Naslov
Parental vs. Child Perspectives in Recent Picturebooks

Autori
Kosanović, Tanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Učiteljski fakultet

Mjesto
Zagreb

Datum
20.09

Godina
2019

Stranica
44

Mentor
Narančić Kovač, Smiljana

Neposredni voditelj
Kujundžić, Nada

Ključne riječi
child ; narratology ; parent ; perspective ; picturebook

Sažetak
One of the most significant aspects of a picturebook is that it has two discourses, the visual and the verbal, which, combined, convey a unique story. The thesis deals with narrative picturebooks created by established authors in recent decades. The analysis aims to identify and compare the perspectives of parents and children in selected picturebooks, as well as to establish how these two perspectives are used to convey a story in cooperation. In order to identify specific perspectives, this thesis draws on the theory of narratology, Genette’s categories of narrative perspectives and types of narrators, as well as theories of visual and verbal narration in picturebook discourses. The thesis adopts the theory of two picturebook narrators – the verbal and the visual – demonstrating how the narrator of each discourse chooses to present the story. The analysis shows that, in order to present a child’s or a parent’s perspective, authors of contemporary picturebooks combine different types of narrative perspectives and types of narrators in both discourses. The heterodiegetic narrator – whether visual or verbal – is often focalized through a specific character at some points in the narrative. In order to present a character’s state of mind, the authors are likely to use visual clues rather than verbally describe how that character feels. The topic of the relationship between parents and children is presented in each of the analysed picturebook: in some picturebooks, the focus is either on the child or the parent, while others establish a balance of both perspectives.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Književnost, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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