Philosophical Children in Literary Situations - Toward a Phenomenology of Childhood (Hardcover)

Philosophical Children in Literary Situations: Toward a Phenomenology of Education argues that both phenomenology and children's literature can assist one another in understanding the lived experience of children. Through careful readings of central figures in the phenomenological tradition, including Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty, Costello introduces both the novice and the scholar to the phenomenological method of describing community, emotion, religion, gender, and loss-experiences that are central to all humans, but especially to the developing child. When turning to literary analysis, Costello uses the phenomenological theory discussed to open up the literary texts of familiar and award-winning children's chapter books toward new layers of interpretation, reading such novels as To Kill a Mockingbird, A Wrinkle in Time, and Charlotte's Web to participate in ongoing conversations about childhood perception within children's literature studies and philosophy for children. Scholars of philosophy, education, literary studies, and psychology will find this book particularly useful.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Philosophy of Childhood
Release date:	November 2020
Authors:	Peter Costello
Dimensions:	228 x 164 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	188
ISBN-13:	978-1-79360-452-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Children's literature studies Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	1-79360-452-5
Barcode:	9781793604521

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