Essays about: "young adult fiction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words young adult fiction.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. What Society Feeds Us : Immersion, racism and police violence in the novel and film version of The Hate U Give in the EFL classroom

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Carl Waldmann Bergvall; [2021]
   Keywords : The Hate U Give; immersion; film adaptation; young adult fiction; EFL classroom; racism; police violence; upper secondary school;

   Abstract : Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give is a young adult novel that covers controversial topics such as racism and police violence. In this essay, the concept of immersion is used to examine how the novel and its 2018 film counterpart adaptation differ in examining these topics. READ MORE

4. 3. The Hate U Give and Interpretive Communities : How Young Adult Fiction Can Strengthen a Political Movement

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Beata Gullberg; [2021]
   Keywords : The Hate U Give; Angie Thomas; Black Lives Matter; Stanley Fish; Affective Stylistics; Interpretive Communities;

   Abstract : In the wake of the guilty verdict of George Floyd’s murderer, police officer Derek Chauvin, there is hope for change in the pattern of police brutality against black people in the United States. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas was published three years prior to George Floyd’s death, in 2017, and is a realistic fictional novel in the young adult genre that has gained attention for its relevant contribution in the debate of racism and police violence, as the fictional victim Khalil Harris, an unarmed black teenager, does not receive the same justice as George Floyd. READ MORE

5. 4. Complicating young adult LGBTQ narrative: : A literary analysis of Rebecca Albertalli’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Nikta Chegini; [2020]
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   Abstract : Since they first emerged, young adult books have had five decades to come of age. During these five decades many sub-genres have developed, including, not least, the LGBTQ sub-genre. READ MORE

6. 5. “He Could Have Led Me Anywhere” : Post-Feminist New Traditionalism and Anti-Feminism in TravelThemed Young Adult Fiction

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Emma Lina Myte Pascal; [2020]
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