Intrepid or Invisible? Female Characters in Catalan Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Intrepid or Invisible? Female Characters in Catalan Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Author(s): Xavier Mínguez-LópezSubject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Gender Studies, Education, Other, Studies of Literature, Sociology, Other Language Literature, Preschool education, School education, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Philology, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Catalan literature; children’s and young adult literature; children’s historical fiction; female protagonists; feminist criticism; intercultural education; literary education
Summary/Abstract: This article analyses 95 children’s and young adult literature works written originally in Catalan and published between 2002 and 2006. They are representative of all age groups present in this genre. This analysis focuses on the presence or absence of female characters, and on their treatment and reception, both in terms of prominence and the transmission of stereotypes. The results of this review show a dichotomy between the scarcity of female protagonists and their extreme audacity.
Journal: Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura
- Issue Year: 1/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 180-205
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English