Mary Poppins, Mr. Inkblot and Pippi Longstocking as Three Embodiments of the Fool Figure

• Authors: Czernow Anna Maria
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article analyzes three characters created by Astrid Lindgren, Pamela L. Travers, and Jan Brzechwa. Pippi Longstocking, Mary Poppins, and Mr. Inkblot, the title characters of classic fantasy fiction for children, are discussed through their appearances, identity, as well as status and interpreted as embodiments of a fool defined as the central figure of carnivalesque in accordance to Mikhail Bakhtin theory.

Keywords

EN

fool; clown; carnivalesque; Bakhtin; children’s fantasy fiction

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT – Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
• Journal: Filoteknos
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 275–290

Contributors

author

Czernow Anna Maria

• University of Warsaw

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