What is the traditional, but incorrect, view of children’s literature?
It has been traditionally considered a second-rate or low-quality genre.
According to the text, what two key aspects do children’s stories help us develop?
They help us develop both linguistic and imaginative aspects.
Which Spanish law, passed in 2020, provides part of the legal framework for using children’s literature in Primary Education?
The Organic Law 3/2020, of 29th December (LOE-LOMLOE).
What general objective of Primary Education, according to the legal framework, does using English literature help achieve?
The acquisition of a basic communicative competence in a foreign language.
In which century was children’s literature established as an independent subject?
In the second half of the Eighteenth century.
What are the four main types of children’s books mentioned in the classification?
Fairy tales, poetry, illustrated books, and educational books.
A key characteristic of fairy tales is that their action is placed in an indeterminate place in an _____ moment.
extemporal
How are characters typically portrayed in fairy tales?
They usually correspond to stereotypes with no major inner development.
What element, both physical and character-based, is normally a key element in fairy tales?
Metamorphosis.
Since the 1950s, what has been the view on good poetry for children?
It is considered to be two poems in one, with a twofold approach for both children and adults.
Why are illustrations crucial in books for very young readers?
Visual support helps them to fulfill linguistic gaps.
In illustrated books, what should the relationship be between the text and the illustrations?
There should not be fissures
What is the main aim of educational books?
To develop specific linguistic skills, basically reading competences.
For a book to be considered ‘educational’, what must be made explicit and taken into account?
The age of the target reader must be explicit and it should consider the child’s psychological development.
During the Middle Ages, literature for children consisted mainly of what forms shared by adults and children?
A core of texts in the shape of folk-tales and fables.
What religious movement is blamed for the lack of entertaining children’s books during the Seventeenth century?
Puritanism.
Which French writer laid the foundations of the fairy tale genre with stories like ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘Cinderella’?
Charles Perrault.
Who published ‘A Little Pretty Pocket-Book’ in the 18th century, considered a landmark for pleasure reading for children?
John Newbery.
What philosophical tenets were embodied in Thomas Day’s ‘The History of Sandford and Merton’?
Educational and philosophical tenets espoused by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
In the nineteenth century, the utilitarian atmosphere caused fantasy to almost disappear and be replaced by what kind of tone?
A moralising tone dominated.
Which authors wrote ‘A Book of Nonsense’, ‘The English Struwwelpeter’, and ‘The King of the Golden River’ respectively?
Edward Lear, Heinrich Hoffmann, and John Ruskin.
Who was responsible for preserving German oral traditions like ‘Snow White’ and ‘Hansel and Gretel’ in the early 19th century?
The Brothers Grimm.
Which Danish author published beloved fairy tales like ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘The Ugly Duckling’ between 1835 and 1848?
Hans Christian Andersen.
The appearance of which two authors marked a radical change and the beginning of the ‘Golden Age’ of children’s literature
Lewis Carroll and Beatrix Potter.
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