The updating of fantasy tale in rosa Montero's children and juvenile literature

Abstract

This article explores the links between Rosa Montero’s trilogy Las barbaridades de Bárbara, El
viaje fantástico de Bárbara y Bárbara contra el Doctor Colmillos and the traditional fantasy tale. It
analyses the way in which Montero updates traditional strategies in her search for complicity between
the narrative discourse and a reader in development. The article also includes a brief didactic proposal
exploring the tale’s potentiality aimed at encouraging reading habits and literary competency in young
readers.
Key words: tale, fantasy, literary competency, reading habit, reader in development, didactics