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Critical Explorations of Young Adult Literature - Identifying and Critiquing the Canon (Hardcover)
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Critical Explorations of Young Adult Literature - Identifying and Critiquing the Canon (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Research in Education
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Recognizing the determination of a canon as an ongoing process of
discussion and debate, which helps us to better understand the
concept of meaningful and important literature, this edited
collection turns a critical spotlight on young adult literature
(YAL) to explore some of the most read, taught, and discussed books
of our time. By considering the unique criteria which might
underpin the classification of a YAL canon, this text raises
critical questions of what it means to define canonicity and
designate certain books as belonging to the YAL canon. Moving
beyond ideas of what is taught or featured in textbooks, the volume
emphasizes the role of adolescents' choice, the influence of
popular culture, and above all the multiplicity of ways in which
literature might be interpreted and reflected in the lives of young
readers. Chapters examine an array of texts through varied critical
lenses, offer detailed literary analyses and divergent
interpretations, and consider how themes might be explored in
pedagogical contexts. By articulating the ways in which teachers
and young readers may have traditionally interpreted YAL, this
volume will extend debate on canonicity and counter dominant
narratives that posit YAL texts as undeserving of canonical status.
This text will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate
students, academics, professionals, and libraries in the field of
young adult literature, fiction literacy, children's literacy and
feminist studies.
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