Sitting, eating, talking around a table: these actions have been performed by men and women of different times, places and traditions. The table as a research object can be included in some recent developments of the history of education, of the history of children’s literature and in some literary studies dedicated to this topos. Tables are constantly and regularly present in children’s literature and appear both in verbal and visual narratives of domestic life. In this study, we investigate the association between the physical dimension of the table (shape, dimension and different materials) and its vast symbolic and narrative potential. This “new” narrating object is considered as a significant indicator for the critical analysis of the changing representation of children’s life and family relationships in children’s literature.
Campagnaro, M., Seduction and Sedition of the "Table" in the History of Children's Literature, <<HISTORY OF EDUCATION & CHILDREN'S LITERATURE>>, 2016; (XI): 373-389 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/121920]
Seduction and Sedition of the "Table" in the History of Children's Literature
Campagnaro, Marnie
2016
Abstract
Sitting, eating, talking around a table: these actions have been performed by men and women of different times, places and traditions. The table as a research object can be included in some recent developments of the history of education, of the history of children’s literature and in some literary studies dedicated to this topos. Tables are constantly and regularly present in children’s literature and appear both in verbal and visual narratives of domestic life. In this study, we investigate the association between the physical dimension of the table (shape, dimension and different materials) and its vast symbolic and narrative potential. This “new” narrating object is considered as a significant indicator for the critical analysis of the changing representation of children’s life and family relationships in children’s literature.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.