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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255061803321

Autore

Nodelman Perry

Titolo

Alternating Narratives in Fiction for Young Readers : Twice Upon a Time / / by Perry Nodelman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-50817-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 249 pages)

Collana

Critical Approaches to Children's Literature

Disciplina

809.89282

Soggetti

Children's literature

Fiction

America—Literatures

Children's Literature

North American Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Alternating Narratives: An Introduction -- 2 Alternating Narratives as Puzzles -- 3. Alternating Narratives and Represented Writing -- 4. Fictional Collage as Alternating Narratives -- 5. Distance Education: The Readerly Effects of Alternating Narratives -- 6. Alternating Narratives as Variations of Each Other -- 7. Structural Ideologies in Alternating Narratives: Individuality -- 8. Structural Ideologies in Alternating Narratives: Connection and Community -- 9. Structural Ideologies in Alternating Narratives: Indigeneity -- .

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about the implications of novels for young readers that tell their stories by alternating between different narrative lines focused on different characters. It asks: if you make sense of fiction by identifying with one main character, how do you handle two or more of them? Do novels with alternating narratives diverge from longstanding conventions and represent a significant change in literature for young readers? If not, how do these novels manage to operate within the parameters of those conventions? This book considers answers to these questions by means of a series of close readings that explore the structural, educational and ideological implications of a variety of



American, British, Canadian and Australian novels for children and for young adults. .