Socialisation through Children's Literature: The Soviet Example - Brossura

O'Dell, Felicity Ann

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ISBN 10: 052114437X ISBN 13: 9780521144377

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

This 1922 publication asks the following questions regarding the nature of Soviet socialisation: how different are Soviet moral values from our own; how do their processes of socialisation differ from those we know in the West; could we learn from the Russian educational system; or are Soviet children simply indoctrinated with the beliefs of their political leaders? Felicity O'Dell analyses the moral content of the stories read by Russian primary school children and asks what values are taught and how they reflect ideology. She also looks at popular children's magazines and the way writers have portrayed the world for children in the USSR. The author asks how successfully the educational process instils the values of Soviet socialism. She documents how closely children's literature mirrors the development of Russian society, and draws conclusions relevant not just to the nature of Soviet society but also to the Western method of raising children.

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Descrizione del libro

Felicity O'Dell analyses the moral content of stories read by Russian primary school children and asks what values are taught and how they reflect ideology. She also questions how successfully the educational process instils the values of Soviet socialism and documents how children's literature mirrors the development of Russian society.

Contenuti

List of tables; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. Children's literature and social control; 2. Character-education and its theories; Part II. Soviet Children's literature: 3. Production and dissemination; 4. The primary school reader; 5. 'Murzilka'; 6. Conclusions; Part III. The Impact of Soviet Children's Literature: 7. Sociological surveys; 8. Development of specific character traits; 9. Secular morality and myths; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 052114437X
• ISBN 13: 9780521144377
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 290