Creative Imagination and Subjective Agency in Wynne-Jones' "The Maestro"

Autor/in	Cairns, Sue Ann
Titel	Creative Imagination and Subjective Agency in Wynne-Jones' "The Maestro"
Quelle	In: Children's Literature in Education, 40 (2009) 1, S.59-74 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0045-6713
DOI	10.1007/s10583-008-9066-8
Schlagwörter	Rezension; Imagination; Young Adults; Fairy Tales; Interpersonal Relationship; Coping; Novels; Child Abuse; Personal Autonomy; Family Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Fairy tale; Fairytale; Fairytales; Fairy-tale; Fairy-tales; Märchen; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Bewältigung; Novel; Roman; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Individuelle Autonomie; Familienmilieu
Abstract	The Canadian young adult novel "The Maestro" by Tim Wynne-Jones foregrounds the relationship between imagination and subjective agency. While Burl uses his imagination at the beginning to protect himself from his abusive father, his fantasies become dress rehearsals for small performances that allow him to try on new identities and exercise autonomy through conscious choice of possible actions. The protagonist's imagination, nurtured by reading fairy tales, allows him to move out of his lonely private realm into intersubjective relationships with others, particularly with parental figures who support his developing sense of agency. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10