Walter Dean Myers: Teen Reads: Student Companions to Young Adult Literature
Autor Myrna Dee Marleren Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 mai 2008 – vârsta până la 17 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780313336287
ISBN-10: 0313336288
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Greenwood
Seria Teen Reads: Student Companions to Young Adult Literature
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0313336288
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Greenwood
Seria Teen Reads: Student Companions to Young Adult Literature
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Notă biografică
Myrna Dee Marler is an associate professor of English at Brigham Young University, Hawaii campus.
Cuprins
PREFACECHAPTER ONE HIS LIFE SO FAR: HARLEM, FAMILY, ENGLISH TEACHERS, AND BASKETBALLCHAPTER TWO THE GIVER THAT KEEPS ON GIVINGCHAPTER THREE A HAPPY ACCIDENT: WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTSCHAPTER FOUR BASKETBALL AND THE GAME OF LIFECHAPTER FIVE AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN AMERICAN HISTORYCHAPTER SIX THE LIVING ROOM WAR FALLEN ANGELS (1988)CHAPTER SEVEN ITS A JUNGLE OUT THERE Monster (1999)CHAPTER EIGHT DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE? SHOOTER (2004)WALTER DEAN MYERS: AWARDSWALTER DEAN MYERS: BIBLIOGRAPHYWORKS CITED
Recenzii
Marler analyzes the life and works of the accomplished author. The first two chapters are devoted to a brief biography and the historical and cultural influences on Myers's writing. The remainder of the volume looks at his books, including comparisons of plots and characters as well as thematic development within each novel. Throughout the book, Marler emphasizes the importance of Myer's writings and their significance to teens facing socioeconomic challenges.
Marler offers personal stories from Myers's life that served as inspiration for his books and may also serve to inspire his young readers. She describes his life growing up with the Harlem family that adopted him as a toddler, the influence of his English teachers, the role that basketball played in keeping him from the temptations of the street, the impact of the Vietnam War, which claimed his brother's life, and his career as a children's book author. Marler addresses the history of African Americans as a way of contextualizing his life and illuminating his historical fiction and nonfiction for young readers. Also in this volume are a series foreward, a preface, a bibliography, and an index.
Marler offers personal stories from Myers's life that served as inspiration for his books and may also serve to inspire his young readers. She describes his life growing up with the Harlem family that adopted him as a toddler, the influence of his English teachers, the role that basketball played in keeping him from the temptations of the street, the impact of the Vietnam War, which claimed his brother's life, and his career as a children's book author. Marler addresses the history of African Americans as a way of contextualizing his life and illuminating his historical fiction and nonfiction for young readers. Also in this volume are a series foreward, a preface, a bibliography, and an index.