Both books cover several very important topics for children such as growing, friendship, independence, kindness, power, etc. This article attempts to compare the ways in which the authors of these two books and the main and secondary characters , are trying to bring these topics closer to children. Pippi is an expression of the children's desire for freedom and power, and Tommy and Anika are here to keep the children on the ground. In fact, readers will rather identify with them, although they will undoubtedly want to be like Pippi). But Pippi is here to awaken their research spirit and encourage their curiosity. Pippi should only be a "tool" for understanding and reassessing society, both by children and by adults. She should cause the society to be questioned, whether everything must be the way it is, to make the children ask and think. Both books in the last chapters speak of growth in a completely opposite way, but many years later they remain interesting, fun and educational for children

  • Issue Year: 2/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 36-43
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English