Scary Genres of Contemporary Children’s Literature

Abstract

In the article by Irina Sergienko (Antipova, St. Petersburg) entitled «Scary Genres of Contemporary Children’s Literature», the author analyses thriller and horror as genres appealing to pre-teens. Sergienko reveals the short evolution of the genres, analyses the factors that led to the creation of scary stories as a specific narrative in post-Soviet mass literature. She also describes the most popular genre categories and creates a list of artistic devices. The analysis is based on literary works from 1990s-2010 and this is the first time that this particular material became the subject of scholarly analysis.