The Death of Genre: Why the Best YA Fiction Often Defies Classification

Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic, Susan Cooper's The King of Shadows, Susan Price's The Sterkarm Handshake, and Edward Bloor's London Calling are filled with history yet are based on the premise of traveling back in time. [...]in which genre does one place Aiden Chambers' Postcards from No Man's Land? Historical fiction or modern realistic? Since the publication of his critically acclaimed Skellig and Kit's Wilderness, David Almond has blurred the lines between fantasy and reality in a genre that is often called magical realism. Is it time to despair? I think not Rather, let us celebrate the innovative fashion in which today's YA authors are bending the traditional definitions of genre. Since the publication of his critically acclaimed Skellig and Kit's Wilderness, David Almond has blurred the lines between fantasy and reality in a genre that is often called magical realism. ... in today's world of YA literature, some novels make any discussion of genre irrelevant and how this "death of genre" liberates teen readers from the stereotypes associated with genre fiction.

Loại tài liệu:

Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Smith, Scot

Đề mục:

Novels

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.5

Nguồn gốc:

ALAN Review; Youngstown, Volume 35, Issue 1, Fall 2007, ppages 43-50

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ISSN 0882-2840

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The Death of Genre: Why the Best YA Fiction Often Defies Classification

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