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A sociolinguistic analysis of gender differences in (Snow in summer) story
Author
Source
Journal of Scientific Research in Arts
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 19 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-39, 39 p.
Publisher
Ain Shams University Faculty of Women for Arts Science and Education
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
39
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
This study attempts to highlight the impact of children‟s literature, as a socializing discourse, in constructing gender ideologies by using a critical discourse analysis approach to analyze a Snow in summer) story Jane Yolen‟s stories.
The study has a number of objectives: To increase consciousness of the significance of language in the production, maintenance, and change of gender ideology and power relations; To raise an awareness of the workings of gender ideology in children‟s literature; To examine ways in which children‟s writers use language to inculcate a particular world view in the minds of their readers.
This study concluded that, Socialization is an important process of social conformity to integrate young members of a society into society itself.
This is achieved by means of enforcing the norms and values legitimized by the sociopolitical system.
Childhood is a crucial determining period in the life of a human being.
It is not merely the time for basic education.
Rather, it is, for and foremost, the time of learning about the nature of the world, how to live in it, how to relate to others, and how to think.
Children‟s literature belongs, among a vast media, to the domain of cultural practices and ideologies with aim at socializing its readers.
Hence, children‟s literature is regarded as a social discursive practice.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Shahrani, Suad Ali Ibrahim. 2018. A sociolinguistic analysis of gender differences in (Snow in summer) story. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts،Vol. 2018, no. 19, pp.1-39.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-921520
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Shahrani, Suad Ali Ibrahim. A sociolinguistic analysis of gender differences in (Snow in summer) story. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts No. 19 (2018), pp.1-39.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-921520
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Shahrani, Suad Ali Ibrahim. A sociolinguistic analysis of gender differences in (Snow in summer) story. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 19, pp.1-39.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-921520
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 37-39
Record ID
BIM-921520