{"title":"Performing Pooh Plays: Drama and Storytelling in the Children's Literature Classroom","authors":"Jan Susina","doi":"10.1353/uni.2021.0028","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"I try to include a variety of literary genres in my children’s literature courses, yet the category that is most frequently omitted is drama. I justify this absence by including children’s films and film adaptations of the books read in class. However, recently I have been able to introduce drama and storytelling using Winnie-the-Pooh. The episodic chapters of Winnie-the-Pooh are based on the bedtime stories that the author created for his son, Christopher Robin Milne. In his Autobiography published in 1939, A. A. Milne only briefly mentions the creation of his most famous novel, writing:","PeriodicalId":43426,"journal":{"name":"LION AND THE UNICORN","volume":"45 1","pages":"320 - 324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"LION AND THE UNICORN","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/uni.2021.0028","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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I try to include a variety of literary genres in my children’s literature courses, yet the category that is most frequently omitted is drama. I justify this absence by including children’s films and film adaptations of the books read in class. However, recently I have been able to introduce drama and storytelling using Winnie-the-Pooh. The episodic chapters of Winnie-the-Pooh are based on the bedtime stories that the author created for his son, Christopher Robin Milne. In his Autobiography published in 1939, A. A. Milne only briefly mentions the creation of his most famous novel, writing:
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The Lion and the Unicorn is a theme- and genre-centered journal of international scope committed to a serious, ongoing discussion of literature for children. The journal"s coverage includes the state of the publishing industry, regional authors, comparative studies of significant books and genres, new developments in theory, the art of illustration, the mass media, and popular culture. It has become noted for its interviews with authors, editors, and other important contributors to the field, such as Mildred Wirt Benson, Robert Cormier, Chris Crutcher, Lensey Namioka, Philip Pullman, and Aranka Siegal.
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