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The Distant Mirror: Studies in Young Adult Literature

Autor Joanne Brown, Nancy St. Clair
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 dec 2005
Young adult historical fiction brings the past alive through stories of adventure, suspense, and mystery. The genre is both complex and controversial, encompassing novels that range from romance and fantasy to stark historical realism. The book examines the various approaches to young adult historical fiction and explores the issues that it has engendered. Part One focuses on the broader issues spawned by the genre itself, including its various subgenres and literary concerns such as the relationship between accuracy and readability. Part Two explores issues of contemporary interest, such as race, class, gender, the immigrant experience, religion, war, and nationalism. Finally, the question of whether novels in this genre are bound by anything other than their respective period setting is posed. The genesis for much classroom debate, suggestions for class discussions and writing assignments as well as sample written responses of these debates from the authors' classes are included. Teachers, librarians, instructors of young adult literature courses, and teen readers will find this an insightful analysis of YA historical fiction.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780810856257
ISBN-10: 0810856255
Pagini: 210
Dimensiuni: 164 x 224 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield
Seria Studies in Young Adult Literature


Notă biografică

Joanne Brown is retired from her position as a professor of English at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where she taught courses in writing fiction, American drama, and adolescent literature. Nancy St. Clair is an associate professor of English at Simpson College in Indianoloa, Iowa, where she has just completed a long term as chair of the English Department and served as the Director of the Cornerstone and Senior colloquium programs. Joanne Brown and Nancy St. Clair are also authors of Declarations of Independence: Empowered Girls in Young Adult Literature, 1990-2001 (Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2002).

Descriere

Examines approaches to young adult historical fiction in its many varieties, and explores the issues that is has engendered. Part one of this book focuses on the line between fiction and fact, narrative voice, and time boundaries, while part two explores those specific ideological issues, such as race, class, gender, religion, and more.