Offers a step-by-step guide to devising, starting and carrying out a research project (such as a dissertation or thesis), and advice on what kinds of research it is possible and profitable to undertake Examines visual texts such as picturebooks,...
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Offers a step-by-step guide to devising, starting and carrying out a research project (such as a dissertation or thesis), and advice on what kinds of research it is possible and profitable to undertake Examines visual texts such as picturebooks, films, computer games and other 'transformed' texts, as well as more traditional modes of writing for children Children's literature is a rapidly expanding field of research which presents students and researchers with a number of practical and intellectual challenges. This research handbook is the first devoted to the specialist skills and complexities of studying children's literature at university level. Bringing together the expertise of leading international scholars, it combines practical advice with in-depth discussion of critical approaches Wide-ranging in approach, Children's Literature Studies: A Research Handbook
Basic children's literature research skills / M.O. Grenby
Children's literature archives, collections and resources. Using research libraries, archives and collections ;Case study :working in the British Library / Alison Bailey ;Using manuscripts to research children's literature
Virtual texts. Practical advice for researchers / Sandra L. Beckett ;A practical case study :Little Red Riding Hood
Historical research. Researching historical children's literature ;Text and context / M.O. Grenby ;Histories, politics and children's literature
Research and theory. Introduction ;Child-oriented criticism / Kimberley Reynolds ;Reader response
Changing forms and formats. Textual transformations :the case of Robinson Crusoe / Andrew O'Malley ;Film adaptation :the case of The secret garden