by Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak (Editor), Irena Kalla (Editor)
Rulers of Literary Playgrounds: Politics of Intergenerational Play in Children's Literature offers multifaceted reflection on interdependences between children and adults as they engage in play in literary texts and in real life. This volume brings together international children's literature scholars who each look at children's texts as key vehicles of intergenerational play reflecting ideologies of childhood and as objects with which children and adults interact physically, emotionally, and cognitively. Each chapter applies a distinct theoretical approach to selected children's texts, including individual and social play, constructive play, or play deprivation. This collection of essays constitutes a timely voice in the current discussion about the importance of children's play and adults' contribution to it vis-à-vis the increasing limitations of opportunities for children's playful time in contemporary societies.
Author Biography
Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak is Associate Professor of Literature at the University of Wroclaw. She has published among others on utopianism in children's literature and participatory approaches in children's literature studies. She is Director of the Center for Young People's Literature and Culture at the Institute of English Studies (University of Wroclaw).
Irena Barbara Kalla is Associate Professor at the University of Wroclaw, Dutch Studies. She has published on Dutch and Flemish literature, including Huisbeelden in de moderne Nederlandstalige poëzie (2012) and Minoes, Minnie, Minu en andere katse streken (with J. Van Coillie, 2017). She is Coordinator of the Centre for Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature at the University of Wroclaw.