Redefining the Margins: Intertextual and Secondary Characters in Children’s historical novels.

The historical novel for children is the kind of Literature that transmits to young readers knowledge in a pleasant and easy way, thanks its entertaining recreational character. fictional heroes most children's novels are social examples readers, who adopt behaviors motivations through observation. Additionally, postmodern attestation History as narration, with appointment microhistory - which favored when psychography on forthground facts interpreted from different perspectives under various visual angles spur many writers provide marginal characters space well speech.
 Bearing mind byzantine era common subject Children’s contemporary novelists try educate at same time bring out Byzantium's charm either by highlighting neglected historic events or examining already known faces fresh angle given fact concept intertextuality literature way build up interpretive communities among this paper examines Greek writer’s, Penelope Maximos, five entitled In years Alexios Komninos, (Stochastis, 1984), first crusaders Byzantium; 1096-1099 AD 1989), Emmanouil Komninos. knight emperor 1990), downfall Thessaloniki. Andronikos Komninos 1987) Close Athenais (Astir, 1972). More specifically, we will focus Maximos attempted make “visible” were until recently considered less least importance; Minors adults being oppresed during Byzantine era, such slaves, suddenly become protagonists surrounding and, their presence, plot roll smoothly. be also pointed writer chose present female efforts not only express emotions freely, but interfere society fight rights, order point juvenile paths, thoughts life idealism.