Literature for today's young adults

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Literature for today's young adults

Alleen Pace Nilsen, Kenneth L. Donelson

Longman, c2001

6th ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This engaging text helps teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers. It offers a comprehensive, reader-friendly introduction to young adult literature framed within a rich literary, historical, and social context. It also provides teachers with criteria for evaluating books of all genres, from poetry and nonfiction to mysteries, science fiction, and horror. Coverage of timely issues, such as pop culture and mass media, help teachers connect with students' lives outside the classroom.

Table of Contents

(Each chapter ends with a Notes and Titles Mentioned in the Text of the previous chapter sections.)I. UNDERSTANDING YOUNG ADULTS AND BOOKS. 1. Young Adults and Their Reading. What is Young Adult Literature? A Brief Unsettled Heritage. Today's Authors. Characteristics of the Best Young Adult Literature. Stages of Literary Appreciation. 2. A Brief History of Adolescent Literature. 1800-1900: A Century of Purity with a Few Passions. 1900-1940: From the Safety of Romance to the Beginning of Realism. 1940-1966: From Certainty to Uncertainty. 3. YA Literature, Pop Culture, and the Mass Media. Pokemon as Interactive Fiction. A Survey of Students' Relationships to Mass Media. The Ubiquitousness of Television. Animation. Magazines. A Night Out at the Movies. From Comic Books to Graphic Novels. Concluding Comments. II. MODERN YOUNG ADULT READING. 4. The New Realism: Of Life and Problems. The Chocolate War as a Tragedy. Post-Columbine Musings on the Value of Today's Problem Novels. What Are the Problems? Family Relationships. Friends and Society. Living in a Multicultural World. Body and Self. Sex-Related Problems. The Future of the Problem Novel From Realism to Postmodernism. 5. The Old Romanticism: Of Wishing and Winning. The Adventure/Accomplishment Romance. Izzy, Willy-Nilly as an Adventure/Accomplishment Romance. Other Symbols of Accomplishment. Sports and the Game of Life. Animal and Nature Stories. Westerns. Accomplishment Stories with Religious Themes. The Love Romance. 6. Adventure, Mysteries, the Supernatural, and Humor: From Goose Bumps to Giggles. Adventure Stories. Mysteries. Types of Mysteries. Tony Hillerman's Books. Mysteries Written for Young Adults. Stories of the Supernatural. From Chills to Giggles. Other Humor. 7. Fantasy, Science Fiction, Utopias, and Dystopias. What is Fantasy. Conventions of Fantasy. Fears of Fantasy. Seven Significant Writers of Fantasy. Other Kinds of Fantasy. Animal Fantasies. Fantasy and the Mabinogion. King Arthur and Other Myths in Fantasy. Fantasy on Other Worlds: Here There Be Dragons. What Is Science Fiction? Types of Science Fiction. Keeping Up-to-Date on Science Fiction. Utopias and Dystopias. 8. History and History Makers: Of People and Places. Trade Books for History Study. Historical Fact and Fiction. Outstanding Writers of Historical Fiction. Books About War. Literature of the Holocaust. Japanese Internment Camps in World War II. Personal Experiences. More Upbeat Personal Experiences. Biographies. Collective Biographies. Debunking Versus Fawning Biographies. Autobiographies. Connections Between History and Biography. 9. Nonfiction: Information, Poetry, and Drama. Information Books. Narrative or Storytelling in Nonfiction. New Journalism. Evaluation of Nonfiction. Contemporary Influences on the Publishing of Informational Books. Need for Scientific Literacy. Books to Support and Extend the School Curriculum. Nonfiction to Help Teenagers Learn Who They Are and Where They Fit. Authors of Nonfiction for Young Adults. Russel Freedman. James Cross Giblin. James (Jim) Haskins. Albert Marrin. Milton Meltzer. Laurence Pringle. Poetry. Reading Drama in English Class. III. ADULTS AND THE LITERATURE OF YOUNG ADULTS. 10. Evaluating, Promoting and Using Young Adult Books. Evaluating Young Adult Literature. Writing About Books. Keeping a Record of Your Reading. Writing Annotations. Writing Reviews. Writing Scholarly and Pedagogical Articles. Deciding on the Literacy Canon. Teaching Ethnic Literature. Using Young Adult Literature in the Library. Matching Books With Readers. Discussion Listservs. World Wide Web Sites. Booktalks. Displays. Programs. Magazines. Using Young Adult Books in the Reading Classroom. Guided Reading Classes. Using Young Adult Books in the Social Studies Class. Parents and Young Adult Literature. Clarifying Human Relations and Values. 11. Literature in the English Class: Short Stories, Novels, Creative Writing, Film and Thematic Units. Principles of Teaching English. Using Young Adult Literature in English Classes. Using Short Stories in English Class. Using Novels in English Class. Using Young Adult Literature in Creative Writing. Teaching Film in the English Class. Using Thematic Units in the English Class. 12. Censorship: Of Worrying and Wondering. A Brief History of Censorship. The State of Classroom and Library Censorship Today. Some Assumptions About Censorship and Censors. Attacks on Materials. Who are the Censors? What Do the Censors Censor? Why Do Censors Censor What They Do? Some Court Decisions Worth Knowing. Court Decisions About Obscenity and Attempting to Define Obscenity. Court Decisions About Teaching and School Libraries. Extralegal Decisions. What to Do Before and After the Censors Arrive. Before the Censors Arrive. After the Censors Arrive. Appendix A: Glossary of Literary Terms Illustrated by YA Literature. Appendix B: Book Selection Guides. Appendix C: Some Outstanding Books and Articles About Young Literature. Appendix D: A Brief Bibliography on Films Generally and on Transformations of Print into Film. Acknowledgements. Subject Index. Critics and Commentators Index. Author and Title Index.

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