Changing approaches in children's books; postmodern design

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Children's Books
Postmodern
Design
Metafiction
Illustration

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Kılıç, A. (2022). Changing approaches in children’s books; postmodern design. JOURNAL OF ARTS, 5(1), 21–26. https://doi.org/10.31566/arts.5.1.03

Abstract

Postmodernism is a multicultural narrative with multiple perspectives (Doll, 1993). In the last ten years, a sub-genre with the definition of “postmodern” has emerged in children's picture books. Incomplete or contradictory texts and images given to the child consciously are designed to encourage different ways of thinking and interpretation. Taking action to demolish the traditional idea of ​​picture books, these books encourage children and even adults to creative interpretations with their ironic, disconnected fictions, and surprise with their distinctive subject connections. These books, which do not contain unusual plot and intertextuality, parody, design layout, pictorial fonts and perspectives, and linear narrative styles, have metafictional features. Postmodern children's picture books, which do not use traditional visual analysis methods, create a space where the form of visual interpretation is left to the reader. With its unusual design, it invites the reader to navigate non-linear spaces and decode the visual codes to make sense of the complexities inherent in these texts.

 This article will examine the approaches that prepare the conditions for the "postmodern children's book" in designing children's books, and the perceptions that develop in terms of the reader.

https://doi.org/10.31566/arts.5.1.03

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