AILIJ. Anuario de Investigación en Literatura Infantil y Juvenil

Ferreira Boo, C. (2022). As reescrituras de contos marabillosos na Literatura Infantil e Xuvenil galega (das orixes a 2010). A Coruña: Hércules de Ediciones. 275 pp. ISBN: 978-84-18966-67-5.

Rocío García-Pedreira — 2024-12-16

García Padrino, J. (2024). La literatura infantil y juvenil en la Guerra Civil. Espuela de Plata: Sevilla. 266 pp. ISBN: 9788419877147.

Fermín Ezpeleta Aguilar — 2024-12-16

Controversies and perspectives on the contents of the stories

Marta Gómez Caballero — 2024-12-16

A multifaceted approach to the question of gender in children's and young people's literature.

María Jesús Barsanti Vigo — 2024-12-16

The book covers the issue of gender in children's and young people's literature from different perspectives such as the traditional view of masculinity, the empathy of mothers and fathers with daughters and sons, the different types of family or binary people and the LGTBIQ+ community and it does so by covering a wide spectrum ranging from classic tales to animated films and with two basic aims: on the one hand, to examine the perception of the different existing roles and stereotypes and, on the other, to reveal the impact that children's and young people's literature can have on building a fairer and more egalitarian society, showing how it can offer alternative models that more accurately reflect the plural world in which we live.

PLAYING THE SHAPE GAME WITH GREAT WORKS OF PAINTING: FUNCTION AND MEANING OF ARTISTIC HYPOTEXTS IN ANTHONY BROWNE’S WORK

Violeta Álvarez Riveiro — 2024-12-16

Anthony Browne’s work is characterized by a variety of themes which are focused on the complexity of human relationships. By means of allusions and transtextuality those themes help us achieve a deep understanding of his works, which are enriched with his visual and literary narrative acting as hypertexts. Therefore, Browne incorporates a lot of contemporary artistic and pictorial references, which allow a reinterpretation of his works, and an approach to the world of art and visual culture by using imagination and readers’ background. This paper aims to state the function and meaning of the pictorial references in Anthony Browne’s work. Indeed, he uses hypotexts involving different functions (narrative, tribute and educational or didactic) that can even be intertwined within the same picture book.

UNUSUAL NARRATIVES IN SPANISH SHORT STORY BOOK PUBLISHING MARKET

Cristina Bartolomé Porcar — 2024-12-16

In young adult literature, there has been a boom in fiction related to unusual narratives, mainly long novels and sagas. This article analyses its impact on the Spanish market for storybooks, both written in Spanish or translated, which are aimed to readers over twelve. Thus, we have reviewed the publishers’ catalogues including collections for that age during 2023. After having described their content, it was discovered that school-oriented anthologies give a privileged place to stories with supernatural and marvelous elements. The volumes dealing strictly with the fantastic include mainly examples of 19th century Anglo-Saxon authors. Contributions to contemporary fantasy are scarce, with a few exceptions in the field of the marvellous or in original collective projects. In summary, these pages provide up-todate information on this repertoire, which is useful for researchers and mediators.

RAMÓN Y CAJAL WITHIN CURRENT SPANISH CHILDREN’S MARKET

Vicente Calvo Fernández — 2024-12-16

This article is written to celebrate “Ramón y Cajal’s Research Year.” It presents and analyzes
those works dealing with the life of this Nobel Prize-winning scientist which are aimed at children
or young people, and which have been published in Spain in the current century. The purpose of this
work is twofold: on the one hand, to compile the current corpus of works that deal with this topic; on
the other, to focus on the value of making Cajal’s biography known, as a uniquely suitable means to
promote and strengthen among young people values, attitudes and behaviors such as love for work or perseverance to achieve one’s objectives. Cajal constitutes an exceptional role model to promote these qualities because he managed to be successful due to his tireless work and his stubborn effort, despite living in a social environment that was not favourable for scientific feats.

PICTUREBOOKS AND GENDER EQUALITY. AN ANALYSIS OF FEMALE TEACHERS’ BELIEFS IN EARLY EDUCATION

Juan Senís — 2024-12-16

This exploratory and ethnographic study focuses on gender equality in Early Childhood Education through the reading of picturebooks. In this sense, this paper analyses female teachers’ beliefs, representations and knowledge in order to identify if they read picturebooks in their classroom as a tool for developing attitudes about gender equality. The results, obtained from questionnaires, discussion group and researchers’ diary in a triangulation process, show that there are prejudices, and stereotypes in those teachers’ beliefs. Moreover, teachers demand training about the concept of gender, as well as the construction of diverse identities in the 21st century society. Besides, the results confirm that shared reading and conversation about picturebooks are useful because students´empathy and critical thinking is fostered; and therefore, an inclusive and sustainable education is promoted.

