Published: 2021-12-19

Taming otherness in children’s literature: the example of Jana Bauer’s Scary Fairy story series

Marta Cmiel-Bażant
Zeszyty Łużyckie
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.32798/zl.908

Abstract

The series of short, fantasy stories for children written by Jana Bauer, translated into Polish in 2015 (Scary Fairy in Wicked Wood) and in 2019 (Scary Fairy and the Wild Winter), has gained recognition and popularity in almost twenty countries. The Polish reviewers’ main concerns were otherness of the main character and social tolerance of diversity. The aim of this article is to analyse both books in the context of folklore, folktales, Bildungsroman convention, otherness and con­cepts of girlhood in the children’s literature. The subversive main character is a multi-faceted dialogue with the literary tradition. Her acculturation to a new society, as a part of initiation journey, is the main topic of both books.

Keywords:

otherness, folktale, Bildungsroman, fairy, children’s literature, Slovenia

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Cmiel-Bażant, M. (2021). Taming otherness in children’s literature: the example of Jana Bauer’s Scary Fairy story series. Zeszyty Łużyckie, 55(1), 39–57. https://doi.org/10.32798/zl.908

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