![]() ![]() In children’s literature, the written word has been privileged. ![]() The present article offers a brief presentation of general trends in children’s literature before subjecting children’s literature in the Nordic countries to a feminist gaze, combining genre perspective and an emphasis on some of the most prominent female writers and illustrators. Today, the notion of rigid categories concerning genre, modes of expression, medium, life periods, and gender identity has been replaced by a broader perspective, in which gradual transitions, exceptions, and particularities come into play. Late modernist children’s literature in the Nordic region is vigorous, colourful, and diverse – not least with the regards to the treatment of gender. ![]()
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