It there a clear divide between childrens books
Is there a clear divide between books for adults and books for children?
On the surface one may feel that there is a clear divide between children’s books and adults. For instance if we take a look at a typical children’s book cover we often find them to be colourful and decorated with illustrations. In contrast to the supposed adult books that often have mundane simple covers. However, to distinguish if there is a clear divide between children’s books and adults books one must look further than just the cover. By critical analysis it can become a very complicating task to define a child’s book. There are many fundamental definitive factors that can be found in books that have been written for Children. For instance, if we take the example of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S Lewis 1950 . Universally it is recognised as a book for children. It contains the inherent facets of a children’s book. Often a typical children’s book will have a child protagonist. In the classic novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S Lewis. C.S Lewis has not just one child protagonist but four. Very commonly we find the child protagonist in the story is an orphan. Again we can see C.S Lewis has shown four children that are away from their parents and the typical family nucleus. Moreover, examples of orphanage can be seen in the classic novel of The Jungle book by Rudyard Kipling 1894. In The Jungle book the child protagonist is an orphan found in the jungle floating in a basket by a panther.
Another very common feature of children’s literature is the use of fantasy and magic. Often the use of anthropomorphism is found in children’s literature. As we find in C.S Lewis’s Lion and the Witch and the Wardrobe the children befriend the great Aslan who in fact is a talking lion. Quite similarly as Alice’s adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865. Alice encounters many talking animals in her adventures in Wonderland. For instance the Rabbit, Cheshire Cat and the
On the surface one may feel that there is a clear divide between children’s books and adults. For instance if we take a look at a typical children’s book cover we often find them to be colourful and decorated with illustrations. In contrast to the supposed adult books that often have mundane simple covers. However, to distinguish if there is a clear divide between children’s books and adults books one must look further than just the cover. By critical analysis it can become a very complicating task to define a child’s book. There are many fundamental definitive factors that can be found in books that have been written for Children. For instance, if we take the example of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S Lewis 1950 . Universally it is recognised as a book for children. It contains the inherent facets of a children’s book. Often a typical children’s book will have a child protagonist. In the classic novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S Lewis. C.S Lewis has not just one child protagonist but four. Very commonly we find the child protagonist in the story is an orphan. Again we can see C.S Lewis has shown four children that are away from their parents and the typical family nucleus. Moreover, examples of orphanage can be seen in the classic novel of The Jungle book by Rudyard Kipling 1894. In The Jungle book the child protagonist is an orphan found in the jungle floating in a basket by a panther.
Another very common feature of children’s literature is the use of fantasy and magic. Often the use of anthropomorphism is found in children’s literature. As we find in C.S Lewis’s Lion and the Witch and the Wardrobe the children befriend the great Aslan who in fact is a talking lion. Quite similarly as Alice’s adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865. Alice encounters many talking animals in her adventures in Wonderland. For instance the Rabbit, Cheshire Cat and the
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