The Trope of Disability in Fiction for Children as a Model For Teaching Children’s Literature

Webb, Jean ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6619-1802 (2023) The Trope of Disability in Fiction for Children as a Model For Teaching Children’s Literature. In: Global Children’s Literature in the College Classroom. Bloomsbury Publishing, Rowman & Littlefield, Lexington Books, London, pp. 159-178. ISBN 978-1-66692-462-6

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Abstract

The chapter provides an example of a model of setting up a program to teach children’s literature using the trope of disability in fiction. The texts are studied by setting them in a dynamic relationship with their literary, social, and historical contexts by combining a diachronic and synchronic approach. The case study demonstrates how attitudes have developed over the course of a century. Although the emphasis here is principally on English children’s literature, the model can be readily applied to any other cultural perspective using the same or different themes.

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