Original scientific paper
Gender Equality: A Case Study of The Flying Train by Janaki Sooriyarachchi
Mehdi Ghasemi
orcid.org/0000-0002-1719-9496
; University of Turku, Finland
Abstract
Gender inequality is one of the most important concerns of the world today, even in children’s storybooks. The creation of “biased” or “unbiased” storybooks which blur or highlight gender differences help to form gender equality or inequality right from early childhood. Through a thorough examination of The Flying Train (2003), a story written in English for children between six and ten years of age, this paper intends to explain how Janaki Sooriyarachchi – the writer and illustrator of the story – attempts to validate both feminine and masculine voices and visions and balance gender issues both in the text and in the illustrations of the analysed narrative.
Keywords
gender equalit; , children’s storybooks; picturebook; Janaki Sooriyarachchi; The Flying Train
Hrčak ID:
128423
URI
Publication date:
10.11.2014.
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