MODERN TRENDS IN ENGLISH CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
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This research seeks to identify the main trends and themes in children's literature, and determine how narrative devices and strategies are used in the modern literary works for children. In this paper, using analytical and synthetic methods of scientific investigation and the main principles from structural narratology, the specifics of children's literature in the light of the genre classifications have been explored. These specifics are considered in terms of themes, motifs, genres and selection of literary characters. It has been found out that the subject of Children's Literature is at the advantages of form, language and ways of presentation the artistic material. The author proves that contemporary English children's literature is characterized by fascinating thematic richness and a great variety of layers.
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