NARRATIVE IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE. AN APPROACH TO CARLO FRABETTI’S WORK

Armando Castillo Acevedo — 2024-12-16

This paper examines the theoretical and methodological conceptions by Montesino (2003),
Teixidor (2005), Cerrillo and Sánchez (2006), Cerrillo (2015), and Herrera (2018) regarding literature for teenagers and young people. It considers such literature both as an art form and as a vehicle for
transmitting ideas and values related to establishing communication. This is a fundamental characteristic of the novel within this genre of literary creation. This study aims to delve into Carlo Frabetti’s narrative by analyzing two of his novels: Terrible Ángel and Calvina. To achieve this, the study utilizes bibliographic review methods to explore the theoretical and methodological conceptions of narrative features for children and young people. Additionally, content analysis and inductive-deductive analysis are employed to elucidate the characteristics of children’s and young adult narratives in the selected novels. Frabetti is renowned for creating more than forty works for children and young people and has received the Cervantes Chico Prize and the Barco de Vapor Prize for his novel Calvina. This article highlights specific features of Frabetti’s narrative style and examines how his work contributes to the promotion of young adult literature.

TRADITIONAL TALES IN BACHELOR’S DEGREES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD AND IN PRIMARY EDUCATION

Iratxe Esparza Martin — 2024-12-16

Traditional tales have the potential to transport us to unknown and suggestive fictional worlds. Reading opens our minds to universes yet to be discovered, decoded, and interpreted. This paper aims to examine a selection of narrative texts, focusing on their statements, and their explicit and implicit discourses. To reach this aim, different versions of Cinderella will be analyzed by studying their ideology, as Cassany (2006) proposes. This article will scrutinize Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper (Charles Perrault, 1697) and Cinderella (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, 1812), to vindicate their stimulating potential, always through a critical lens that serves to interpret the text from all approaches, and to acknowledge the socializing nature of literature. The analysis of both versions of Cinderella will be preceded by a brief introduction about traditional tales, and followed by a rereading proposal that upholds the use of classic texts as a tool in promoting literature and literary language in Early Childhood and in Primary Education.

POETICS OF CHILDREN’S GRAPHIC NOVEL. THE CASES OF MEMET BY NOÉMIE MARSILY AND ISABELLA CIELI, AND TRIP MIT TROPF BY JOSEPHINE MARK

Juan Garcia Única — 2024-12-16

In this work, the poetics of children’s graphic novel is discussed. Firstly, the concept of fiction is defined, which encompasses various forms, including ‘graphic literatures.’ Within this scope, comic is considered to be a versatile medium that supports diverse genres, including children’s graphic novels. Our research characterizes these novels through a triple attribution: to a medium (comic); to a genre graphic novel); and to a category of literature, (children’s and young adult literature). Having laid the groundwork, we analyze two recent instances of this genre. Firstly, we examine the issue of encountering the other in Memet, a children’s graphic novel by scriptwriter Noémie Masily and illustrator Isabella Cieli, published in Belgium in 2019 and translated into Spanish in 2022. Secondly, we delve into the issue of escaping death in Trip mit Tropf, a children’s graphic novel by Josephine Mark, published in Germany in 2022 and translated into Spanish in 2023.

THE LABYRINTH OF RETRANSLATION OF CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT CLASSIC LITERATURE: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THE JUNGLE BOOK

Gisela Marcelo Wirnitzer — 2024-12-16

Retranslation of children’s and young literature is a reality, and works slightly differently from that for adults. This paper involves a quantitative study of the retranslations of two classics for the young people: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), by Lewis Carroll, and The Jungle Book (1894), by Rudyard Kipling. The first objective is to determine the number of retranslations into different languages of these two canonical works to shed light on the patterns regarding retranslation, as well as publishing trends. To reach that aim, all retranslations of these novels to be identified in different databases have been searched for. The second objective lies in determining the possible reasons for these retranslations, and their differences from retranslating literature for adults.

AMONG PIRATES AND MARISQUEIRAS. TOWARDS A TYPOLOGY OF THE ISLAND MOTIF IN CONTEMPORARY SPANISH PICTURE BOOKS

Susana Rendón - Mesa — 2024-12-16

This article examines how the insular space has been represented in the recent production of album books in Spain, as well as its relationship with the classic treatment of the island in children’s and young adult literature. More specifically, it identifies and describes some of the main typologies of islands found in these works, analyzing how they enable the articulation of certain identity issues and native cultural traditions. In addition, this work highlights the importance of illustration in constructing this insular imaginary in early readers. The selection of album books that constitute our corpus approaches the insular motif from different textual and iconic approaches, thus offering a representative sample of the narrative and expressive possibilities of this extraordinarily rich and varied theme. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list, but rather to provide an overview that illustrates the diversity of approaches and representations emerging in contemporary children’s and young adult literature in Spain.