Very Nice!!!!!! But Wish they are not just another marketing strategy of some MNCs. Let they not be very expensive.
ArunK On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Prasanthi Uppalapati < [email protected]> wrote: > Source URL: > http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20100204/385/ten-children-s-computer-games-comics-nov.html > > Children's computer games, comics, novels 'worthy of academic study' > > > London, Feb 04 (ANI): A new Cambridge University institute will soon give > children's computer games, comics and novels as much significance as "texts > worthy of serious academic attention." > > Professor Maria Nikolajeva, who is set to be the first director of the > Cambridge / Homerton Research and Training Centre for Children's Literature, > dedicated to studying children's media, insists that video games like 'The > Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince' help children make moral choices. > > "It's easy to say that these things are just kids' fashions or that they're > trash, but I don't believe that's good enough," the Telegraph quoted > Nikolajeva as saying. > > She added: "If what we regard as trash is popular with young people, we > need to know why.Even if you are looking at an ABC book, the choice of 'A > for apple and 'C for car' rather than 'cart' tells us something about the > culture. There are lots of embedded, implicit messages." > > Nikolajeva further argued that at a hidden level books about growing up are > also about making children realize they will one day die. > > She said Peter Pan was about a child denying death because he refuses to > grow up. > > She concluded: "All children's books bring the idea of your own mortality. > I think it's inherent. > > "There might be writers who are more conscious [of such embedded ideas] > than others, who never give it a thought, but I think it's such a profound > part of children's literature, that it's present verywhere." (ANI) > ANI > > > -- > Thank you. > > with regards, > PRASANTHI. > http://groups.google.com/group/birdsofsamefeathers > ---- > When you want something, the whole universe conspires in helping you to > achieve it. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "birdsofsamfeathers-chennai" group. > To post to this group, send an email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<birdsofsamfeathers-chennai%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/birdsofsamfeathers-chennai?hl=en-GB. >
