[PDF] The Critical Merits Of Young Adult Literature eBook

Author : Crag Hill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 113405467X

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This examination of the literary effectiveness of young adult literature from a critical, research-oriented perspective answers two key questions asked by many teachers and scholars in the field: Does young adult literature stand up on its own as literature? Is it worthy of close study? The treatment is both conceptual and pragmatic. Each chapter discusses a topical text set of YA novels in a conceptual framework—how these novels contribute to or deconstruct conventional wisdom about key topics from identity formation to awareness of world issues, while also providing a springboard in secondary and college classrooms for critical discussion of these novels. Uncloaking many of the issues that have been essentially invisible in discussions of YA literature, these essays can then guide the design of curriculum through which adolescent readers hone the necessary skills to unpack the ideologies embedded in YA narratives. The annotated bibliography provides supplementary articles and books germane to all the issues discussed. Closing "End Points" highlight and reinforce cross-cutting themes throughout the book and tie the essays together.

Author : Crag Hill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1134054742

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This examination of the literary effectiveness of young adult literature from a critical, research-oriented perspective answers two key questions asked by many teachers and scholars in the field: Does young adult literature stand up on its own as literature? Is it worthy of close study? The treatment is both conceptual and pragmatic. Each chapter discusses a topical text set of YA novels in a conceptual framework—how these novels contribute to or deconstruct conventional wisdom about key topics from identity formation to awareness of world issues, while also providing a springboard in secondary and college classrooms for critical discussion of these novels. Uncloaking many of the issues that have been essentially invisible in discussions of YA literature, these essays can then guide the design of curriculum through which adolescent readers hone the necessary skills to unpack the ideologies embedded in YA narratives. The annotated bibliography provides supplementary articles and books germane to all the issues discussed. Closing "End Points" highlight and reinforce cross-cutting themes throughout the book and tie the essays together.

Author : Antero Garcia
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 34,2 MB
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9462093989

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Young Adult literature, from The Outsiders to Harry Potter, has helped shape the cultural landscape for adolescents perhaps more than any other form of consumable media in the twentieth and twenty-first century. With the rise of mega blockbuster films based on these books in recent years, the young adult genre is being co-opted by curious adult readers and by Hollywood producers. However, while the genre may be getting more readers than ever before, Young Adult literature remains exclusionary and problematic: few titles feature historically marginalized individuals, the books present heteronormative perspectives, and gender stereotypes continue to persist. Taking a critical approach, Young Adult Literature: Challenging Genres offers educators, youth librarians, and students a set of strategies for unpacking, challenging, and transforming the assumptions of some of the genre's most popular titles. Pushing the genre forward, Antero Garcia builds on his experiences as a former high school teacher to offer strategies for integrating Young Adult literature in a contemporary critical pedagogy through the use of participatory media.

Author : Amy Pattee
Publisher : Salem Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,77 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 9781619259713

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Provides thoughtful examination of the authors, works, genres, themes and film adaptations that have contributed to the popularity and success of the young adult genre.

Author : R. Joseph Rodríguez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 27,35 MB
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 1351580450

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In this book, Rodríguez uses theories of critical literacy and culturally responsive teaching to argue that our schools, and our culture, need sustaining and inclusive young adult (YA) literature/s to meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse readers and all students. This book provides an outline for the study of literature through cultural and literary criticism, via essays that analyze selected YA literature (drama, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) in four areas: scribal identities and the self-affirmation of adolescents; gender and sexualities; schooling and education of young adult characters; and teachers’ roles and influences in characters’ coming of age. Applying critical literacy theories and a youth studies lens, this book shines a light on the need for culturally sustaining and inclusive pedagogies to read adolescent worlds. Complementing these essays are critical conversations with seven key contemporary YA literature writers, adding biographical perspectives to further expand the critical scholarship and merits of YA literature.

Author : Kathy Howard Latrobe
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 19,71 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :

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Explores various facets of creating a vibrant YA reading community such as inquiry-based learning, promoting and motivating reading, collection management, understanding multiple intelligences, accepting diverse beliefs, and acting as a change agent to name a few.

Author : Patrick Jones
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,38 MB
Release : 2002-05-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780838908273

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Explains how libraries and communities can work together to strike a true partnership with the young adults in their community to develop services for teens that are both collaborative and outcome-driven.

Author : Dana E. Lawrence
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 49,16 MB
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1501361783

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Adaptation in Young Adult Novels argues that adapting classic and canonical literature and historical places engages young adult readers with their cultural past and encourages them to see how that past can be rewritten. The textual afterlives of classic texts raise questions for new readers: What can be changed? What benefits from change? How can you, too, be agents of change? The contributors to this volume draw on a wide range of contemporary novels – from Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series and Megan Shepherd's Madman's Daughter trilogy to Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones – adapted from mythology, fairy tales, historical places, and the literary classics of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, among others. Unpacking the new perspectives and critiques of gender, sexuality, and the cultural values of adolescents inherent to each adaptation, the essays in this volume make the case that literary adaptations are just as valuable as original works and demonstrate how the texts studied empower young readers to become more culturally, historically, and socially aware through the lens of literary diversity.

Author : Victor Malo-Juvera
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 12,95 MB
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 1000769992

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Recognizing the determination of a canon as an ongoing process of discussion and debate, which helps us to better understand the concept of meaningful and important literature, this edited collection turns a critical spotlight on young adult literature (YAL) to explore some of the most read, taught, and discussed books of our time. By considering the unique criteria which might underpin the classification of a YAL canon, this text raises critical questions of what it means to define canonicity and designate certain books as belonging to the YAL canon. Moving beyond ideas of what is taught or featured in textbooks, the volume emphasizes the role of adolescents’ choice, the influence of popular culture, and above all the multiplicity of ways in which literature might be interpreted and reflected in the lives of young readers. Chapters examine an array of texts through varied critical lenses, offer detailed literary analyses and divergent interpretations, and consider how themes might be explored in pedagogical contexts. By articulating the ways in which teachers and young readers may have traditionally interpreted YAL, this volume will extend debate on canonicity and counter dominant narratives that posit YAL texts as undeserving of canonical status. This text will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, academics, professionals, and libraries in the field of young adult literature, fiction literacy, children’s literacy and feminist studies.

Author : Jesse De Mercurio
Publisher :
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 23,76 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Classical literature
ISBN :

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Since its inception, literature meant for adolescents has been viewed by larger society as something meant to be read for entertainment, rather than a requirement to be considered a well-read adult. The latter is reserved for such classics as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet or F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, works of such literary merit that they could seemingly never be compared to Christopher Paul Curtis' The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963 or Scott Westerfield's Uglies trilogy of dystopian novels. On the contrary, this project explores the critical and educational merits of contemporary young adult literature and the arguments for teachers and schools to do away with the traditional classic literature in the curriculum. The project's scope includes a sample young adult literature course for an 8-10 week elective at the intermediate level. Previous research in this area has been positive, with many researchers arguing that young adult literature is the way to engage reluctant readers and encourage a love of reading which lasts throughout the student's' life. How, though, can teachers or schools implement young adult literature in classrooms when district and state requirements often inhibit these efforts? One way is to pair high-interest young adult novels with required classic novels of similar themes. Another course of action is to create a unit around young adult literature or, in the case of this project, a quarter-long elective class.