ЭВОЛЮЦИОННЫЕ ПАРАДИГМЫ ДЕТСКОЙ ФЭНТЕЗИЙНОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ XXI ВЕКА

Abstract

This study examines the theoretical and methodological transformation of twenty-first-century children’s fantasy literature. It argues that contemporary fantasy reconceptualizes childhood as a cultural construct and functions as a dynamic space that enhances children’s cognitive, pedagogical, and cultural agency. Drawing on semiotic analysis, cognitive estrangement theory, ecocriticism, postcolonial and gender criticism, the research explores developmental trends in modern children’s fantasy and its dialectical relationship with literary heritage. The findings indicate a paradigm shift from didacticism to epistemological engagement, from closed symbolic systems to open semiotic networks, and from Eurocentric mythopoesis toward culturally hybrid and ecologically oriented narrative models.