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What is  Young Adult Literature? LIB 617  Research  in Young Adult Literature Fall 2009
What is YA Literature? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
So, what is YA Lit? ,[object Object],[object Object]
What is YA Literature? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What is YA Literature? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Derogatory views ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Carte Blanche ,[object Object],[object Object]
Cart’s evolution of YA Lit ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Content of this evolution? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Why define YA Lit, then? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Chance’s study ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Characteristics of YA Lit ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
A reason for encouraging reading? ,[object Object],[object Object]
A Matrix for Evaluation Diversity Sameness SOMETHING NOTHING Local, specific substantial content General, but still substantial and meaningful Generic, lacking in depth or real meaning Recognizable, but shallow Everywhere Elsewhere Nowhere Somewhere
Something? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Nothing? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Examples of something--nothing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Top Left Sector of Matrix ,[object Object],Diversity SOMETHING Somewhere Folklore :  Folklore is the body of expressive   culture ,   including   tales ,   music ,   dance ,   legends ,   oral history ,   proverbs ,   jokes ,   popular beliefs ,   customs,   material culture , and so forth, common to a particular population, comprising the   traditions   (including   oral traditions ) of that culture,   subculture , or   group .   ( Wikipedia )
Folktales and Young Adults
Bottom Left Sector of Matrix ,[object Object],Diversity SOMETHING Sameness  Everywhere Quality literature, sometimes adaptations or else original writing, with universal appeal and meaning
Quality “Books with Bite” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Top Right of the Matrix ,[object Object],Diversity NOTHING Elsewhere Recognizable stories, but less original and some shallowness
An example here? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],See a  different view  from  teenreads.com
Bottom Right of the Matrix ,[object Object],Sameness NOTHING Nowhere Generic, unoriginal, impersonal, shallow
A Biting Nothing? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Important to consider! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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