Børnelitteratur mellem medier. AppenTavsi et intermedialitetsperspektiv

Abstract

Children's literature is increasingly being published on various media such as computers, tablets and smartphones, and this digital development calls for new analytical approaches to explore both the physical manifestation of children's literature Á its materiality Á and the way in which it operates among various aesthetic strategies and medialities Á its intermediality. In light of this development it becomes essential to examine both the relationship between various art forms in specific works of children's literature, and also to draw on other fields of research; for example, media science to explore the transgressing of media-specific borders. This article explores how an intermedial-analytical approach can shed light on the formation of meaning in a specific app: Tavs (Camilla Hü bbe, Rasmus Meisler, and Stefan Pasborg 2013). The aim is to understand how the app integrates various art forms and sensory appeals Á such as visual-, audio-and tactile dimensions. The analysis, which explores intermedial relationships within the specific app, is examined from a media-critical approach (Bolter and Grusin), an art-critical approach (Elleströ m), and a literary approach (Rajewsky).

In-Between. Intermedial understanding and analysis of children’s literature

“…Rhedin 1992, Druker 2008, White 2011, Bjørlo 2018) and has received renewed accentuation in recent years due to the many possibilities that come with digitalization (Henkel 2017, Kurwinkel 2018 and three anthologies edited by Tønnessen 2014, Kümmerling-Meibauer &Surmatz 2011, andWeinkauf, Dettmar, Möbius &Tomkowiak 2014). Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics excels at having an extensive collection of articles thematizing intermedial conditions related to digital literature for children and children's reading of this literature (Schwebs 2014, Turrión 2014, Al-Yaqout & Nikolajeva 2015, Henkel 2015, Søyland & Gulliksen 2019, Guanio-Uluru 2019and Hagen 2019. In light of the pronounced presence of intermedial conditions in the literature for children and young adults, it is, however, remarkable that this approach is rarely applied throughout as a strategy of analysis and, when applied, then only on a limited text corpus.…”

Rhythm in literary apps

“…Research addressing theory development in the field of literary apps has included studies that draw on picture book theory (Al-Yaqout and Nikolajeva, 2015), narrative theory (Stichnothe, 2014), post-structural literary theory (Turrión, 2014), and intermedial theory (Henkel, 2015). Analytical frameworks from multimodal social semiotics have been employed on literary apps by Frederico (2017) and Zhao and Unsworth (2017).…”

Overgange. Børne- og ungdomslitteratur og barndomsopfattelser i bevægelse

“…Nye udgivelsesformer, der ikke nødvendigvis er knyttet hverken til bogen eller skriften, har ligeledes gjort det naerliggende at undersøge det børnelitteraere felts tilgraensende områder, såsom apps, remedierede fortaellinger og lydbøger. Sådanne undersøgelse har vist, at tekster i dag optraeder i hybride former, der kalder på nye former for undersøgelser (Henkel 2015).…”