A Critical Analysis of Children's Story Books of Alem Eshetu and Tesfaye Gebremariam
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2009-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
There are some studies at boUI. the undergraduate and graduate levels of study
of Addis Ababa University that are conducted in the area of children's literature
in Ethiopia. Most of them studied children's literature as a his torical footnote or
as bibliographical curiosities and others attempted a psychological analysis of
children's books basing on a psychology of a child reader and types analys is
categorizing children's literature under Humor, fantasy and adventure but none
of them dealt with a matter of literary values in Ethiopian children's literature.
The major goal of this study is to examine the literary qualities of the fictional
works of children. To achieve this goal, an attempt was made to critically analyze
ten works of Alem Eshetu and Tesfaye G/ Mariam.
The study has five chapters. The first chapter intends to show why and how the
study is conducted. The second chapter illuminates the case of children literature
in Ethiopia giving a general background and this chapter is also concerned with
reviewing of literature and critical works conducted in the area of children's
literature in Ethiopia. Chapter three is wholly devoted to analytical discussion of
the selected works with reference to the literary elements and types of children's
literature. The fourth chapter is a comparative analysis of the findings. The
conclusion part provides a summary by way of recommendation.
The study shows that the books have no recognizable literary quality, they are
not written in an engaging both in content and style, their imaginative quality is
poor, they gave first hand to instruction not for the aesthetic pleasures the child is
supposed to get from the books.
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Critical Analysis of Children's Story