EAN: 9783961468027

THE EMBODIMENT OF EVIL IN CHILDRENS LITERATURE ...

Villains and antagonists are often the memorable and central characters of a children's story
and characters like Captain Hook or the White Witch of Narnia remain more present in our memory
than the plot or protagonists. This book offers an overview of the portrayal of villainy in
children's literature and follows the research question of whether there is an interrelation of
being adult and being a villain. Based on an exemplary analysis of five works of classical and
contemporary children's literature  tendencies and conventions in the portrayal of villains and
the embodiment of evil are explored. This study includes a definition of children's literature
discusses villainy as a literary and narrative category and draws on concepts like e.g. ageism
childism and C.G. Jung's shadow. It also discusses the questions of how and why villainy in
general is attractive to readers and what its specific function is in children's narratives.

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