Paideia of Diogenes: Live Like a Dog to Become a Human

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https://doi.org/10.25365/lili-2022-58-3

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Diogenes of Sinope, Greek philosophy for children, Les Petits Platons, code chains, Gérard Genette, Michel Foucault, self-identification of young readers

Abstract

Diogène l’Homme Chien by Yan Marchand presents the biography and the philosophy of Diogenes of Sinope for young readers of the 21st century: The fictive character Androsthène, a young Greek, sets off to Athens to complete his studies in the Platonic Academy. The children’s book issued by the publishing house “Les Petits Platons” forms part of the eponymous series, which is famous for its fascinating adaptations of philosophical texts and ideas from different epochs. “Les Petits Platons” are actively spread worldwide, being translated into thirteen languages already. The paper highlights the transformation of the ancient text for the present-day recipient and the doubling of its new addressee, which includes both the youngster and the mediating adult. 

Author Biography

Angelina Gerus, MA in Philology, MA in Cultural Studies, 1995. Completed a five-year course in Classical Philology and obtained a Master’s degree in Literary Studies at the Faculty of Philology of the Belarusian State University (Minsk, Belarus). Graduated from the Master’s programme at “Artes Liberales” Faculty of the University of Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland), where she now works as an assistant in the project “Our Mythical Childhood... The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture in Response to Regional and Global Challenges”, which is led by prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Marciniak and funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant (Grant Agreement No 681202). Now she is interested in the reception of ancient philosophical texts in children’s literature. 

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2022-07-04 — Updated on 2022-10-31

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libri liberorum (Jahrgang 23/ Heft 58/ 2022)

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