Research Article

ANIMAL MYTHS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Volume: 21 Number: 1 January 26, 2022
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ANIMAL MYTHS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Abstract

The target was to determine the place of mythology in children’s literature in this study which aimed at presenting how mythologic animals took place in works and which mythologic meanings and interpretations were laid on animals in children’s literature books. For this purpose, 61 books were read in order to determine the mythologic animals and the animals which were attributed a mythological meaning. The books belonged to Turkish Literature within the list of “100 Basic Works” that were recommended by The Ministry of Education through 2005-2018 to be read at primary schools. The elements regarding mythologic animals were determined with document analysis and interpreted through descriptive analysis. It was seen that the works of children’s literature being analysed were rich in terms of animal myth variety. Thus, it was identified that there were 24 different types of mythologic animals which were mythologically approached including dragons in the works. In the study, the bird was identified as the animal which was mentioned mythologically the most in the works with 7 different types including one of the mythological birds, Phoenix. It was found that the reason for using bird myth was the idea of flying away from troubles like a bird in our society’s subconscious. The horse and the snake were the most discussed animals within 100 Basic Works anthology after bird.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 26, 2022

Submission Date

August 13, 2021

Acceptance Date

November 23, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 21 Number: 1

APA
Kaplan, T., & Aydın, E. (2022). ANIMAL MYTHS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 21(1), 525-544. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.982582
AMA
1.Kaplan T, Aydın E. ANIMAL MYTHS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS. GAUN-JSS. 2022;21(1):525-544. doi:10.21547/jss.982582
Chicago
Kaplan, Tuba, and Elif Aydın. 2022. “ANIMAL MYTHS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 21 (1): 525-44. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.982582.
EndNote
Kaplan T, Aydın E (January 1, 2022) ANIMAL MYTHS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 21 1 525–544.
IEEE
[1]T. Kaplan and E. Aydın, “ANIMAL MYTHS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS”, GAUN-JSS, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 525–544, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.21547/jss.982582.
ISNAD
Kaplan, Tuba - Aydın, Elif. “ANIMAL MYTHS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 21/1 (January 1, 2022): 525-544. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.982582.
JAMA
1.Kaplan T, Aydın E. ANIMAL MYTHS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS. GAUN-JSS. 2022;21:525–544.
MLA
Kaplan, Tuba, and Elif Aydın. “ANIMAL MYTHS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 21, no. 1, Jan. 2022, pp. 525-44, doi:10.21547/jss.982582.
Vancouver
1.Tuba Kaplan, Elif Aydın. ANIMAL MYTHS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS. GAUN-JSS. 2022 Jan. 1;21(1):525-44. doi:10.21547/jss.982582