Death in children's literature and cinema, and its translation

Veljka Ruzicka Kenfel is full professor in German studies at the University of Vigo (Spain). Her publications deal with critical studies of German children’s literature, including literary and audiovisual translations and adaptations into Spanish. She is responsible for the research group "Anglo-German Children’s Literature and its Translation" at the University of Vigo, co-founder of the research association on children’s literature ANILIJ, and co-editor of the journal on children’s literature Anuario de Investigación en Literatura Infantil y Juvenil.Juliane House is Professor Emerita, Hamburg University, Distinguished Professor Hellenic American University, Honorary Visiting Professor Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and Past President of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies. She has published widely on translation, contrastive pragmatics, discourse, politeness and English as a global language.She is co-editor of the journal Contrastive Pragmatics.

• Veljka Ruzicka Kenfel and Juliane HouseIntroduction Helena Cortes GabaudanThe Treatment of Death in German Literature and its Reflection inEarly Children’s Literature Maria Jesus Barsanti VigoDeath and its Causes in Current German Literature for YoungReaders: Towards a Typology Maria Jose Corvo SanchezThe Conception of Death in Die Kinder- und Hausmarchen and itsReception in Spanish. A Study of Schneewittchen and Dornroschen Isabel Mocino Gonzalez and Eulalia Agrelo CostasThe Topic of Death in Galician Literature for Children and YoungAdults Celia Vazquez GarciaThe Immortality of Death and its Permanent Presence in Children’sLiterature Beatriz M. Rodriguez and Cayetana Alvarez RaposeirasBack to Life: Death in Translated 20th Century Children’s Fictionand Film Lourdes Lorenzo Garcia and Ana Pereira RodriguezThe Reaper’s Kind Face: Treatment of Death through Dual Addressee(adults/children) Films and their Translations