Constructing ‘Old’ Age for Young Readers: A Digital Approach
Vanessa Joosen
Abstract:Most literary scholars and age scholars have thus far relied on narrative analyses through close reading to comment on the age norms that books convey. This chapter explores what digital tools have to offer to support and enrich this type of analysis. The chapter focuses on children’s literature, a discourse that is defined by age and often thematizes intergenerational relationships and processes of growing up. After offering methodological reflections, it presents the results of a digital analysis of explicit… Show more
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