1st Edition
National Character in South African English Children's Literature
By Elwyn Jenkins
Copyright 2006
240 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is the first full-length study of South African English youth literature to cover the entire period of its publication, from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. Jenkins' book focuses on what made the subsequent literature essentially South African and what aspects of the country and its society authors concentrated on. What gives this book particular strength... Read more
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
- Country Children
- Famous Writers and Books
- Ecology
- Fairies, Talking Animals and Patriotism
- Folktales
- Stories in the Folktale Tradition
- The San and the National Conscience
- Cross-Cultural Dressing, Nudity and Cultural Identity
- City Children
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Elwyn Jenkins was born and educated in South Africa. He has had a career in school teaching, teacher education, and university teaching and management. Now retired, he is Professor Emeritus and Professor Extraordinarius in English at the University of South Africa. He has written two books on children’s literature and two on place names.
