The Form of the Story: How Literature Shapes Readers

Presentation Type

Oral and/or Visual Presentation

Presenter Major(s)

English

Mentor Information

Patricia Bloem, bloemp@gvsu.edu

Department

English

Location

Kirkhof Center 2263

Start Date

13-4-2011 4:00 PM

End Date

13-4-2011 4:30 PM

Keywords

Changing Ideas/Changing Worlds, Creativity/ Innovation, Gender, Philosophy/ Literature

Abstract

This panel will explore the conventions of books less frequently analyzed in classrooms and often overlooked by the scholarly world: young adult literature. Such undervalued literature often becomes the foundation for an individual's lifelong readership, therefore increasing the significance of children's and young adult literature in relation to its audience. We will be merging a comprehensive study of young adult literature with a specific application to rewritten fairy tales within that genre in order to prove the value of good young adult literature in its strong, believable characters; its foundations in tradition and folklore; and the beauty of the writing itself.

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Apr 13th, 4:00 PM Apr 13th, 4:30 PM

The Form of the Story: How Literature Shapes Readers

Kirkhof Center 2263

This panel will explore the conventions of books less frequently analyzed in classrooms and often overlooked by the scholarly world: young adult literature. Such undervalued literature often becomes the foundation for an individual's lifelong readership, therefore increasing the significance of children's and young adult literature in relation to its audience. We will be merging a comprehensive study of young adult literature with a specific application to rewritten fairy tales within that genre in order to prove the value of good young adult literature in its strong, believable characters; its foundations in tradition and folklore; and the beauty of the writing itself.