Det sublime og det skjønne som estetisk kvalitet i nyere norsk bildebokkritikk

Abstract

This article analyses a specifi c number of picture book reviews on prize-winning Norwegian picture books from 1998–2008. The subject for the analysis is to examine what kind of aesthetic thinking that is expressed in the reviewer’s judgement of the book. I found that it was possible to relate the reviews to two well established concepts in classic aesthetic theory, namely the concept of the beauty and the sublime. To illustrate this I have studied more exhaustive a smaller number of reviews on two different books.

Keywords: picturebooks, literary criticism, aesthetic theory, the beauty, the sublime

(Published: 3 March 2011)

Citation: Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics, Vol. 2, 2011 DOI: 10.3402/ blft.v2i0.5833

Note: This article is being published simultaneously in Barnboken – tidskrift för barnlitteraturforskning/Journal of Children’s Literature Research and Nordic ChildLit Aesthetics/Barnelitterært forskningstidsskrift