It recognizes that, while films can be used to complement print literature, they are also a literacy format in their own right-and one that young adults are particularly familiar and comfortable with. In addition to traditional genre chapters, Literature for Young Adults includes chapters on literary nonfiction poetry, short stories, and drama cover art, picture books, illustrated literature, and graphic novels and film. It also looks at the ways in which contemporary readers access and share the works they're reading, and it shows teachers ways to incorporate nontraditional ways of accessing and sharing books throughout their literature programs.
It explores a great variety of works, genres, and formats, but it places special emphasis on contemporary works whose nontraditional themes, protagonists, and literary conventions make them well suited to young adult readers. Jeff Herman S Guide To Book Publishers Editors Literary Agents 2007ĭescription: Young adults are actively looking for anything that connects them with the changes happening in their lives, and the books discussed throughout Literature for Young Adults have the potential to make that connection and motivate them to read. It is a book for researchers and students of literature and media and for anyone who likes a good series and wants to understand why. Serialization in Literature Across Media and Markets thus contributes a unique and interdisciplinary perspective on a historical phenomenon that has proved ever more successful in contemporary media culture. The book sheds light on the interplay between the selected serials' narrative content and medial, social, and economic contexts, drawing on insights from literary studies, literary sociology, media studies, and cultural studies. Danielewski’s experimental book series The Familiar audiobook series by the Swedish streaming service Storytel children’s books by Lemony Snicket and Philip Pullman and their adaptations into screen and serial writing and reading on the writing site Wattpad, the book traces how contemporary series at once are shaped by literary tradition and develop the format according to the logics of new media and digital technologies. This book investigates a resurgence of serial narratives in contemporary literary culture.
Description: Serialization is an old narrative strategy and a form of publication that can be traced far back in literary history, yet serial narratives are as popular as ever.
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