Boundaries of the genre: illustrations in a popular science book for children (by the example of the travel book by A. Litvina and A. Desnitskaya “Transsib. The train is leaving!”

Z. V. Umanskaya

doi:10.28995/2686-7249-2023-7-92-106

Boundaries of the genre: illustrations in a popular science book for children (by the example of the travel book by A. Litvina and A. Desnitskaya “Transsib. The train is leaving!”

Z. V. Umanskaya

https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2023-7-92-106

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Abstract

Scientific illustration as an independent genre represents the specifics of the concept of “scientific” that has developed over three centuries of the development of the scientific method of European classical natural science. The basic characteristics of the scientific method and its private tools (including illustrations) are impartial, non-judgmental, non-subjective, emotionless modeling of the objects being studied and depicted. Illustrated popular science publications for children, as a tool of non-formal education with a supposed dual addressing, find themselves on the boundary line between scientific and educational illustrations. The complexity of the format is that it must be scientific, children educational, entertaining and popular at the same time. In handdrawn illustrations for such books, two very different ways of presenting the material can be distinguished. The article discusses the status of illustrations in terms of the possibility of classifying them as scientific in a children’s guidebook, made in a sketchy manner.

Keywords

scientific illustration, representation of scientific character, illustrations in children’s popular science publications, children’s guides,

About the Author

Z. V. Umanskaya

Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation

Zhanna V. Umanskaya, Cand. of Sci. (Pedagogy), associate professor

bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 125047

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For citation: Umanskaya Z.V. Boundaries of the genre: illustrations in a popular science book for children (by the example of the travel book by A. Litvina and A. Desnitskaya “Transsib. The train is leaving!”. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2023;(7):92-106. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2023-7-92-106

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