Engagements with Children’s and Young Adult Literature
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Engagements with Children’s and Young Adult Literature

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eBook - ePub

Engagements with Children’s and Young Adult Literature

About this book

Engagements with Children's and Young Adult Literature offers an accessible guide to studying Children's and Young Adult (CYA) literature, teaching readers how to read critically. This book introduces this dynamic field encompassing diverse genres, audiences, and interpretations. Lydia Kokkola and Sara Van den Bossche examine its historical, cultural, and ideological dimensions while addressing adult perspectives and the ambivalence of child agency. Tools for critical analysis, genre-specific insights, and emerging research trends enhance readers' engagement with CYA literature and its broader implications.

The book approaches CYA literature from various complementary angles:

  • Historical: the influence of religious and philosophical convictions on its development;
  • Thematic: commonly-occurring genres and types of CYA literature, such as realism versus speculative fiction;
  • Narratological: plot, time, tension, character, and setting;
  • Visual: the main principles for 'reading' images in picturebooks, graphic novels, and comics;
  • Ideological: power dynamics and common constructions of childhood;
  • Social: questions of identity politics related to race, gender, and orientation, and offers tools to read critically.

Engagements with Children's and Young Adult Literature brings together established theories and new perspectives on CYA literature, combining engagement with theory with hands-on analytical, interpretive, and methodological tools for budding scholars of CYA literature. Exploring a diverse range of writing, this dynamic introduction is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of this vibrant field.

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Yes, you can access Engagements with Children’s and Young Adult Literature by Lydia Kokkola,Sara Van den Bossche in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Littérature & Critique littéraire. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040361818
Topic
Littérature
Subtopic
Critique littéraire

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. 1 Introducing CYA Literature
  9. 2 Historical Contexts of CYA Literature
  10. 3 Genres within CYA Literature
  11. 4 Narratological Approaches to CYA Literature
  12. 5 Visual Approaches to CYA Literature: Illustration, Picturebooks, and Graphic Narratives
  13. 6 Ideological Approaches to CYA Literature
  14. 7 Social Issues in and Social Approaches to CYA Literature
  15. 8 Comparative Approaches: Adaptation, Convergence, and Translation
  16. 9 Further Directions: Three Road Maps
  17. Notes
  18. Glossary
  19. Works Cited
  20. Index