The Wondrous Extension and the Horizon of the Child’s Educational Adventure — The Stories of Kamil Kilani — Selected Models

Abstract

Child-directed narrative is distinguished by an aesthetic and artistic particularity, in view of the nature of the addressed age stage, as it opens vast horizons possessing cultural and intellectual spaces, surrounded by the fringes of childhood related to imagination and adventures. The research paper is based on extrapolating the wondrous symbolic significations, and what they arouse of hidden intentions, which dominate the story collection “The Flying Carpet,” which grows within the range of value-based employments that unite to produce a directive effect for the child’s upbringing, and even the rectification of his behavior, in light of the modern changes that cannot be denied, especially the astonishing technical fields. With the increasing awareness of the message of children’s stories and their value dimension, work on the wondrous adventure and the anticipation of educational values has been consolidated, which addresses the following problematique: Is the task of the story directed to the child limited only to the aesthetic and entertaining function? Does the effectiveness of the wondrous extension, with cultural and civilizational reference, contribute to producing stimuli for the child’s innate talents?