When a child slips into a wardrobe, he may see disconcerting things: the little brothers described by the Oxfordian professor C.S. Lewis entered a wardrobe and went out into the fantasy world of Narnia. Meanwhile, Lyra Belacqua – the little protagonist of the novel Northern Lights by Philip Pullman – hid herself in a wardrobe full of worm-eaten gowns and discovered the mysterious intrigues of other Oxford academics. University professors have appeared in many children's stories: sometimes they are good-natured and likeable bunglers, other times they are heroes of science and progress and, finally, sometimes they reveal themselves as disturbing scholars of unknown abysses. The article aims to examine from a hermeneutic and historical-pedagogical point of view (according to Antonio Faeti's approach) the relationship between university and childhood by means of the adventures, plots and protagonists of tales involving curious children, solemn academic chambers, and professors capable of telling great truths in form of apparently - only apparently - childish stories.

Quando un bambino si infila in un armadio può vedere cose sconcertanti: i fratellini descritti dal professore oxoniense C.S. Lewis, entrando in un guardaroba, uscirono nel mondo fantastico di Narnia, invece, la piccola Lyra Belacqua – protagonista del romanzo La bussola d’oro di Philip Pullman – nascondendosi in un armadio pieno di toghe tarlate, scoprì gli intrighi misteriosi di altri accademici di Oxford. I professori universitari sono entrati in tanti racconti per bambini: a volte sono bonari e simpatici pasticcioni, altre volte sono eroi della scienza e del progresso, mentre talora si palesano come inquietanti studiosi di ignoti abissi. L’articolo intende esaminare con metodo ermeneutico e storico-pedagogico (secondo la lezione di Antonio Faeti) il rapporto tra università e infanzia attraverso le avventure, le trame e i protagonisti di narrazioni che vedono coinvolti fanciulli curiosi, aule solenni, e professori capaci di raccontare grandi verità sottoforma di storie apparentemente – solo apparentemente – puerili.

William Grandi (2024). Sbirciare i segreti degli accademici : l’università nella letteratura per l’infanzia. PEDAGOGIA OGGI, 22(1), 26-32 [10.7346/PO-012024-03].

Sbirciare i segreti degli accademici : l’università nella letteratura per l’infanzia

William Grandi
2024

Abstract

When a child slips into a wardrobe, he may see disconcerting things: the little brothers described by the Oxfordian professor C.S. Lewis entered a wardrobe and went out into the fantasy world of Narnia. Meanwhile, Lyra Belacqua – the little protagonist of the novel Northern Lights by Philip Pullman – hid herself in a wardrobe full of worm-eaten gowns and discovered the mysterious intrigues of other Oxford academics. University professors have appeared in many children's stories: sometimes they are good-natured and likeable bunglers, other times they are heroes of science and progress and, finally, sometimes they reveal themselves as disturbing scholars of unknown abysses. The article aims to examine from a hermeneutic and historical-pedagogical point of view (according to Antonio Faeti's approach) the relationship between university and childhood by means of the adventures, plots and protagonists of tales involving curious children, solemn academic chambers, and professors capable of telling great truths in form of apparently - only apparently - childish stories.
2024
William Grandi (2024). Sbirciare i segreti degli accademici : l’università nella letteratura per l’infanzia. PEDAGOGIA OGGI, 22(1), 26-32 [10.7346/PO-012024-03].
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