Published: 2021-06-29

The Character of Witch Revised in Novels for Teenagers

Marie-Claude Hubert Logo ORCID

Abstract

There are many publications on witches both in children’s literature and in scholarly essays. Mona Chollet’s Witches, the Undefeated Power of Women explains that the word has become an emblem of feminism. This article offers a comparative analysis of several recent novels, based on the latter’s thesis, whose aim is to examine how the witch character is constructed, how the authors treat historical data (healer witch, witch-hunt, stake, etc.) and how they renew this character regarding certain issues (identity, transmission, emancipation, etc.). Are the witches of children’s novels carrying feminist demands for young readers?

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Hubert, M.-C. (2021). The Character of Witch Revised in Novels for Teenagers. Romanica Silesiana, 19(1), 80–92. https://doi.org/10.31261/RS.2021.19.07

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2021)
Published: 2021-07-14


ISSN: 1898-2433
eISSN: 2353-9887

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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