Alif 27: Childhood: creativity and representation
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English & Comparative Literature Department
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This issue of Alif is published on the centennial anniversary of the founding the first Casa dei Bambini, a progressive educational institution for children, which seeks an alternative mode in bringing them up and nurturing their independence. An extract from the writings of the pedagogue of this innovative method, Maria Montessori, is here translated into Arabic for the first time. This collection covers the universe of children through interviews, photo-essays, testimonies, and articles in psychology, philosophy, law, music, fiction, media, poetry, and drama, addressing varied aspects of childhood: from Shakespeare for children to puppet theater in Egypt; from plays for dispossessed camp children to children enlisted in militias; from the affluent and leisurely childhood of Virginia Woolf to the wonders of the early years of a poet like Muhammad Afifi Matar. Essays also explore heroism and ethical values in children’s literature, as well as musical adaptations of children’s literature and the art and craft of making books for children. Alif Volume 27 Contributors: Abdelfattah Abusrour, Saeed Alwakeel, Nasseif Azmy, Mia Carter, Sharif S. Elmusa, Adib Fattal, Stephannie S. Gearhart, Ferial J. Ghazoul, Amanie Fawzi Habashi, Gala El Hadidi, Thomas Hartwell, Sayyid Hegab, Nadia El Kholy, Mohieddin al-Labbad, Muhammad Afifi Matar, Tanya M. Monforte, Maria Montessori, Yasmine Motawy, Naomi Shihab Nye, Michal Oklot, Mounira Soliman, Wiam El-Tamami, Matthew Whoolery.
ISBN
978-9774161131
Publication Date
2007
Publisher
Department of English and Comparative Literature, (AUC)
City
Cairo
Series
Alif: Journal of Contemporary Poetics
Disciplines
Child Psychology | Comparative Literature | Creative Writing | Fiction | Philosophy
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APA Citation
Ghazoul, F. J.
(2007).Alif 27: Childhood: creativity and representation. Department of English and Comparative Literature, (AUC).
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_books/167
MLA Citation
Ghazoul, Ferial J. Professor
Alif 27: Childhood: creativity and representation. Department of English and Comparative Literature, (AUC), 2007.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_books/167