Children´s Characters in Realistic and Fantasy Novels

Ovaj rad rezultat je proučavanja prikaza dječjih likova u romanima svjetske dječje književnosti. Od razvoja dječje književnosti krajem 17. stoljeća, govori se o tome kako svaka književnost ima neku funkciju, a svrha dječje književnosti je od samih početaka bila da podučava djecu. Iz tog su razloga u dječjim romanima prevladavali uzorni prikazi dječjih likova od kojih su djeca mogla naučiti kako se lijepo ponašati. Kako se kroz stoljeća dječja književnost razvijala, tako se razvijao i pristup autora u prikazu dječjih likova. U radu će biti riječi o poznatim djelima svjetske dječje književnosti čiji su autori Mark Twain, Ferenc Molnár, Erich Kästner i Astrid Lindgren. Naglasak je stavljen na analizu dječjih likova iz njihovih poznatih realističnih ili fantastičnih dječjih romana (Pustolovine Toma Sawyera, Dječaci Pavlove ulice, Emil i detektivi i Pipi Duga Čarapa) zbog kojih su neki od autora naišli na kritike i osporavanje zbog prikazivanja dječjih likova koji su portretirani vjerno i realistično. Analiza će se vršiti u rasponu od fizičkog izgleda likova, izražavanja emocija i njihova odnosa s drugim likovima.This thesis is a result of analysis of children's characters and their representation in novels of children's literature. Since the end of the 17th century, when children's literature started to develop, it was said that every literature has its function, and from the start, the function of the children's literature was to teach and educate young readers. That is why exemplary depictions of children's characters prevailed in the children's novels and from these exemplary depictions children learnt how to behave well. Together with the changes of children's literature, that happened through centuries, came the changes in authors' viewpoints and representation of children's characters. This paper will be about famous works of the world's children's literature whose authors are Mark Twain, Ferenc Molnár, Erich Kästner and Astrid Lindgren. The emphasis has been placed on the analysis of the children's characters from realistic and fantasy novels (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Paul Street Boys, Emil and the Detectives and Pippi Longstocking) whose authors were faced with criticism because their characters were represented truthfully and realistically. The analysis will cover physical appearance of the characters, how they express emotions and their relationships with other characters