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Lidia Amor
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Conicet) / Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4414-4148
Juan Manuel Lacalle
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4162-638X
No 11 (2024), Monographic section. The Middle Ages for the early ages: the medieval imagery in literary production aimed at children and young adults, pages 1-23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15304/elos.11.10088
Submitted: 23-08-2024 Accepted: 04-11-2024 Published: 10-12-2024
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The last third of the twentieth century witnessed the expansion of the publishing market devoted to children and young readers. In line with the new pedagogical perspectives that were being developed in the Argentinean educational system, the demand for new stories and new texts allowed the appropriation of themes foreign to national folklore. In this way, the medieval narrative that emerged around the 12th century in Western Europe recovered its own space in the editorial series or collections dedicated to the children's sector. In this context, the Matter of Britain, especially the Arthurian legend, takes a prominent place, competing with heroes, such as the Cid Campeador, closer to the Argentinian literary tradition. On this occasion, we are interested in analyzing, from a neomedieval approach, collections of stories about King Arthur and his knights, which were published from the 1990s onwards. We will try to examine how the stories are appropriated, how versions and adaptations are constructed, and what idea of the medieval world they recreate for young people.