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The Necessity of Young Adult Fiction - The Literary Agenda (Paperback)
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The Necessity of Young Adult Fiction - The Literary Agenda (Paperback)
Series: The Literary Agenda
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Discusses how young adult fiction offers new ways of thinking about
climate change and definitions of citizenship. The Necessity of
Young Adult Fiction argues that YA fiction helps us to think about
some of most pressing problems of the twenty-first century by
offering imaginative reconceptualizations about identity, nation,
family, and the human relationship to the planet. Using examples
from YA fiction that range from the Harry Potter series to Nnedi
Okorafor's trilogy set in contemporary Nigeria, this book argues
that the cultural work of YA fiction shapes readers perceptions,
making them receptive to-and invested in-the possibility of
positive social change. The novels examined could all be considered
"fantastical," but they offer insights into the real world that all
readers-and particularly young adult readers-might draw on in order
to reimagine social structures and the well-being of the planet.
The book is designed to bring readers into the conversation about
how we might create cosmopolitan societies that are shaped around
conversation and engagement rather than fear and isolation. Each of
these novels, in different ways, illustrate the dangers inherent in
fundamentalist visions of the world. Through its discussions about
the relationships between reading and citizenship, monsters and
families, the local and the global, The Necessity of Young Adult
Fiction demonstrates that YA fiction is doing some of the most
important and creative work in literature today.
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