Disturbing the universe power and repression in adolescent literature /
"Trites argues that the development of the genre over the past thirty years is an out-growth of postmodernism, since YA novels are, by definition, texts that interrogate the social construction of individuals. Drawing on such nineteenth-century precursors as Little Women and Adventures of Huckl...
| Main Author: | Trites, Roberta Seelinger, 1962- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
[2000]
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 189 pages ; 25 cm. Also issued online. |
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| Summary: |
"Trites argues that the development of the genre over the past thirty years is an out-growth of postmodernism, since YA novels are, by definition, texts that interrogate the social construction of individuals. Drawing on such nineteenth-century precursors as Little Women and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Disturbing the Universe demonstrates how important it is to employ poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing adolescent literature, both in critical studies and in the classroom. Among the twentieth-century authors discussed are Blume, Hamilton, Hinton, Le Guin, L'Engle, and Zindel." "Trite's work has applications for a broad range of readers, including scholars of children's literature and theorists of postmodernity as well as librarians and secondary-school teachers."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-175) and index. Adolescent literature in the postmodern era -- Institutional discourses in adolescent literature -- Paradox of authority in adolescent literature -- Sex and power in adolescent novels -- Death and narrative resolution in adolescent literature -- Poststructural pedagogy of adolescent literature. Also issued online. "Trites argues that the development of the genre over the past thirty years is an out-growth of postmodernism, since YA novels are, by definition, texts that interrogate the social construction of individuals. Drawing on such nineteenth-century precursors as Little Women and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Disturbing the Universe demonstrates how important it is to employ poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing adolescent literature, both in critical studies and in the classroom. Among the twentieth-century authors discussed are Blume, Hamilton, Hinton, Le Guin, L'Engle, and Zindel." "Trite's work has applications for a broad range of readers, including scholars of children's literature and theorists of postmodernity as well as librarians and secondary-school teachers."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Physical Description: |
xv, 189 pages ; 25 cm. Also issued online. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-175) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0877457328 9780877457329 0877457409 9780877457404 9780877458579 087745857X |