New Directions in Picturebook Research [Paperback]

In this new collection, childrens literature scholars from twelve different countries contribute to the ongoing debate on the importance of picturebook research, focusing on aesthetic and cognitive aspects of picture books. Contributors take interdisciplinary approaches that integrate different disciplines such as literary studies, art history, linguistics, narratology, cognitive psychology, sociology, memory studies, and picture theory. Topics discussed include intervisuality, twist endings, autobiographical narration, and metaliterary awareness in picturebooks. The essays also examine the narrative challenges of first-person narratives, ellipsis, frame breaking, and mindscape as new paradigms in picturebook research. Tying picturebook studies to studies in childhood, multimodality, and literacy, this anthology is representative of the different opportunities for research in this emerging field.

List of Figures Series Editors Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Current Trends in Picturebook Research, Teresa Colomer, Bettina K?mmerling-Meibauer, Cecilia Silva-D?az Part I: Picturebooks, Literacy, and Cultural Context1: Words Claimed: Picturebook Narratives and the Project of Childrens Literature, Perry Nodelman 2: Interpretative Codes and Implied Readers of Childrens Picturebooks, Maria Nikolajeva 3: Picturebooks and Changing Values at the Turn of the Century, Teresa Colomer 4: How to Make Sense: Reflections on the Influence of Eighteenth Century Picturebooks on Picturebooks of Today, Nina Christensen 5: All this book is about books : Picturebooks, Culture and Metaliterary Awareness, Evelyn Arizpe 6: Artistic Allusions in Picturebooks, Sandra Beckett Part II: Picturebooks and Storytelling7: Frame-making and Frame-breaking in Picturebooks, Carole Scott 8: Surprised Readers: Twist Endings in Narrative Picturebooks, Brenda Bellor?n and Cecilia Silva-D?az 9: The Narrative Power of Pictures: LOrage (lcÅ