Essays about: "YA fiction"

Found 5 essays containing the words YA fiction.

  1. 1. DIOSES EN LA TIERRA E EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DE LA MANCHA : VELÁZQUEZ’S SUBVERSION OF THE HABSBURG MYSTIQUE OF POWER

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Dan Hanqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Baroque; Siglo de Oro; Portraiture; Diego Velázquez; Philip IV; Naturalism; Subversion; Habsburg Iconography; Political Iconography; Vision; Visuality; Reception; Barroco; Siglo de Oro; retrato; Diego Velázquez; Felipe IV; naturalismo; subverción; Habsburgo; Austrias; Iconografía; Iconografía política; visión; visualidad; recepción;

    Abstract : Sometimes the concrete form and skill of a work of art stand in a non-arbitrary or non-contingent relationship with the social circumstances of its facture. I hypothesise that this form and such skill was used by Diego Velázquez for artistically, socially and politically subversive purposes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Government and Power in Young Adult Dystopias

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Hanna Persson; [2022]
    Keywords : literature; young adult literature; YA; dystopian fiction; dystopia; dystopias; dystopian literature; politics; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Dystopian fiction first appeared as a literary genre in the 1870s and has since been known to conduct social criticism of the real world in a futuristic, fictive form. As it has evolved during the 20th century it has grown into a widely researched topic. READ MORE

  4. 3. Disability Bias and the Misrepresentation of Chronic Illness and Invisible Disability in Contemporary YA Fiction

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Daniela Fois; [2018]
    Keywords : invisible disability; chronic illness; young adult; fiction; literature; misrepresentation; disability bias; romanticisation; miracle cure trope; Nicola Yoon; Everything Everything;

    Abstract : Despite the success illness novels have acquired in the last decade, the misrepresentation of chronic illness in the Young Adult genre is still going unnoticed. In an ableist society that still needs to be educated about invisible disabilities, most of the contemporary YA writers insist on finding miraculous solutions and questionable happy endings to their stories. READ MORE

  5. 4. “I don’t approve of you dating in your condition” : Constraint and Confusion in Jason Reitman's Juno and Non Pratt's Trouble

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Kerstin Cronholm; [2017]
    Keywords : Juno; Trouble; teenage pregnancy; YA fiction;

    Abstract : Since the popular indie-film Juno came out in 2007, it has received massive attention including both praise and harsh critique. Some have celebrated the protagonist Juno’s strong personality and her initial sexual liberty, but the majority have questioned what they see as the film’s anti-abortion message. READ MORE

  6. 5. Royal Subjects : Feminist Perspectives on Diary Writing and the Diary Form in Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries Series

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Liljeqvist; [2016]
    Keywords : The Princess Diaries series; Meg Cabot; Feminism; The princess character; Diaries; Diary writing; YA fiction;

    Abstract : Meg Cabot’s young adult (YA) novel series The Princess Diaries (2000-2009) is one of many modern-day examples of attempts to redefine what Western society considers the classic princess narrative: the story of a beautiful princess passively waiting for Prince Charming. As critics such as Kay Stone and Sarah Rothschild emphasize, the fictional princess is traditionally linked to notions of ideal femininity which, in turn, makes princess stories interesting texts from a feminist perspective. READ MORE