Religious literature for children and adolescents in Islamic countries (Part Three) Journal Article

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Religious Literature for Children and Adolescents in Islamic Countries (Part Three) Mehdi Ferdousi Mashhadi 1 A summary of the life of Muhammad al-Harawi and Kamil Kilani was presented to the esteemed readers in the previous issue of these notes. According to some researchers, 2 children's literature in its general sense means the mental production in the form of written works addressed to children and adolescents in various cognitive stages that leads to artistic (aesthetic) pleasure. " The target audience seeks to read the story directly and immediately, but his works, in addition to a conversation with adults, contain a discourse with children, which mostly begins with addresses such as "dear child"; "dear boy"; "dear little reader". Intellectual goal His motivation in selecting some of the stories is to familiarize the audience with the masterpieces of Arabic thought, the authenticity of this thought, increasing the intellectual culture of the child, and organizing their thinking 1 . 4. Linguistic goal Kilani clarifies that his stories empower the child and adolescent reader in expression and increase the richness of their linguistic culture. 6. Entertainment goal To keep children away from exhausting social afflictions while allowing them to enjoy literature, Kilani included many tales in his stories with the motive of saturating the audience with mental pleasures, and he considered himself obligated to write entertaining content for children through creative and joyful activities, so that this childhood passion would be the support for their adult consciousness.