LITERARY CYNOLOGY. BOOK REVIEW OF: MARINA S. KOSTYUKHINA. FROM MUMU TO SONYA DOGGY: THE IMAGE OF A DOG IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AND SCHOOL READING. ST. PETERSBURG: PUBLISHING HOUSE OF THE RUSSIAN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER A. I. HERZEN, 2021

Abstract

A new monograph by M. S. Kostyukhina, author of the books “Toy in Chil- dren’s Literature”, “Children’s Oracle”. Through the Pages of Desk-Printed Books”, explores the dynamics of the principles and methods of creating the image of a dog in the Russian literature of the 19th-20th century. The review characterizes the principles of systematization of literary material, notes the role of illustrative and reference apparatus, and points out the practical significance of the monograph for educators, teachers of literature, as well as parents. Cross-cutting ideas of the monograph are identified: the relevance of children’s literature about animals to the general historical and cultural situation and the dominant literary trend, the high educational potential of such works, the gradual strengthening of not only the socially critical but also the philosophical component of such literature addressed to children.

Keywords: animalistic literature, images of animals, history of children’s literature about animals, literary life, an image of a dog in literature