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Title: The Necessity of Young Adult Fiction
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Literary Agenda
Author: Deborah Lindsay Williams
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0192848976
EAN: 9780192848970
ISBN: 9780192848970
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Genre: Literary Criticism
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Release Date: 09/03/2023
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 195mm
Item Length: 130mm
Item Width: 10mm
Item Weight: 176g
Book Series: Literary Agenda
Description: 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.
Release Year: 2023

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