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Download full textThacker, Deborah – 1996
The existence of children's literature as a genre has, to a large extent, depended on its function as a force of social manipulation, rather than on any concern with literary value. The need to consider children's literature in the light of developments in literary theory that emphasize the importance of the semiotics of the text, and in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childhood Needs, Childrens Literature, Interviews
