A Glimpse of the Children’s and Young Adult Literature Construct (A Paradigmatic Example with Louisa May Alcott)
Abstract
This article is a glimpse of the inconveniences about defining Children’s and Young Adult Literature and how perspectives have changed through time depending on culture and place too. A glance about Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women saga as a peculiar example.Downloads
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Sánchez Valencia, A. (2010). “Carbonerito”: enlace entre el cuento popular noruego y el mexicano. Tema y Variaciones de Literatura. (34),153-164.
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