Thematic Guide to Young Adult Literature
Greenwood Press (Verlag)
978-0-313-33234-0 (ISBN)
Contemporary young adult literature is a relatively new genre. This guide provides an overview of the burgeoning field, focusing primarily on fiction. Each of the 32 chapters is devoted to a theme of special significance to young adults, and provides brief critical discussions of several related literary works. Chapters close with lists of fiction for further reading. An appendix groups works according to additional themes, and a selected bibliography cites relevant critical studies.
Alice Trupe is Director of the Writing Center and Associate Professor of English at Bridgewater College, in Virginia. Her wide-ranging interests include Shakespeare, 19th-century novels, poetry, and American history.
Preface
Abuse, Sexual Violence, and Healing
Accepting Difference
Accidents and Adjustments
Addressing Addiction
Animals' and the Environment's Importance in Our Lives
Beauty's Meaning
Breaking Silence, Speaking Out
Crime and Suicide and Their Aftermath
Dating's Challenges
Disease and Disability
Emotional Problems Confronted
Families, Traditional and Redefined
Friends Forever?
Guilty or Innocent?
Heroes: What Does It Mean To Be a Hero?
History Is About Young Adults, Too
Imagined Futures
Imagined Places
Insiders and Outsiders
Jobs: Taking Adult Responsibility
Old Tales Retold: Fairy Tales, Legends, Myths
Older People's Impact on Our Lives
Parents' Absence, Parents' Presence
Pregnancy, Parenthood, Abortion
Poverty's Challenges
Religion and Spiritual Life
School Days
Sexual Identity, Sexual Desire
Supernatural and Alien Beings: Confronting the Other
Survival
Teammates
War's Impact
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.5.2006 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 737 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-313-33234-7 / 0313332347 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-313-33234-0 / 9780313332340 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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