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Secrets, lies and children's fiction

Mallan, Kerry, author

Overview

\"Many children learn from a very young age about the importance of always telling the truth. They also learn that telling lies is necessary if they are to survive in a world that paradoxically values the truth but practises deception. Secrets, Lies and Children's Fiction demonstrates how this paradox is played out in texts for children and young adults, how secrets and lies may be a necessary means for survival and adaptation, and how mendacity may have its virtues. Kerry Mallan examines a wide selection of international texts, spanning several decades, including picture books, novels, and films. By drawing on diverse fields of scholarship, Mallan makes important connections between children's literature, philosophical and moral complexities, and cultural and social tensions. Secrets, Lies and Children's Fiction provokes thinking about what passes as 'the truth', the consequences of truth telling and lying, and the sacrificial arbitrariness of scapegoating. \"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: Children's stories History and criticism. / Survival in literature. / Truthfulness and falsehood in literature. / Paradox in literature. / Secrecy in literature. / Children Books and reading. / LITERARY CRITICISM / General. / LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. / LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature. / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies.
• ISBN: 9781137274656, 1137274654

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PN1009.5.S87 M35 2013	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE