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Children’s Literature & Controversial Issues
I have chosen to discuss the book called “Just Ella” by Margaret Peterson Haddix as
I am interested in the controversial gender issues that are raised in this book
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Definition of controversy and how it relates to children’s literature
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This
relates to children’s literature as many educators hold the perception that literature
can teach social responsibility, also it is important to alert children to ways in which
literature may convey prejudice
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The sociological approach is
very important in studying children’s literature as it is somewhat impossible to
understand the development of children’s literature without positioning the books of a
given era in the sociocultural setting of that period (Salem, 2006)
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In this story Ella is an independent character who works for what she wants
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She only has two friends in the palace
are a young servant girl called Mary and her substitute religious teacher named Jed
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Ella gets threatened that if she doesn’t marry the Prince, Quog, the jailor,
will attempt to rape her
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With reference to relevant theoretical reading from the course and elsewhere,
discuss why this book or the theme it relates to is controversial
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Investigate other similar books written by the same author and whether they deal
with similar or different issues (or are not generally controversial)

Briefly look at a selection of other children’s books that deal with the same
(controversial) topic listed in some of the gender issues the book raises

References:
Salem, L
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Children's literature studies
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Westport, Conn
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Oxford Dictionaries | English
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controversy - definition of controversy in
English | Oxford Dictionaries
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oxforddictionaries
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