FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT AND THE BRITISH COLONIALISM REFLECTIONS IN THE PAGES OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Shishkova Irina Alekseevna
Maxim Gorky Institute of Literature and Creative Writing
Submitted: 14.03.2019
Abstract. The article considers the development features of the English children’s literature of the British colonialism era in terms of the outstanding Anglo-American writer Frances Hodgson Burnett’s creative work. In Russia, her works have not been studied from the perspective of imperial views on the world order yet. The author focuses on the evolution of children’s images in her most famous novel "A Little Princess" and the story "The Secret Garden". The paper allows studying some gender aspects of the English children’s literature in more detail and analysing the degree of their influence on the public opinion of England in the Victorian and Edwardian era.
Key words and phrases: детская литература, британский колониализм, Фрэнсис Ходжсон Бернетт, "Маленькая принцесса", "Заповедный сад", викторианство, children’s literature, British colonialism, Frances Hodgson Burnett, "A Little Princess", "The Secret Garden", Victorian era
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