"Darkness Overcomes You": Shaun Tan and Søren Kierkegaard

Autor/in	Johansen, Martin Blok
Titel	"Darkness Overcomes You": Shaun Tan and Søren Kierkegaard
Quelle	In: Children's Literature in Education, 46 (2015) 1, S.38-52 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0045-6713
DOI	10.1007/s10583-014-9226-y
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Picture Books; Philosophy; Individual Development; Self Concept; Females; Literary Devices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Philosophie; Individuelle Entwicklung; Selbstkonzept; Weibliches Geschlecht; Literaturarbeit
Abstract	This article analyses Shaun Tan's picturebook "The Red Tree" using some of the central concepts of existentialism developed by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard argued that being a person entails a coming-to-be ["tilblivelse"], and for the person this coming-to-be manifests itself as a task. The task is to become oneself, which involves working through despair and "becoming concrete." It is argued that "The Red Tree" demonstrates this process, with both the verbal and visual text depicting how despair can manifest itself through a process of sundering ["splittelse"], in which the little girl protagonist experiences separation, splitting and a sense of doubleness. Ultimately, though, this girl achieves a growing-together; she experiences a sense of concretion as she becomes the one she is, as symbolised by the magnificently sprouting red tree. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01