Adolescent Fiction
In the first reading, Developing Students' Critical Literacry:Exploring Identity Construction in Young Adult Fiction, the following stood out to me:
"First, identity is no longer anchored to stable employment, communities, or institutions. Rather, identity is constructed through the properties of individual action car- ried out—more often than not for urban teens— in nonplaces like malls, train stations, and airports. Identity is now a matter of self- construction amidst unstable times, mores, and global consumerism. "(642) The idea that identity is self-constructed based on outside global influences isn't anything that is so different or radical. The reason I paused at this thought was because of social climate we're in. There is constant talk of identity and transgender identity, racial identity with people in the headlines like Rachel Dolezal. It got me to thinking about the younger generation that inhabits this world and how they fit in this identity spectrum How will they define themselves within this generation?
As an middle school ELA teacher I find the books that speak to my students are the ones that are like the the novel examined in the article. "Critical literacy takes the reader beyond the bounds of reader response. As we are interested in missues of contemporary teen identity construction in young adult novels, critical literacy offers a useful framework for our exploration of the novel Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Zusak, 2000)." I have never identified it as critical literary intact, this is a term that is new to me. But upon the reading I understand and can no identify the novels that I teach fall under this category. Novels like Outsiders, The Giver, The Hunger Games , Bad Boy all fall under this framework. And for the most part teens can readily identify with these stories. They understand the plight of the characters even if they are from a different background there is a familiarity there that they instantly make a connection with.
In the second article by Rebecca Black she speaks about online fan fiction. This is a term that I have very recently become familiar with because of the work I have been able to do in my Network Narratives class. For those of you that don't know Rebecca Black defines fan fiction as, "a unique form of writing in which fans base their stories on the characters and plotlines of existing media and popular culture. When creating fan ction, fans extend storylines, create new narrative threads, develop romantic relationships between characters, and focus on the lives of undeveloped characters from various media." I wish this would've been in existence when I was an adolescence. I would've been all over this. I really love that this is a genre that writing forum is being talked about and counted as significant in this digital age. That is very important because any forum that gets young adults to work int he creation stage of Blooms Taxonomy is well worth taking a second look.
"First, identity is no longer anchored to stable employment, communities, or institutions. Rather, identity is constructed through the properties of individual action car- ried out—more often than not for urban teens— in nonplaces like malls, train stations, and airports. Identity is now a matter of self- construction amidst unstable times, mores, and global consumerism. "(642) The idea that identity is self-constructed based on outside global influences isn't anything that is so different or radical. The reason I paused at this thought was because of social climate we're in. There is constant talk of identity and transgender identity, racial identity with people in the headlines like Rachel Dolezal. It got me to thinking about the younger generation that inhabits this world and how they fit in this identity spectrum How will they define themselves within this generation?
As an middle school ELA teacher I find the books that speak to my students are the ones that are like the the novel examined in the article. "Critical literacy takes the reader beyond the bounds of reader response. As we are interested in missues of contemporary teen identity construction in young adult novels, critical literacy offers a useful framework for our exploration of the novel Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Zusak, 2000)." I have never identified it as critical literary intact, this is a term that is new to me. But upon the reading I understand and can no identify the novels that I teach fall under this category. Novels like Outsiders, The Giver, The Hunger Games , Bad Boy all fall under this framework. And for the most part teens can readily identify with these stories. They understand the plight of the characters even if they are from a different background there is a familiarity there that they instantly make a connection with.
In the second article by Rebecca Black she speaks about online fan fiction. This is a term that I have very recently become familiar with because of the work I have been able to do in my Network Narratives class. For those of you that don't know Rebecca Black defines fan fiction as, "a unique form of writing in which fans base their stories on the characters and plotlines of existing media and popular culture. When creating fan ction, fans extend storylines, create new narrative threads, develop romantic relationships between characters, and focus on the lives of undeveloped characters from various media." I wish this would've been in existence when I was an adolescence. I would've been all over this. I really love that this is a genre that writing forum is being talked about and counted as significant in this digital age. That is very important because any forum that gets young adults to work int he creation stage of Blooms Taxonomy is well worth taking a second look.
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