%0 Journal Article %T La literatura juvenil hist¨®rica como medio para la construcci¨®n de la identidad %A Isabella Leibrandt %J Impossibilia : Revista Internacional de Estudios Literarios %D 2012 %I Asociaci¨®n Cultural Impossibilia %X Literary narrative, as well as entertaining, provides a historical and contemporary place toraise awareness and reflection in young readers on subjects such as identity (¡®who am I?¡¯), the necessaryself-reflection, the relationship with memories of the ancestors, the forgetfulness of the past and the needfor its transmission to subsequent generations, and therefore, the individual responsibility as a linkbetween past and future. Despite the difficulty in transferring the horrors of wars to second and thirdgenerations, we present the role of contemporary historical children¡¯s literature as a mediator for an openintergenerational dialogue. %K Children¡¯s literature %K identity %K cultural and communicative memory %U http://www.impossibilia.org/static/descargas/numero-4/literatura-juvenil-historica-medio-para-construccion-identidad-isabella-leibrandt.pdf