Call for papers of «Pagine Giovani», bi-annual scientific journal of youth literature, founded in 1977 and currently published by Anicia editions (see also the website www.pagine-giovani.it), for a monographic insert on the topic: Children’s and youth literature and sport
About the Theme
Sport is a recurring presence in youth literature: both in short stories and novels, in comics and graphic novels, and in children’s periodicals – which frequently dedicate pages to sports champions and sporting events -, and in popular books and, not least, in cartoons. Today, on a global level, we are witnessing a renewed interest in sport, linked to the many ongoing events, which has been also translated into literary works, narrative and otherwise, for childhood and adolescence.
Therefore, in- depth research on the topic is not inappropriate, also in reference to the disappearance of the Hegelian cosmic-historical individuals and the decline of traditional literary, comics and film heroes.
We are looking for submission addressing the following matters (not limited to):
- Sport in today’s literature for children and adolescents
- Female sport in today’s literature for children and adolescents
- Sport and disability
- Sport in the years of «Il Vittorioso»
- Gino Bartali, model Christian champion in the pages of «Il Vittorioso»
- Sport in the «Corriere dei Piccoli»
- Sport in the comics of yesterday and today
- Sport in graphic novels
- Sport in today’s children’s periodical press
- Sport in nippocartoon
- Sport in songs
- Online sports journalism for pre-adolescents and teenagers
- The male and female biographies of sport champions
- A survey of the young generations’ favorite sports champions
- The most represented sporting activities in today’s children’s literature
- Sports more represented by children’s books of the second half of the last century
- The new heroes of sport, a model for young readers
- Old and new myths of literature and sport
- The new heroes of sport: socio-psycho-pedagogical problems
- Are the educational values of sport adequately highlighted in today’s writing for the developmental age?
Papers (approximately 1000 characters in lenght, including spaces) should be submitted to the to the editorial coordinator of the journal: cl************@li****.it by 15 September 2024.
We accept papers in Italian, English, French or Spanish, accompanied by a short biography and an essential bibliography.
The proposals will be subjected to a review process, the result of which will be communicated by 30 September 2024. The full articles, in Italian or English (from 25,000 to 35,000 characters, including spaces), accompanied by abstracts in Italian and English (max 800 characters each), the keywords and any related illustrations, must be submitted by 15 December 2024. They will be subjected to a double blind peer review process. Publication: February 2025.
Editor in Chief: Prof. Angelo Nobile, University of Parma, Rome
