childrens books

Children 's Literature

The study of the literature concerning children is still on its way to being recognized in the Literature Department of many universities Because of the unripe , and rather , limited resources for the study of this , the canon and criticism in which the nature of the study revolves seems chaotic and overlapping with other s about literature , so much so that newly interested students about this study remain perplexed about the path to which children 's literature treads . As a result , even institutions that are established for this purpose employ

different modes and standards of evaluation . And what complicates the matter more is the rising social concern on the effect of children 's books to the future generation . Parents , teachers , schools , and the government are concerned , perhaps more than the children themselves . Yet the academic and social functions of children 's literature are two sides of the same coin , and as such , children 's literature must be viewed in both settings

Academically speaking , even the historical development of children 's literature is vague . Popular children 's books like Robin Hood ' can be traced in the 15th century , but such books were written not with children in mind . In fact , Robin Hood ' is the political propaganda of that age . The existing rational in which such books became widely considered as children 's is the dependent and authoritarian nature of children and adults , respectively . In addition to the poor historic trace , theoretical criticisms originally for adult literature are constantly applied...