Publication: Island: hopes, trials and tribulations in the stories of Hermynia Zur Mühlen and Mira Lobe
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Sáez Méndez, Leonor
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Peter Lang
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Cagnolati, Antonella
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Dentro del amplio grupo de la literatura infantil y juvenil austriaca, nos centraremos en dos autoras cuya producción presenta un notable contenido regional y feminista: Hermynia Zur Mühlen (1883–1951) y Mira Lobe (1913–1995). La primera fue una aristócrata vienesa; la segunda pertenecía a una familia burguesa judía. Ambas comparten, entre otros aspectos, su sensibilidad social, su pertenencia y posterior distanciamiento crítico del Partido Comunista, su salida de su país debido a la persecución nazi y su migración como consecuencia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Hermynia Zur Mühlen por criticar el racismo y defender a los judíos; Mira Lobe por ser judía.
Las obras de ambas escritoras integran los dos aspectos que caracterizan la literatura infantil y juvenil: el entretenimiento y una finalidad pedagógica, exigiendo de los lectores una actitud reflexiva. Las aventuras que experimentan los personajes les ayudarán a replantearse a sí mismos y a generar cambios significativos en sus entornos. En sus relatos emplean diversos conceptos: poder, desigualdad social y económica, identidad, racismo y violencia. Sin embargo, también incluyen soluciones solidarias y fraternas, esperanza y cambios sociales a través de transformaciones individuales. La reflexión ética constituye una parte central de sus relatos.
Within the large group of Austrian children's and young people literature, we are going to focus on two authors whose production has a remarkable regional and feminist content: Hermynia Zur Mühlen (1883-1951) andMiraLobe {1913-1995). Toe formerwas a Viennese aristocrat; the latter belonged to a Jewish bourgeois family. They both have in common, inter alia, their social sensibility, their belonging to and critica! withdrawal from the Communist Party, their departure from their country dueto the Nazi persecution and their migration as a consequence of the Second World War. Hermynia Zur Mühler for criticising racism and defending the Jews. Mira Lobe for being Jewish. Toe works of both writers integrate the two aspects which characterise children's and young people literature: Entertainment and a pedagogical end, demanding a reflective attitude from readers. Toe adventures which the characters experience will help them rethink themselves and produce significant changes in their environments. In their tales, they employ different concepts: power, social and economic inequality, identity, racism, violence. However, they also include solidary, fraternal solutions, hope and social changes through individual changes. Ethical reflection is a central part of their tales.
Within the large group of Austrian children's and young people literature, we are going to focus on two authors whose production has a remarkable regional and feminist content: Hermynia Zur Mühlen (1883-1951) andMiraLobe {1913-1995). Toe formerwas a Viennese aristocrat; the latter belonged to a Jewish bourgeois family. They both have in common, inter alia, their social sensibility, their belonging to and critica! withdrawal from the Communist Party, their departure from their country dueto the Nazi persecution and their migration as a consequence of the Second World War. Hermynia Zur Mühler for criticising racism and defending the Jews. Mira Lobe for being Jewish. Toe works of both writers integrate the two aspects which characterise children's and young people literature: Entertainment and a pedagogical end, demanding a reflective attitude from readers. Toe adventures which the characters experience will help them rethink themselves and produce significant changes in their environments. In their tales, they employ different concepts: power, social and economic inequality, identity, racism, violence. However, they also include solidary, fraternal solutions, hope and social changes through individual changes. Ethical reflection is a central part of their tales.
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