Conflicts’ Typology in ‘The Adventures of Dennis’ by V. Dragunskiy: Receptive-functional aspect”

Abstract

Olga Mikhaylova’s article, “Conflicts’ Typology in ‘The Adventures of Dennis’ by V. Dragunskiy: Receptive-functional aspect” deals with various types of conflicts in the “The Adventures of Dennis” by V. Dragunsky. The majority of these conflicts are not only determined by a traditional opposition “a child — an adult” but also differ depending on the author’s addressing. Editorial and publishing aspects influenced the subject matter of the conflicts: depending on the audience of the edition, wherein a particular story was published different sides of the same conflict are emphasized by Dragunsky. The article contains a comparison of lifetime editions of several stories from the “The Adventures of Dennis” in order to determine conflict’s transformation in publications addressed to children and adults.   Keywords: addressing in children's literature, receptive aesthetics, Soviet children's literature, V. Dragunsky