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Book Discussion: Fieldwork in Ukrainian Children's Literature, eds. Mateusz Świetlicki and Anastasia Ulanowicz

Thu, October 23, 8:30 to 10:15am EDT (8:30 to 10:15am EDT), -

Session Submission Type: Book Discussion Roundtable

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This book discussion is devoted to "Fieldwork in Ukrainian Children’s Literature" (Routledge 2025), a collection edited by Mateusz Świetlicki and Anastasia Ulanowicz, which showcases the work of prominent scholars of children’s literature from Ukraine and the diaspora as it traces the history of books written, marketed for, and circulating among young people since the rise of Ukraine’s nationhood in the nineteenth century. In addition to the editors, the discussio will feature one of the contributors, Maryna Vardanian, as well as two critics, Daria Semenova and Svetlana Efimova. "Fieldwork in Ukrainian Children’s Literature" - the first Anglophone volume devoted to Ukrainian children's literature - opens with a foreword by Tamara Hundorova and encompasses a full range of texts and genres, with special attention given to the most important authors and works as defined by aesthetics, popularity, or historical and cultural significance. The collection focuses on ideology and historical context and takes an interdisciplinary and transnational approach. It places titles and trends in broader context, considering the socio-political situation, changing taste, and the history of institutions that shape the production and reception of children’s literature. The collection addresses folklore and the beginnings of a distinct tradition of Ukrainian children’s literature produced in the nineteenth century; the role played by children’s literature in the maintenance of the Ukrainian literary tradition during the Soviet era; and the flourishing Ukrainian book market, with the appearance of numerous new genres and forms, and the growing significance of Ukrainian books around the world.

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