New Directions in Picturebook Research (Children's Literature and Culture)

In this new collection, children's literature scholars from twelve different countries contribute to the ongoing debate on the importance of picturebook research, focusing on aesthetic and cognitive aspects of picture books. Contributors take interdisciplinary approaches that integrate different disciplines such as literary studies, art history, linguistics, narratology, cognitive psychology, sociology, memory studies, and picture theory. Topics discussed include intervisuality, twist endings, autobiographical narration, and metaliterary awareness in picturebooks. The essays also examine the narrative challenges of first-person narratives, ellipsis, and frame-breaking in order to consider the importance of mindscape as a new paradigm in picturebook research. Tying picturebook studies to studies in childhood, multimodality, and literacy, this anthology is a representative of the different opportunities for research in this emerging field. In This New Collection, Children's Literature Scholars From Twelve Different Countries Contribute To The Ongoing Debate On The Importance Of Picturebook Research, Focusing On Aesthetic And Cognitive Aspects Of Picturebooks. Contributors Take Interdisciplinary Approaches That Integrate Different Disciplines Such As Literary Studies, Art History, Linguistics, Narratology, Cognitive Psychology, Sociology, Memory Studies, And Picture Theory. Topics Discussed Include Intervisuality, Twist Endings, Autobiographical Narration, And Metaliterary Awareness In Picturebooks. The Essays Also Examine The Narrative Challenges Of First-person Narratives, Ellipsis, Frame Breaking, And Mindscape As New Paradigms In Picturebook Research. Tying Picturebook Studies To Studies In Childhood, Multimodality, And Literacy, This Anthology Is Representative Of The Different Opportunities For Research In This Emerging Field. --book Jacket. Picturebooks, Literacy, And Cultural Context. Words Claimed: Picturebook Narratives And The Project Of Children's Literature / Perry Nodelman -- Interpretative Codes And Implied Readers Of Children's Picturebooks / Maria Nikolajeva -- Picturebooks And Changing Values At The Turn Of The Century / Teresa Colomer -- How To Make Sense: Reflections On The Influence Of Eighteenth Century Picturebooks On Picturebooks Of Today / Nina Christensen -- All This Book Is About Books : Picturebooks, Culture And Metaliterary Awareness / Evelyn Arizpe -- Artistic Allusions In Picturebooks / Sandra L. Beckett -- Picturebooks And Storytelling. Frame-making And Frame-breaking In Picturebooks / Carole Scott -- Surprised Readers: Twist Endings In Narrative Picturebooks / Brenda Bellorín And Cecilia Silva-díaz -- The Narrative Power Of Pictures: L'orage (the Thunderstorm) By Anne Brouillard / Isabelle Nières-chevrel -- Picturebooks And Trojan Horses: The Nordic Picturebook As A Site For Artistic Experiment During The 1950s / Elina Druker -- A Strawberry? Or The Planet?: Children's Aesthetic Response To The Picturebook Strawberries By Susumi Shingu, Moving Art Sculptor / Tomoko Masaki -- Off-screen: The Importance Of Blank Space / Fernando Zaparaín -- Making Sense Out Of Picturebooks. Being A Guide Into Picturebook Literacy: Challenges Of Cognition And Connotation / Ingeborg Mjør -- First-person Narratives In Picturebooks: An Inquiry Into The Acquisition Of Picturebook Competence / Eva Gressnich And Jörg Meibauer -- Remembering The Past In Words And Pictures: How Autobiographical Stories Become Picturebooks / Bettina Kümmerling-meibauer -- Do Sons Inherit The Sins Of Their Fathers? An Analysis Of The Picturebook Angry Man / Agnes-margrethe Bjorvand -- Imagination Or Reality? Mindscapes And Characterization In A Finnish And A Swedish Picturebook / Anna-maija Koskimies-hellman. Edited By Teresa Colomer, Bettina Kümmerling-meibauer, And Cecilia Silva-díaz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Picturebooks, literacy, and cultural context. Words claimed: picturebook narratives and the project of children's literature / Perry Nodelman Interpretative codes and implied readers of children's picturebooks / Maria Nikolajeva Picturebooks and changing values at the turn of the century / Teresa Colomer How to make sense: reflections on the influence of eighteenth century picturebooks on picturebooks of today / Nina Christensen "All this book is about books" : picturebooks, culture and metaliterary awareness / Evelyn Arizpe Artistic allusions in picturebooks / Sandra Beckett Picturebooks and storytelling. Frame-making and frame-breaking in picturebooks / Carole Scott Surprised readers: twist endings in narrative picturebooks / Brenda Bellorin and Cecilia Silva-Diaz The narrative power of pictures: L'orage (The thunderstorm) / by Anne Brouillard, Annabelle Nires-Chevrel Picturebooks and Trojan horses: the Nordic picturebook as a site for artistic experiment during the 1950s / Elina Druker A strawberry? or the planet?: children's aesthetic response to the picturebook Strawberries by Susumi Shingu, moving art sculptor / Tomoko Masaki Off-screen: the importance of blank space / Fernando Zaparan-Hernandez Making sense out of picturebooks. Being a guide into picturebook literacy: challenges of cognition and connotation / Ingeborg Mjar First-person narratives in picturebooks: an inquiry into the acquisition of picturebook competence / Eva Gressnich and Jorg Meibauer Remembering the past in words and pictures: how autobiographical stories become picturebooks / Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer Do sons inherit the sins of their fathers? an analysis of the picturebook Angry man / Agnes-Margrethe Bjorvand Imagination or reality? mindscapes and characterization in a Finnish and a Swedish picturebook / Anna-Maija Koskimies-Hellman. In this new collection, an international roster of childrens literature scholars contribute to the ongoing debate on the importance of picturebook research, focusing on aesthetic and cognitive aspects of picturebooks. The articles all focus on interdisciplinary approaches that integrate different disciplines such as literary studies, art history, linguistics, narratology, cognitive psychology, sociology, memory studies, and picture theory. Contributors include Sandra Beckett, Maria Nikolajeva, Carole Scott, and Nina Christensen, amongst others, and topics covered include the relationship between childrens response, literacy, metaliterary awareness, the values of contemporary societies, as well as the artistic constructiveness of visual and written text and its implication in cognitive development. Moreover, several articles focus on the relationship between picture book research and narratology by investigating such topics as the role of frame-making and frame-breaking, twist endings in picture books, narrative constraints of wordless picture books, the influence of modernism on the development of new narrative strategies, and the mutual relationship between narrative perspectives used in different art forms. In this collection, children's literature scholars from 12 different countries contribute to the ongoing debate on the importance of picturebook research, focusing on aesthetic and cognitive aspects of picture books