Young Adult: A Book by Any Other Name . . .: Defining the Genre

Bookstores have reshuffled their shelves and recategorized their sections, drawing titles from both Children's and Grownup Fiction (Sadly, "Adult Fiction" doesn't ring the way I wish it could) to create the new Teen, or Young Adult, sections of their stores. Because the Young Adult umbrella seems to shelter the many simpler, aimed-for-children books as well as the overabundance of catty, chick-lit-ish novels, this new category has brought with it certain negative assumptions from critics across the board. First jobs, friendship conflicts, girls, school drama, and a little detective work to unearth an enormous secret are what put this ALA 2005 Best of Y.A. novel on the Young Adult map. [...]Boy Meets Boy contains many of the markings of contemporary Young Adult Fiction. First published in Australia as a Grownup novel, The Book Thief does not embody very many Young Adult elements, which does not mean that it is not a powerfully-crafted novel.

Loại tài liệu:

Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Stephens, Jonathan

Đề mục:

Young adult literature

Nhà xuất bản:

Assembly on Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English

Ngày xuất bản:

Fall 2007

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Định danh tư liệu:

https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v35i1.a.4

Nguồn gốc:

ALAN Review; Youngstown, Volume 35, Issue 1, Fall 2007, Pages 32-42

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ISSN 0882-2840

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Young Adult: A Book by Any Other Name . . .: Defining the Genre

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