Inventing Contemporary Meaning of a Lived Life: Edith Wharton, Biography with the Young Reader in Mind

Inventing Contemporary Meaning of a Lived Life: Edith Wharton, Biography with the Young Reader in Mind

The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton: A Biography (2010), by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge is a recent biography of Edith Wharton (1862-1937) written for young readers. Wharton, known as a writer who neither wrote about, or for children, is here introduced to an entirely new audience. This article sets o...

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Hlavní autor: Strääf, Maria
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:trans_766 https://doi.org/10.4000/trans.766 urn:doi:10.4000/trans.766 fr https://journals.openedition.org/trans/766 2013-03-03T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/ljoz All rights reserved Inventing Contemporary Meaning of a Lived Life: Edith Wharton, Biography with the Young Reader in Mind TRANS- Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1778-3887 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/trans Strääf, Maria The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton: A Biography (2010), by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge is a recent biography of Edith Wharton (1862-1937) written for young readers. Wharton, known as a writer who neither wrote about, or for children, is here introduced to an entirely new audience. This article sets out to discuss the interventions made in the biography’s narrative discourse that orientates the telling of Edith Wharton’s lifespan to a contemporary young reader. In adjusting the text to the audience, the biographic material and Wharton’s entire lifespan is translated across time and adapted to suit the young reader. The telling of a contemporary tale about the meaning of the author’s life and work is invented. What story is formed, and what taken for granted norms and values does it hold? In what way an entire lifespan, 1862 to 1937, is made relevant for young readers in 2010? The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton: A Biography (2010), écrit par Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge est une biographie récente d’Edith Wharton (1862-1937), s’adressant à de jeunes lecteurs. Wharton, connue comme écrivain n’écrivant ni sur ni pour les enfants, est de ce fait présentée à un public entièrement nouveau. Cet article cherche à discuter des interventions dans le discours narratif de la biographie qui orientent le récit de la vie d’Edith Wharton vers un jeune lectorat contemporain. En ajustant le texte à son public, les éléments biographiques et la vie entière de Wharton sont traduits pour une époque et adaptés en des expériences convenables pour le jeune lecteur. A travers le récit, un conte contemporain sur la signification de la vie et de l’œuvre d’un auteur est inventé. Quelle est cette histoire créée et quelles normes et valeurs données comme évidentes véhicule-t-elle ? Comment une vie entière, de 1862 à 1937, est-elle rendue intéressante pour de jeunes lecteurs de 2010 ?
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description The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton: A Biography (2010), by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge is a recent biography of Edith Wharton (1862-1937) written for young readers. Wharton, known as a writer who neither wrote about, or for children, is here introduced to an entirely new audience. This article sets out to discuss the interventions made in the biography’s narrative discourse that orientates the telling of Edith Wharton’s lifespan to a contemporary young reader. In adjusting the text to the audience, the biographic material and Wharton’s entire lifespan is translated across time and adapted to suit the young reader. The telling of a contemporary tale about the meaning of the author’s life and work is invented. What story is formed, and what taken for granted norms and values does it hold? In what way an entire lifespan, 1862 to 1937, is made relevant for young readers in 2010?
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