Adaptation in young adult novels: critically engaging past and present

"Adaptation in Young Adult Novels argues that adapting classic and canonical literature and historical places engages young adult readers with their cultural past and encourages them to see how that past can be rewritten. The textual afterlives of classic texts raise questions for new readers:...

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Weitere Verfasser: Lawrence, Dana E. (HerausgeberIn), Montz, Amy L. (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; London ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2020
Ausgabe:First published
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Zusammenfassung:"Adaptation in Young Adult Novels argues that adapting classic and canonical literature and historical places engages young adult readers with their cultural past and encourages them to see how that past can be rewritten. The textual afterlives of classic texts raise questions for new readers: What can be changed? What benefits from change? How can you, too, be agents of change? The contributors to this volume draw on a wide range of contemporary novels - from Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series and Megan Shepherd's Madman's Daughter trilogy to Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones - adapted from mythology, fairy tales, historical places, and the literary classics of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, among others. Unpacking the new perspectives and critiques of gender, sexuality, and the cultural values of adolescents inherent to each adaptation, the essays in this volume make the case that literary adaptations are just as valuable as original works and demonstrate how the texts studied empower young readers to become more culturally, historically, and socially aware through the lens of literary diversity."
'Both Flesh and Monument': The Immortal Life of Literature through Adaptation Dana E. Lawrence and Amy L. Montz -- Part One: Representation Matters -- 1. Re-visioning Rosaline: Or, Romeo and Juliet Are Dead Fiona Hartley-Kroeger -- 2. Inhabiting the House of Edith Wharton's Fiction: Rewriting the Captive Woman in Deborah Noyes's The Ghosts of Kerfol -- Indu Ohri -- 3. Rewriting The Great Gatsby : Questioning Identity and Morality in Sara Benincasa's Great Lisa M. Valenzuela-- 4. LGBTQIA Fairy Tales: Queering Cinderella in Lo's Ash and Donoguhue's "The Tale of the Shoe" Dalila Forni -- 5. 'Wherever the Flame Was Brightest': Identity and Assimilation in Rick Riordan's Greek Mythological Adaptations for Young Adults Saffyre Falkenberg -- Part Two: Literature and Popular Culture -- 6. Jane Eyre in Space: Adapting Bronte's Novel for Young Adult Fans of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Tara Moore -- 7. Megan Shepherd's The Madwoman Trilogy and the Female Voice: The Twenty-First-Century Young Adult Adaptation of Frankenstein and the Frankenstein Franchise Melanie A. Marotta -- 8. Austen, Wollstonecraft, and Zombies: Female Autonomy in Jane Austen's Popular Canon Eileen Totter -- 9. A Twist in Time or a Break in Narrative: Adapting the Disney Classic Canon for a Young Adult Audience Michelle Anya Anjirbag and Madeleine Hunter Part Three: Making the Past Present
Beschreibung:viii, 245 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781501361777
DOI:10.5040/9781501361807

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