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- Title
Seduction and Sedition of the "Table" in the History of Children's Literature.
- Authors
Campagnaro, Marnie
- Abstract
Sitting, eating, talking around a table: these actions have been performed by men and women of different times, places and traditions. The table as a research object can be included in some recent developments of the history of education, of the history of children's literature and in some literary studies dedicated to this topos. Tables are constantly and regularly present in children's literature and appear both in verbal and visual narratives of domestic life. In this study, we investigate the association between the physical dimension of the table (shape, dimension and different materials) and its vast symbolic and narrative potential. This "new" narrating object is considered as a significant indicator for the critical analysis of the changing representation of children's life and family relationships in children's literature.
- Subjects
TABLES (Furniture); CHILDREN'S literary criticism; CHILDREN'S literature; SPACE (Architecture) in literature; PLACE (Philosophy) in literature; MEALS in literature; OBJECTS in literature; THEMES in literature; STORY plots
- Publication
History of Education & Children's Literature, 2016, Vol 11, Issue 2, p373
- ISSN
1971-1093
- Publication type
Article