Engagements With Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Hardcover by Kokkola,...
by Lydia Kokkola, Sara Van Den Bossche
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Engagements With Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Hardcover by Kokkola, Lydia; Van Den Bossche, Sara, ISBN 1032581980, ISBN-13 9781032581989, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "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. Th 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 picturs, 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 theor
- Publisher: Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
- Year: 2025
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9781032581989
- Condition: Fine
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