The Charm of the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up : Peter Pan and
Canonicity

k 2015

The Charm of the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up : Peter Pan and Canonicity

VALENTOVÁ, Eva

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Charm of the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up : Peter Pan and Canonicity

Autoři

VALENTOVÁ, Eva

Vydání

Hradec Králové Anglophone Conference 2015, 24.-25. 3. 2015, Hradec Králové, 2015

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Hradec Králové Anglophone Conference 2015

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/15:00082598

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Peter Pan; canon; enchantment; hybridity; genre; children's literature

Štítky

rivok

Změněno: 21. 2. 2018 10:45, Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

According to John Keith L. Scott, it is the readers who make works canonical, not any inherent quality within the works themselves. Nevertheless, there must be something in these works that makes them so appealing. The aim of this paper is to find out what constitutes this "something" in the story of Peter Pan. Apart from the obvious charm of a character that remains forever young and manages to avoid responsibilities connected with adulthood, the paper explores other reasons for the enduring appeal of Peter Pan, such as its ambiguous and hybrid character. Indeed, just like its protagonist, both the story and its narrator are a betwixt-and-between, disrupting the boundaries between the modes of drama and novel, between the audience/readership and the author, and between the literature for adults and for children. Another reason for the continuing popularity of Peter Pan is the fact that the story has become a modern myth. In fact, the mythologisation of Peter Pan may have been triggered by Barrie himself. He contributed to the process in two ways: first, by mystifying its authorship and, second, by his initial resistance to the idea of setting the story in print. The undying appeal of Peter Pan lies not only in the arguably universal topics the story deals with, but also in its shape-shifting and hybrid character that makes it truly original and strange. The proof of this appeal can be found not only among the readers, but also among other writers who have produced countless adaptations.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1246/2014, interní kód MU

Název: Nové směry v anglofonním jazykovědném a literárním výzkumu III (Akronym: NDALLR3)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Nové směry v anglofonním jazykovědném a literárním výzkumu III, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

VALENTOVÁ, Eva. The Charm of the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up : Peter Pan and Canonicity. In Hradec Králové Anglophone Conference 2015, 24.-25. 3. 2015, Hradec Králové. 2015.

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VALENTOVÁ, Eva. The Charm of the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up : Peter Pan and Canonicity. In \textit{Hradec Králové Anglophone Conference 2015, 24.-25. 3. 2015, Hradec Králové}. 2015.

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