HAYEF: Journal of Education
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MAGICAL REALISM AND CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: “GARAJDAKI GIZ” AS AN EXEMPLIFICATION

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İstanbul Üniversitesi, HAYEF, Türkçe Eğitimi Bölümü

HAYEF: Journal of Education 2014; 11: 119-127
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English children’s literature author David Almond, wrote many books for children and young adults. His book “Skelling” translated into Turkish and published at 2004 with a title “Garajdaki Giz” (Mystery in the Garage). The publishing time of this book in England was 1998. The book is addressed to 10-12 years old children. The purpose of this article is to discuss the relations of David Almond’s book “Garajdaki Giz” with magical realism. In order to make this discussion, the theorical perspective will be gathered from the narrations written with a magical realist standpoint. “Garajdaki Gi”z will be analized by the common proporties of magical realist works and by examining the relation of children’s literature with magical realism.

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