Background
Maria Nikolajeva was born on May 16, 1952 Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia). She is a daughter of Alexej Nikolajev and Natalia Nikolajeva. In 1981 he immigrated to Sweden and became a Swedish citizen.
Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia
In 1974 Maria Nikolajeva received a Master of Arts degree from Moscow State Linguistic University.
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
In 1988 Maria Nikolajeva obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Stockholm University.
(A detailed analysis of the art of children's literature c...)
A detailed analysis of the art of children's literature covering world literature for children, children's literature as a canonical art form, the history of children's literature from a semiotic perspective, and epic, polyphony, chronotope, intertextuality, and metafiction in children's literature.
https://www.amazon.com/Childrens-Literature-Comes-Age-Aesthetic-ebook/dp/B014KS6MV8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Children%E2%80%99s+Literature+Comes+of+Age%3A+Toward+a+New+Aesthetic&qid=1587734812&s=books&sr=1-1
1996
(As undergraduate and graduate courses in children's liter...)
As undergraduate and graduate courses in children's literature become more established and numerous, there is an intense need for a textbook that offers aesthetic rather than educational approaches to children's literature. This work fills that void by providing students of children's literature with a comprehensible and easy-to-use analytical tool kit, showing through concrete demonstration how each tool might best be used.
https://www.amazon.com/Aesthetic-Approaches-Childrens-Literature-Introduction-ebook/dp/B00BZC2HH6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Introduction+to+the+Theory+of+Children%E2%80%99s+Literature+Nikolajeva&qid=1587734941&s=books&sr=1-1
1996
(From Mythic to Linear is a broad study, encompassing a nu...)
From Mythic to Linear is a broad study, encompassing a number of children's novels from different epochs and countries: Scandinavian, British, American, Canadian, Australian, South African, and East European. The international character contributes a better knowledge of children's literature from different parts of the world - widening the horizons of children's literature research too often confined to one particular country.
https://www.amazon.com/Mythic-Linear-Time-Childrens-Literature-ebook/dp/B00C65N3MO/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=From+Mythic+to+Linear%3A+Time+in+Children%E2%80%99s+Literature+Nikolajeva&qid=1587735023&s=books&sr=1-1
2000
(How Picturebooks Work is an innovative and engaging look ...)
How Picturebooks Work is an innovative and engaging look at the interplay between text and image in picturebooks. The authors explore picturebooks as a specific medium or genre in literature and culture, one that prepares children for other media of communication, and they argue that picturebooks may be the most influential media of all in the socialization and representation of children. Spanning an international range of children's books, this book examine such favorites as Curious George and Frog and Toad Are Friends, along with the works of authors and illustrators including Maurice Sendak and Tove Jansson, among others. With 116 illustrations, How Picturebooks Work offers the student of children's literature a new methodology, new theories, and a new set of critical tools for examining the picturebook form.
https://www.amazon.com/Picturebooks-Work-Childrens-Literature-Culture-ebook/dp/B00B9KBPM2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=How+Picturebooks+Work+Nikolajeva&qid=1587735082&s=books&sr=1-1
2001
(Until now, there was no theoretical research of character...)
Until now, there was no theoretical research of character in children's fiction and very few comprehensive theoretical studies of literary characters in general. In her latest intellectual foray, the author of From Mythic to Linear ponders the art of characterization. Through a variety of critical perspectives, she uncovers the essential differences between story ('what we are told') and discourse ('how we are told'), and carefully distinguishes between how these are employed in children's fiction and in general fiction. Yet another masterful work by a leading figure in contemporary criticism.
https://www.amazon.com/Rhetoric-Character-Childrens-Literature-ebook/dp/B00FMZZUTO/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&qid=1587735241&refinements=p_27%3AMaria+Nikolajeva&s=digital-text&sr=1-6&text=Maria+Nikolajeva
2002
(This book considers one of the most controversial aspects...)
This book considers one of the most controversial aspects of children’s and young adult literature: its use as an instrument of power. Children in contemporary Western society are oppressed and powerless, yet they are allowed, in fiction written by adults for the enlightenment and enjoyment of children, to become strong, brave, rich, powerful, and independent -- on certain conditions and for a limited time. Though the best children’s literature offers readers the potential to challenge the authority of adults, many authors use artistic means such as the narrative voice and the subject position to manipulate the child reader. Looking at key works from the eighteenth century to the present, Nikolajeva explores topics such as genre, gender, crossvocalization, species, and picturebook images. Contemporary power theories including social and cultural studies, carnival theory, feminism, postcolonial and queer studies, and narratology are also considered, in order to demonstrate how a balance is maintained between the two opposite inherent goals of children’s literature: to empower and to educate the child.
https://www.amazon.com/Subjectivity-Literature-Readers-Childrens-Culture-ebook/dp/B002NXOS5A/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Power%2C+voice+and+subjectivity+in+literature+for+young+readers&qid=1587735425&s=books&sr=1-1
2009
Maria Nikolajeva was born on May 16, 1952 Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia). She is a daughter of Alexej Nikolajev and Natalia Nikolajeva. In 1981 he immigrated to Sweden and became a Swedish citizen.
In 1974 Maria Nikolajeva received a Master of Arts degree from Moscow State Linguistic University. In 1988 she obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Stockholm University.
From 1975 to 1981 Maria Nikolajeva was an assistant researcher at Film Research Institute in Moscow. From 1985 to 1988 she worked as a teaching assistant at Stockholm University, a postdoctoral researcher from 1991 to 1994, an associate professor from 1995 to 1999, and a full professor from 1999 to 2008. From 1999 to 2001 Nikolajeva served as a visiting professor at San Diego State University.
Since 2008 she has been a professor and chair at the University of Cambridge. Maria has written and edited twenty scholarly books and about three hundred articles and reviews. She has also published young adult novels, picture books, a cookbook and a memoir.
(A detailed analysis of the art of children's literature c...)
1996(As undergraduate and graduate courses in children's liter...)
1996(From Mythic to Linear is a broad study, encompassing a nu...)
2000(Until now, there was no theoretical research of character...)
2002(This book considers one of the most controversial aspects...)
2009(How Picturebooks Work is an innovative and engaging look ...)
2001Maria Nikolajeva is a member of the Swedish Writers' Union, the International Research Society for Children’s Literature, Children’s Literature Association of North America.
Maria Nikolajeva's hobbies are gardening, pottery, star gazing, papermaking and miniature making, and she also enjoys cooking and eating a good meal. She does read for pleasure sometimes. Her favorite book is Winnie-the-Pooh.
In 1981 Maria Nikolajeva married Staffan Skott, a writer and journalist. They have five children: Sergej Nikolajev, Julia Skott, Anton Skott.