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Literature for Today's Young Adults

by: Donelson, Kenneth L.; Nilsen, Alleen P.

Literature for Today's Young Adults

by: Donelson, Kenneth L.; Nilsen, Alleen P.

ISBN 13:
9780205410354
ISBN 10:
0205410359
Edition: 7th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2005
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

With new features and thoroughly updated, the number one text in Young Adult Literature continues to help teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers.

Specialized Contents

Preface

Part One Understanding Young Adults and Books

(110)

1 Adults and Their Reading

(46)

What Is Young Adult Literature?

(4)

A Brief Unsettled Heritage

(4)

Today's Authors

(5)

Characteristics of the Best Young Adult Literature

(24)

Stages of Literary Appreciation

(5)

Questions about Gender and Literacy

(3)

Notes

(1)

2 A Brief History of Adolescent Literature

(30)

1800-1900: A Century of Purity with a Few Passions

(10)

1900-1940: From the Safety of Romance to the Beginning of Realism

(10)

1940-1966: From Certainty to Uncertainty

(7)

Notes

(2)

3 Pop Culture YA Lit, Big Business, and Archetypal Images

(34)

A Youth-Oriented Culture

(4)

YA Lit as Big Business

(4)

A Survey of Students' Relationships to Popular Media

(11)

Archetypes in Literature and the Pop Culture

(11)

Concluding Comments

109

(1)

Notes

109

(2)

Part Two Modern Young Adult Reading

111

(174)

4 Contemporary Realistic Fiction: From Tragedies to Romances

111

(32)

The Modern Problem Novel

115

(7)

What Are the Problems?

122

(8)

More Optimistic Novels

130

(11)

Concluding Comments

141

(1)

Notes

142

(1)

5 Poetry, Drama, and Humor

143

(30)

A New Day for Poetry

143

(9)

Making Drama a Class Act

152

(5)

Humor Matters

157

(15)

Concluding Comments

172

(1)

Notes

172

(1)

6 Adventure, Sports, Mysteries, and the Supernatural

173

(26)

Adventure Stories

173

(7)

Sports and the Game of Life

180

(5)

Mysteries

185

(7)

Stories of the Supernatural

192

(6)

Concluding Comments

198

(1)

Notes

198

(1)

7 Fantasy, Science Fiction, Utopias, and Dystopias

199

(26)

What Is Fantasy?

199

(12)

What Is Science Fiction?

211

(8)

Utopias and Dystopias

219

(5)

Concluding Comments

224

(1)

Notes

224

(1)

8 History and History Makers: Of People and Places

225

(26)

Historical Fiction

225

(9)

Westerns

234

(2)

Books about War

236

(6)

Literature of the Holocaust

242

(5)

Books about Vietnam

247

(2)

Concluding Comments

249

(1)

Notes

250

(1)

9 Nonfiction: Information, Literary Nonfiction, Biographies, and Self-Help Books

251

(34)

Information Books

252

(2)

Narrative or Storytelling in Nonfiction

254

(13)

Memoirs and Personal Experiences

267

(2)

Biographies

269

(4)

Autobiographies

273

(1)

Nonfiction to Help Teenagers Learn Who They Are and Where They Fit

274

(6)

Outstanding Authors of Nonfiction for Young Adults

280

(4)

Concluding Comments

284

(1)

Notes

284

(1)

Part Three Adults and the Literature of Young Adults

285

(120)

10 Evaluating, Promoting, and Using Young Adult Books

285

(43)

Evaluating Young Adult Literature

286

(9)

Deciding on the Literary Canon

295

(4)

Teaching Ethnic Literature

299

(4)

Using Young Adult Literature in the Library

303

(14)

Using Young Adult Books in the Reading Classroom

317

(3)

Using Young Adult Books in the Social Studies Class

320

(2)

Parents and Young Adult Literature

322

(1)

Clarifying Human Relations and Values

323

(3)

Concluding Comments

326

(1)

Notes

327

(1)

11 Literature in the English Class: Short Stories, Novels, Creative Writing, Film, and Thematic Units

328

(32)

Principles of Teaching English

328

(2)

Using Young Adult Literature in English Classes

330

(3)

Using Short Stories in English Class

333

(5)

Using Novels in English Class

338

(9)

Using Young Adult Literature in Creative Writing

347

(6)

Teaching Film in the English Class

353

(2)

Using Thematic Units in the English Class

355

(3)

Concluding Comments

358

(1)

Notes

359

(1)

12 Censorship: Of Worring and Wondering

360

(45)

A Censorial Spirit

360

(3)

A Sampling of Early Attitudes toward Censorship

363

(3)

The State of Classroom and Library Censorship Today

366

(2)

Some Assumptions about Censorship and Censors

368

(2)

Attacks on Materials

370

(6)

Some Court Decisions Worth Knowing

376

(13)

A New Kind of Censorship

389

(1)

What to Do Before and After the Censors Arrive

390

(7)

Concluding Comments

397

(1)

Notes

398

(1)

A Starter Bibliography on Censorship

399

(6)

Appendix A Glossary of Literary Terms Illustrated by YA Literature

405

(6)

Appendix B Book Selection Guides

411

(4)

Appendix C Some Outstanding Books and Articles about YA Literature

415

(20)

Appendix D A Brief Bibliography on Films Generally and on Transformations of Print into Film

435

(2)

Acknowledgments

437

(2)

Author Index

439

(9)

Critics and Commentators Index

448

(2)

Subject Index

450

(1)

Title Index

451

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