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Informationen zum Autor By Joanne Brown and St. Nancy Clair Klappentext Young adult historical fiction brings the past alive through stories of adventure, suspense, and mystery. The genre is both complex and controversial, encompassing novels that range from romance and fantasy to stark historical realism. The book examines the various approaches to young adult historical fiction and explores the issues that it has engendered. Part One focuses on the broader issues spawned by the genre itself, including its various subgenres and literary concerns such as the relationship between accuracy and readability. Part Two explores issues of contemporary interest, such as race, class, gender, the immigrant experience, religion, war, and nationalism. Finally, the question of whether novels in this genre are bound by anything other than their respective period setting is posed. The genesis for much classroom debate, suggestions for class discussions and writing assignments as well as sample written responses of these debates from the authors' classes are included. Teachers, librarians, instructors of young adult literature courses, and teen readers will find this an insightful analysis of YA historical fiction. Zusammenfassung Examines approaches to young adult historical fiction in its many varieties! and explores the issues that is has engendered. Part one of this book focuses on the line between fiction and fact! narrative voice! and time boundaries! while part two explores those specific ideological issues! such as race! class! gender! religion! and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Part I. Historical Fiction as Genre Chapter 3 1. Portraits of the Past Chapter 4 2. The Rise and Rise of Historical Fiction Chapter 5 3. The "Truth" of Young Adult Historical Fiction Part 6 Part II. Historical Fiction as Social Realism Chapter 7 4. More than Skin Deep Chapter 8 5. A Question of Faith Chapter 9 6. Class Matters Chapter 10 7. Sugar and (Lots of) Spice Chapter 11 8. The Beckoning Shores Chapter 12 9. Battle Cries Chapter 13 10. Conclusions Part 14 Appendix: Suggestions for Additional Reading Part 15 Bibliography Part 16 Index Part 17 About the Authors...
