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Essay / Talking animals in children's literature - 2117
Children's literature is becoming more and more important in today's society. “Talking animals,” once taboo characters in literature, are now widely accepted as a way to teach and entertain young children. Interestingly, these anthropomorphic characters connect with children and become more loved than human or child characters. Now, thanks to our new technology, even movies are being made about talking animals. Our article will attempt to answer questions related to this topic, such as the motivation of a writer to write talking animal stories for children, when the idea of such writing began, why these stories are popular among children, whether they have educational value, and how they influence culture today. We decided to use the most popular and representative work as an example to explore our questions regarding the popularity and importance of talking animal stories. So we chose Winnie the Pooh to sufficiently express that talking animal stories have great significance for the modern world. world and are beneficial to children in their rites of passage into the adult world, a world that is reflected in these beloved works. Children's literature is a relatively new genre of literature in comparison, developing with ideas of childhood and its psychological stages. “It was not until around the 18th century that children's literature as we know it – books written and published specifically for children's enjoyment as well as their edification – finally emerged.” (Russell 8) Talking about animals in children's literature is a motif that only began to appear in the last two centuries due to religious attempts to prevent children from hearing stories that broke the laws of nature, or God. "...most writers of the era cond...... middle of paper...childhood days." This shows how important an anthropomorphic children's book can be. Talking animals in children's literature may have taken off quickly. But this is not a passing fad. The reasons behind the popularity and importance of talking animal stories can be easily summarized. Winnie the Pooh marks the beginning of these talking animal stories for children, we can only wish that the works written later were half as valuable as they became. But we know that it is through these works that instantly attract children that they learn the morals of adults and the valuable moral lessons they will need throughout their lives. Winnie the Pooh managed to achieve this, and through a brief study of Winnie the Pooh we understand that talking animals can have such great significance for today's children and for adults who remember of their childhood..