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Children's literature Name: Institution: Introduction Children's literature refers to books and stories targeting young readers and listeners up to the age of twelve.... Children's literature gives children an opportunity to understand the diverse feelings and aspirations of individuals in their society due to the fact that it mirrors the society enabling the youngsters to understand their worlds better.... There are five major objectives of a literature program....
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The Harry Potter series has faced many literature controversies over the duration of the past fourteen years and though many view the book series to be a magical and wonderful adventure, owing to the cultural and literary impacts the book has made, it faces such controversies.... Why is Harry Potter literature so controversial?... The Harry Potter series has faced many literature controversies over the duration of the past fourteen years and though many view the book series to be a magical and wonderful adventure, owing to the cultural and literary impacts the book has made, it faces such controversies....
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limited to subject matter and provides no information about the essential literary elements of ‘literature written especially for children.... Although The Hobbit has some sophisticated elements that could justify its placement with adult literature, it remains clearly a novel intended for a younger audience as is demonstrated through its structure, content and the ideas contained within the story....
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discusses the terms good and evil and the prejudice on the basis of gender can also be viewed in other literary works produced by the children.... The terms good and evil are the essential part of Abrahamic theology, and the Holy Scriptures of all the three Abrahamic religions including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam vehemently lay stress upon the observing of goodness and compassion and avoiding the evil and wickedness time and again to the readers and followers....
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The paper "Happy Endings in childrens literature - Hope, Dreams, Maturity, and Gender" states that Happy endings are not the prerequisites of all children's literature, but they serve didactic and liberating purposes.... appy endings can serve moralistic purposes, where writers aim to teach the difference between good and bad to children so that they can be moral citizens of their communities.... To what extent is children's literature preoccupied with the need for a happy ending?...
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It is children's literature but it is not as innocent as it shows itself to be.... The idea that witches and wizards are evil is nothing new and depicting them in such a way that they are cool will not help parents and their respective churches to teach children about these sins.... The Potter series should be banned in schools, especially in elementary with very young and impressionable children, because it gives false ideas to kids who may not be able to distinguish what is good from what is bad....
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The paper describes S.... Jackson's views that are very close to those of N.... Hawthorne, as they convey the same idea – nobody in innocent and sinless.... Therefore, though N.... Hawthorne and S.... Jackson lived in different epochs, their symbols are sometimes very similar.... ... ... ... Hawthorne paid attention predominantly to the symbols connected with the concepts of spirit, soul, consciousness, sin, guilt, etc....
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The paper "Anthropomorphism in the Work of Beatrix Potter" discusses and unpacks the main ideas of Dunn's thesis, which are then used to explore Beatrix Potter's work.... The author of this essay highlights the characters of the stories of Potter, comparing her with other children's authors.... ... ...
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