Palestinian Memory and Identity in Modern Childrens Literature [Pehme köide]

Preface

PART I

Theoretical Section

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Features and Significance of Childrens
Literature

1.1. The Term Childhood and its Conception

1.2. The Definition of Childrens Literature

1.3. Folk Heritage and Childrens Literature

1.4. The Use of Folk Heritage in Arabic Childrens Literature

1.5. The Relationship of Childrens Literature to Palestinian Folk Heritage

1.6. Summary

Chapter 2 The History of Palestinian Childrens Literature

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Palestinian Childrens Literature in the Mandate Era until 1948

2.3. The Development of Indigenous Palestinian Childrens Literature after
1948

2.4. Palestinian Childrens Literature in the Diaspora since 1948

2.5. Palestinian Childrens Literature in the West Bank and Gaza after 1967

Chapter 3 Folk Heritage and its Forms

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Folk Heritage

3.2.1. Definition

3.2.2. The Interest in Folk Heritage: Beginnings and Trends

3.2.3. The Interest in Folk Heritage Among the Arabs

3.2.4.1. Palestinian Folk Heritage and its Significance

3.2.4.2. Palestinian Folk Heritage in the Orientalist Era

until 1948

3.2.4.3. The First Period After the Nakba (194867)

3.2.4.4. The Second Period After the Nakba (196786)

3.2.4.5. The Period After the First Intifada Until Today

3.3. The Forms of Folk Heritage

3.3.1. Introduction

3.3.2. Folk Tales

3.3.2.1. The Folk Tale Concept

3.3.2.2. Folk Tales Features

3.3.2.3. Palestinian Folk Tales

3.3.3. Popular Proverbs

3.3.3.1. The Popular Proverb Concept

3.3.3.2. Popular Proverbs Features

3.3.3.3. Palestinian Popular Proverbs

3.3.4. Popular Songs

3.3.4.1. The Popular Song Concept

3.3.4.2. Popular Songs Features

3.3.4.3. Palestinian Popular Songs

PART II

Applied Section

Chapter 4 The Use of Folk Tales in Palestinian Childrens Literature

4.1. Introduction

4.2. The Use of Folk Tales 196787

4.2.1. Introduction

4.2.2. The Use of Folk Tale Features

4.2.2.1. The Use of Traditional Beginnings and Endings

4.2.2.2. The Use of Popular Expressions

4.2.2.3. The Use of Repetitive Styles

4.2.2.4. The Use of Descriptive Styles

4.2.2.5. The Use of Dialogic Styles

4.2.3. The Invocation of Folk Characters in Childrens Stories

4.2.3.1. Introduction

4.2.3.2. The Traditional Character Concept in Childrens Stories

4.2.3.3. The Invocation of the Ghl

4.3. The Use of Folk Tales in the Period 19882015

4.3.1. Introduction

4.3.2. Reshaping Folk Tales

4.3.3. The Use of Narration in Folk Tales

4.3.3.1. Forms and Appearances of Narrator Presence in Childrens Stories

4.3.3.2. The Use of Narrator Styles in Childrens Stories

4.3.4. The Invocation of Traditional Characters in the Second Period

4.3.4.1. The Invocation of the Characters of Al-Shtir Hasan

(Shater Hasan) and the Ghl in Childrens Stories

4.3.5. The Use of Folk Tale Features in Childrens Stories

4.3.5.1. The Use of Styles of Beginning in Childrens Stories

4.3.5.2. The Use of Repetitive Styles in Childrens Stories

4.4. Summary

Chapter 5 The Use of Popular Proverbs in Palestinian Childrens Literature


5.1. Introduction

5.2. The Use of Popular Proverbs in the 196787 Period

5.2.1. Introduction

5.2.2. Citing Popular Proverbs in the Vernacular Dialect (al-mmya) Form

5.2.3. Citing Popular Proverbs via Converting Them into Classical Arabic

(al-Fua)

5.2.4. Citing Popular Proverbs as Titles of Childrens Stories
(Paratextualism)

5.3. The Use of Popular Proverbs in the 19882015 Period

5.3.1. Introduction

5.3.2. Citing Popular Proverbs as Titles of Childrens Stories

(Paratextualism)

5.3.2.1. Introduction

5.3.2.2. The Concept of Titles

5.3.2.3. Titles in Childrens Stories

5.3.2.4. Citing Popular Proverbs in Childrens Stories

5.3.2.5. The Dominance of Popular Proverbs and Their

Prevalence over the Text

5.4. Summary

Chapter 6 The Use of Popular Songs in Palestinian Childrens Literature

6.1. Introduction

6.2. The Use of Popular Songs in the First Period (196787)

6.2.1. Introduction

6.2.2. The Use of Popular Song Names and Related Aspects (Allusion)

in the First Period

6.2.3. The Citation of Popular Song Names Converted into

Classical Arabic (al-Fua) Form in the First Period

6.3. The Use of Popular Songs in the 19882015 Period

6.3.1. Introduction

6.3.2. The Use of Song Names and Related Aspects (Allusion)

in the Second Period

6.3.3. The Use of Popular Songs in Vernacular Dialect (al-mmya) Form

6.3.4. The Use of Popular Songs Converted into Classical Arabic

(al-Fua)Form

6.3.5. Narration of Popular Song Styles

6.3.6. The Use of Popular Songs as Titles of Childrens Stories

in the Second Period (Paratextualism)

6.3.7. Summary

Conclusion

Sources and References

1. List of Sources and References

1.1. Arabic-Language Sources

2. References

2.1. Arabic-Language References

2.2. Foreign-Language References

Hebrew-Language References

Hanan Mousa is a lecturer at the Sakhnin College for Teacher Education in northern Israel since 2011.