What is Multicultural Children’s and Young Adult Literature and How to Study it? Methodological Proposals from a Literary Studies Perspective in the Polish Context Cover Image

Czym jest wielokulturowa literatura dziecięca i młodzieżowa i jak ją badać? Propozycje metodologiczne z perspektywy literaturoznawczej w kontekście polskim
What is Multicultural Children’s and Young Adult Literature and How to Study it? Methodological Proposals from a Literary Studies Perspective in the Polish Context

Author(s): Weronika Kostecka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: otherness; Other; interculturalism; intercultural relations; cultural diversity; multicultural children’s and young adult literature; multiculturalism

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present several methodological proposals based on literary studies in reference to Polish multicultural literature for young readers. The author discusses foreign theoretical concepts regarding multicultural works and their components and explains the key terminology. She discusses difficulties that arise when trying to apply these concepts and terms in research on Polish multicultural children’s and young adult literature and presents her own definition of this phenomenon. Finally, the author proposes four methods for researching this type of literary works.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 123-149
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish
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