The ANZAC Tribulations at Gallipoli in Recent Australian Children’s Literature

The ANZAC Tribulations at Gallipoli in Recent Australian Children’s Literature

Generations of Australian children have been presented with iconic figures and values associated with the events of 1915 at Gallipoli and involved in the ritual practices of remembrance exemplified by Anzac Day ceremonies throughout a corpus of children’s literature which ranges from picture books f...

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Main Author: Hervé Cantero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of English Studies 2019-05-01
Series:Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
Online Access:http://www.anglica.ia.uw.edu.pl/images/pdf/28-3-SI-articles/Anglica-28-3-8-Cantero.pdf
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spelling doaj-2f68bbf3ab884994b368fb0156a660d02020-11-24T21:56:41ZengInstitute of English StudiesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies0860-57340860-57342019-05-012838696doi.org/10.7311/0860-5734.28.3.08The ANZAC Tribulations at Gallipoli in Recent Australian Children’s LiteratureHervé Cantero 0University of RouenGenerations of Australian children have been presented with iconic figures and values associated with the events of 1915 at Gallipoli and involved in the ritual practices of remembrance exemplified by Anzac Day ceremonies throughout a corpus of children’s literature which ranges from picture books for pre-schoolers to young adult fiction. This paper aims to broadly identify the narrative strategies at work in a selection of recent stories of brave animals helping the Aussie boys under fire or paeans to the duty of personal and communal remembrance and to examine them in a larger context of national self-representation.http://www.anglica.ia.uw.edu.pl/images/pdf/28-3-SI-articles/Anglica-28-3-8-Cantero.pdf
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