A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Gender Differences in (Snow in summer) story by Jane Yolen

This study attempts to highlight the impact of children’s literature, as a socializing discourse, in constructing gender ideologies by using a critical discourse analysis approach to analyze a Snow in summer) story Jane Yolen’s stories. The study has a number of objectives:

To increase consciousness of the significance of language in the production, maintenance, and change of gender ideology and power relations;
To raise an awareness of the workings of gender ideology in children’s literature;
To examine ways in which children’s writers use language to inculcate a particular world view in the minds of their readers.

 This study concluded that, Socialization is an important process of social conformity to integrate young members of a society into society itself. This is achieved by means of enforcing the norms and values legitimized by the sociopolitical system. Childhood is a crucial determining period in the life of a human being. It is not merely the time for basic education. Rather, it is, for and foremost, the time of learning about the nature of the world, how to live in it, how to relate to others, and how to think. Children’s literature belongs, among a vast media, to the domain of cultural practices and ideologies with aim at socializing its readers. Hence, children’s literature is regarded as a social discursive practice.
 Key words:  A Sociolinguistic - Gender Differences - Snow in summer - Jane Yolen