Metafictive devices in children’s picturebooks and the development of children’s critical multimodal literacies

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Turner, Carmel Ann, Barton, Georgina and Riddle, Stewart. (2023). Metafictive devices in children’s picturebooks and the development of children’s critical multimodal literacies. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. 46(1), pp. 73-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44020-023-00032-8
AuthorsTurner, Carmel Ann, Barton, Georgina and Riddle, Stewart
Abstract

High-quality children’s literature, including picturebooks, are important resources in the classroom for students to engage with complex and sometimes concerning contemporary issues. One strategy to involve students in learning about such issues is through the use of metafictive devices, which are literary stratagems that draw readers into knowing more about a topic and helping them understand and interpret them safely. In this paper, we analyse three selected texts that contain important and deliberate metafictive devices used by award-winning authors/illustrators. First, we share brief synopses of each book and then provide detailed analyses of the literary tools used by the authors, including how they support students’ meaning-making practices through language and image. Then we consider how these works were used in a primary school classroom to improve children’s critical multimodal literacies so that they became more discerning readers who could effectively cope and engage with complex and troubling world issues through literature.

KeywordsChildren’s literature; Metafictive devices; Global issues; Learning and teaching ; Critical literacy
Year01 Jan 2023
JournalAustralian Journal of Language and Literacy
Journal citation46 (1), pp. 73-87
PublisherSpringer Singapore
ISSN1038-1562
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s44020-023-00032-8
Web address (URL)https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44020-023-00032-8
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Page range73-87
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Print20 Mar 2023
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Accepted07 Mar 2023
Deposited24 Jul 2024
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