Didacticism And Subversion In Children's Research

Didacticism and subversion can both contribute to the devaluation due to the hidden agenda placed within the literature. Didacticism focuses on moral instruction, which can lead to bad writing, if it’s not the primary focus it will serve a purpose within the book (“Aesthetics”). Children’s literature written in early times was devalued because of the overly didactic material and has been marginalized for many years (“Purpose”). Subversion within children’s book are messages that otherwise may be scrutinized on the adult market and is often dismissed in children’s literature is because no one will suspect a children’s book. (Le)

Some authors use subversion as a response to the boring didactic kids stories from the past, Betsy Bird of Wild