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1. S is for Spaniard.

Author

O'Sullivan, Emer

Subjects
*19TH century English literature, *LITERARY criticism, *PICTURE books for children, *ALPHABET books, *NATIONAL character in literature, *STEREOTYPES in literature, *SPANIARDS, *LITERARY characters
Abstract

How are representatives of different nations portrayed in English picturebooks whose specific aim is to present a variety of foreign countries for the amusement of young readers? Taking as its main example Spaniards and how they feature in picturebooks and ABCs for children during the long 19th century, this paper observes the context of contemporary history as well as the conventions of discourse such as intertextuality, and asks how national stereotypes are deployed specifically for the target audience of young readers. The composite nature of picturebooks is taken into account in an analysis which addresses the iconography of the visual representation of national character, its verbal construction, and the interplay of the textual and the pictorial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009
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2. Transplantations.

Author

Bergam, Marija

Subjects
*LITERARY criticism, *POETRY (Literary form), *PLANTS in literature, *PLACE (Philosophy) in literature, *CARIBBEAN poetry
Abstract

The aim of this paper is to disclose the nexus of dislocation and ecology in the work of two Caribbean poets, Derek Walcott and Lorna Goodison. It shows how they deal with the founding experiences of the wider Caribbean community, such as diaspora and the process of creolisation, by drawing on the vegetation imagery. The concept of transplantation is central to this reading, as it refers to the history of forced removal, while also celebrating the biological and cultural hybridity of the region. Arguably, the shared preoccupation with island vegetation can be associated with the importance of naming for the Caribbean writers – hence the constant references to language in their representations of local plants. If geographic dislocation caused linguistic dislocation, it is only through the repossession of language that the poet is able to enact a return to her/his homeland. In Walcott and Goodison, however, this aim is pursued through further dislocation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2012
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