A Little Princes - Francess Hodgson Burnett

by Nadia Cohen

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2001 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Komparatistik, Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft, 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft), Kolonialismus in der Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts, Deutsch, „To look at the Victorian children’s books still familiar today is in one way misleading but in another way the survivors are far from representative of the entire output and come almost invariably from the minority that ignored, bent or broke the rules.“
A Little Princessvon Frances Hodgson Burnett gehört auch zu den Kinderbüchern aus der Viktorianischen Zeit, die heute noch sehr beliebt sind. Die Autorin wird ebenfalls zu denen gezählt, die eher fortschrittliche Ideen vertraten und sich nicht an bestimmte Viktorianische Werte halten wollte. Unter dem Gesichtspunkt „Kolonialismus in der Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts“ soll in dieser Arbeit zunächst untersucht werden, inwiefern Hodgson Burnett mit ihrer Geschichte tatsächlich aus dem Rahmen des Üblichen fällt, bzw. ob sich nicht doch gewisse Parallelen zu den damals üblichen „Viktorianischen Kinderbüchern“ ergeben.
Weiterhin soll ein Einblick in die Problematik der Definition von Kinderliteratur gegeben werden, die die Frage nach dem Zweck bzw. dem Wert von Kinderliteratur aufwirft. Nachdem eventuelle kolonialistische Elemente in A Little Princess näher analysiert worden sind, soll in diesem Zusammenhang der Frage nach dem Wert bzw. nach einer Neubewertung des Buches nachgegangen werden. Dies soll auch unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Rolle des Kindes als (kritischer) Leser geschehen.

20 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Nadia Cohen is an author who has written more than a dozen historical and contemporary biographies.

The Real Beatrix Potter will be the latest in a series of fascinating in-depth biographies about apparently whimsical children’s story tellers who actually hid a darker side behind the public facade. Others already published include The Extraordinary Life of AA Milne, The Real Roald Dahl and The Real Enid Blyton.

In a previous incarnation as an entertainment reporter she worked at various newspapers and magazines in London including Grazia, The Daily Mail and The Sun, covering showbiz news, film festivals, premieres and award ceremonies around the world. She was headhunted to join the launch of US magazine In Touch Weekly and spent several years working in New York and Los Angeles before returning to London to produce a series of documentaries for ITV.

Nadia lectures in Journalism at University of Winchester and is the editor of digital lifestyle magazine Box Ibiza.

Reviews

[Juwairiyah Sa-eed Abubakar · Rating 5 out of 5]

my favorite book as a child.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[66 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book l read it when l was 16 years almost . The book is a excellent

[Niemkay · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little princess is about a girl named sara who's mother died a long time ago, and now she lives with her dad. She is very rich. Her Mom and Dad have always wanted her to go to the school for girls. The only problem is that it is for a year, but sara goes for here mom. Sarah make a couple friends and some enemies along the way. She meets a girl named Becky. She works at the school for a living. At Sara's 11th birth party she finds out here dad is dead and spent all his money on the diamond mines. Now Sara has no money, and her life turns upside down. You would like this book if you like some action, and a sad story.

[Scooples · Rating 5 out of 5]

SPOILER ALERT A great story! A little girl who has great things, Like a princess! And her beautiful doll, Emily! But then he father, her poor father. A must read! The first few pages you read seem boring and make you stop reading, but after a few pages the story gets wonderful and you get sucked in!

[Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book. Childhood classic, up there with The Secret Garden. I've seen the movie a billion times, but this is the first time I've read the book. I like it because it's a little more realistic and set in London rather than New York, which has always felt more appropriate to me.

[Jireh · Rating 4 out of 5]

First favorite-d novel;

[Shruti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it...live by it!

[Sharon Peters · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book

[Nora · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspired story !
I would like that each baby read it
Nice story & nice songs *_*

[Jose · Rating 3 out of 5]

MINECRAFT!!!!

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favourite book.

[Neetu Nagra · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved the book actually it made me cry, amazing book must read

[Rebecca Levitt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book, okay ending. I didn’t like that fact that the father died.

[Fazlinda]

Reminiscent of my childhood.