Performing Pooh Plays: Drama and Storytelling in the Children's Literature Classroom

IF 0.4 4区文学 0 LITERATURE

LION AND THE UNICORN Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI:10.1353/uni.2021.0028

Jan Susina

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Abstract

I try to include a variety of literary genres in my children’s literature courses, yet the category that is most frequently omitted is drama. I justify this absence by including children’s films and film adaptations of the books read in class. However, recently I have been able to introduce drama and storytelling using Winnie-the-Pooh. The episodic chapters of Winnie-the-Pooh are based on the bedtime stories that the author created for his son, Christopher Robin Milne. In his Autobiography published in 1939, A. A. Milne only briefly mentions the creation of his most famous novel, writing:

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表演小熊维尼戏剧：儿童文学课堂上的戏剧与故事

我试着在我的儿童文学课程中加入各种文学流派，但最常被省略的类别是戏剧。我通过将儿童电影和课堂上阅读的书籍改编成电影来证明这种缺席是合理的。然而，最近我能够用小熊维尼来介绍戏剧和讲故事。《小熊维尼》的情节章节是根据作者为儿子克里斯托弗·罗宾·米尔恩创作的睡前故事改编的。在1939年出版的自传中，A.A.Milne只简短地提到了他最著名的小说的创作，他写道：

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LION AND THE UNICORN LITERATURE-

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期刊介绍： The Lion and the Unicorn is a theme- and genre-centered journal of international scope committed to a serious, ongoing discussion of literature for children. The journal"s coverage includes the state of the publishing industry, regional authors, comparative studies of significant books and genres, new developments in theory, the art of illustration, the mass media, and popular culture. It has become noted for its interviews with authors, editors, and other important contributors to the field, such as Mildred Wirt Benson, Robert Cormier, Chris Crutcher, Lensey Namioka, Philip Pullman, and Aranka Siegal.