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ERIC Number: EJ204537
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Apr
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Toward a Theory of Children's Literature.
Kimmel, Eric A.
Language Arts, v56 n4 p357-62 Apr 1979
Discusses four basic trends in children's literature that reflect four possible ways of viewing childhood: the mythic, the didactic, the Rousseauvian, and the nihilistic. (DD)
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Literature, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Language Arts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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