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Anthony Browne’s ilustrationMetamorphosis of a genre:he Daydreamer by Ian McEwanROBERTA FERRARIUniversità di Pisa, ItaliaImposibilia Nº8, páginas 46-63 (Octubre 2014) ISSN 2174-2464.Artículo recibido el 29/07/2014, aceptado el 10/09/2014 y publicado el 30/10/2014.46
ABSTRACT: When a major author engages in writing a book for children, it always turns out to be morethan a mere incursion into a les prestigious genre. his paper proposes a reading of Ian McEwan’s heDaydreamer aimed at unveiling its diferent levels of signication through a study of its paratextual,intertextual, structural, and metaictional components, as wel as of its ilustrations, in order to show howthey synergicaly contribute to the creation of a dense and most intriguing book capable of throwing newlight on our very idea of “children’s literature”.KEYWORDS: Ian McEwan, he Daydreamer, children’s literature, metamorphosis, paratext, intertextuality,ilustrationsRIASSUNTO: Quando un romanziere famoso decide di scrivere un libro per bambini, la sua esperienza vasempre ben oltre l’incursione in un genere minore. Questo saggio si propone di analizare he Daydreamerdi Ian McEwan studiandone i diversi liveli di signicazione atraverso le componenti paratestuali,intertestuali, struturali e autoreferenziali, nonché l’apparato di ilustrazioni, al ine di evidenziare il modo incui ese contribuiscono sinergicamente ala creazione di un libro denso e acativante, capace di getarenuova luce sula “leteratura infantile” come genere.PAROLE CHIAVE: Ian McEwan, he Daydreamer, leteratura per bambini, metamorfosi, paratesto,intertestualità, ilustrazioni.A children’s story is the best art-formfor something you have to sayC.S. LewisChildren’s boks, the best of them, arenot delightful. [.] he artists that do the best onesare able to make them delightful on one level,but that’s just the whipped cream on top.Underneath there is something much moreArnold Lobel“his is a species of literature whose boundaries are very hazy”: Peter Hunt’s lapidary statement inthe “Introduction” to his 1990 volume Children’s Literature. he Development of Criticism stil soundsappropriate to describe a literary genre which, despite the amount of critical interest aroused in the last fewdecades, stil eludes a clear-cut deinition. he liminal nature of children’s literature, inescapably suspendedFerari, Roberta. “Metamorphosis of a genre: he Daydreamer by Ian McEwan”. Imposibilia Nº8, Págs. 46-63 (Octubre 2014)Artículo recibido el 29/07/2014 – Aceptado el 10/09/2014 – Publicado el 30/10/2014.47
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Anthony Browne’s ilustrationMetamorphosis of a genre:he Daydreamer by Ian McEwanROBERTA FERRARIUniversità di Pisa, ItaliaImposibilia Nº8, páginas 46-63 (Octubre <strong>2014</strong>) ISSN 2174-2464.Artículo recibido el 29/07/<strong>2014</strong>, aceptado el 10/09/<strong>2014</strong> y publicado el 30/10/<strong>2014</strong>.46