Studia Polensia, Vol. 5 No. 1, 2016.
Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.32728/studpol/2016.05.01.04
THE ROLE OF THE BOOK AND READING IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE CLASSICS OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE, THE FIRST EXPERIENCE OF LITERATURE AND THE FIRST WINDOW ONTO THE WORLD
Elis Deghenghi Olujić
; Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to place emphasis on the role of books and reading on our everyday experience and the cultural and humanising influence they have on the development of the young. How can one prevent the danger that books and reading might diminish to the point of oblivion among the young? These are some of the primary questions posed by this work, those questions which have originated from the belief that the roles of books and reading cannot be substituted in personal Development. Because children are not born with the desire to read, so that this is something which must be implemented in early childhood (a claim made by many pedagogues), the work of Daniel Pennac, especially Come un romanzo, in which this author offers useful advice in order to enact this process, has informed our analysis. This is a task which is expected of a child’s parents and must be realised within the family circle, and can only be transferred to schools and other learning institutions at a later stage. The works of children’s literature at their best are a guarantor for personal development and education, and are also an aid in the inception of the process of reading beginning in early childhood and continuing to adolescence.
Keywords
book, reading; development and education; childhood
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180230
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Publication date:
31.10.2016.
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