Børnelitteratur i udbrud. Transmediale bevægelser i nutidig børnelitteratur

Abstract

“Children’s Literature Erupting. Transmedia Movements in Contemporary Children’s Literature”The rise of large transmedia storytelling systems such as Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones suggests that transmedia storytelling is the most important narrative mode of our time. However, transmedia storytelling also exists and works on other scales. This article focuses on a growing transmedia storytelling practice that has remained underexposed as such in the field of research due to the dominance of the large transmedia franchises. This practice is indeed related to transmedia storytelling but it also challenges existing theories. With a number of different media publications all named The Numberlys produced by Moonbot Stu- dios as its point of departure, the article explores the underlying structures, relations and mechanisms in and between these publications in order to elucidate aesthetic consequences of the transmedial ‘eruptions’ in contemporary media entertainment products for children.

Overgange. Børne- og ungdomslitteratur og barndomsopfattelser i bevægelse

“…de amerikanske litteraturforskere Jessica Pressman og N. Katherine Hayles har foreslået (Hayles 2002, Pressman 2009. Opmaerksomheden i sådanne undersøgelser rettes mod litteraturens 'fysiske form', dens materialitet og udnyttelse af karakteristiske traek ved det medie, der anses for at vaere en del af et vaerks samlede betydningsdannelse (Henkel 2016, Mygind 2016. I forlaengelse heraf kan børne-og ungdomslitteraere udgivelser opfattes som kombinationer af forskellige udtryksformer, hvis måder at skabe betydning på afhaenger af det konkrete medie.…”

The Potential for Aesthetic Experience in a Literary App

“…Morris Lessmore has been the subject of several analyses (Aguilera, Kachorsky, Gee, & Serafini, 2016;Carlin, 2016;Engberg, 2014;Linkis, 2017;Mygind, 2016;Schwebs, 2014). My attempt is to contribute with the comprised perspective of multimodal social semiotics and Iser's theory of aesthetic response, thus considering literary form to a larger extent.…”