On the occasion of the centenary of Roald Dahl’s birth, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in collaboration with the CRLI (Centro di Ricerche in Letteratura per l’Infanzia – Centre of Research on Children’s Literature) has organised an international conference with the title Rebel Stories and Glittering Eyes – One Hundred Years of Roald Dahl (April 5th 2016), in which some of the most influential researchers on Dahl have participated, such as J.M. Held, S. Rennie, D. Sturrock. The aim of this contribution is to provide a critical review on the current state of the researches that investigate the life, the work and the poetics of R. Dahl – one of the main British writers in the field of Children’s Literature within our 20th century – in light of the speeches that have been given and debated during the scientific event.
One hundred years since the birth of Dahl: an International conference on current perspectives of research. Rebel Stories and Glittering Eyes. One Hundred Years with Roald Dahl (Bologna, Children’s Book Fair 2016, April 5th 2016) / Emma Beseghi. - In: HISTORY OF EDUCATION & CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. - ISSN 1971-1131. - ELETTRONICO. - 11:2(2016), pp. 565-571. [10.1400/248483]
One hundred years since the birth of Dahl: an International conference on current perspectives of research. Rebel Stories and Glittering Eyes. One Hundred Years with Roald Dahl (Bologna, Children’s Book Fair 2016, April 5th 2016)
BESEGHI, EMMA
2016
Abstract
On the occasion of the centenary of Roald Dahl’s birth, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in collaboration with the CRLI (Centro di Ricerche in Letteratura per l’Infanzia – Centre of Research on Children’s Literature) has organised an international conference with the title Rebel Stories and Glittering Eyes – One Hundred Years of Roald Dahl (April 5th 2016), in which some of the most influential researchers on Dahl have participated, such as J.M. Held, S. Rennie, D. Sturrock. The aim of this contribution is to provide a critical review on the current state of the researches that investigate the life, the work and the poetics of R. Dahl – one of the main British writers in the field of Children’s Literature within our 20th century – in light of the speeches that have been given and debated during the scientific event.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
