Age in David Almonds Oeuvre - A Multi Method Approach to Studying Age Life Course in Childrens

This book adds to the understanding of David Almond's work by offering a multi-faceted analysis of age.

List of contents

Introduction (Vanessa Joosen)
1. Counting Stars, discounting years? Life writing and memory studies (Vanessa Joosen)
2. Social and material minds through the lens of cognitive narratology in Clay and Bone Music (Emma-Louise Silva)
3. "Weird, but lovely": A digital exploration of age in David Almond's oeuvre (Lindsey Geybels)
4. An exploration of reader-response research through My Name is Mina (Leander Duthoy)
5. Constructing age transmedially: Framing age in text and on screen in Skellig (Michelle Anya Anjirbag and Frauke Pauwels)
6. Eating fire: Close reading David Almond as a crosswriter (Vanessa Joosen)
Appendix A: List of 100 most frequent words
Appendix B: Scatterplots of character speech
Appendix C: Lists of 40 most common verbs, possessions, and adjectives associated with child, adolescent, adult, and old adult characters
Appendix D: The interview guide for My Name Is Mina
Appendix E: Griet's and Astrid's stories
Index

About the author

Vanessa Joosen is a full professor of English literature and children's literature at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Michelle Anya Anjirbag is an affiliated postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Leander Duthoy is a PhD student at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Lindsey Geybels is a PhD student in children's literature and digital humanities at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Frauke Pauwels is a postdoctoral researcher, visiting lecturer and co-organiser of the Children's Literature Summer School at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Emma-Louise Silva is a postdoctoral researcher and visiting lecturer at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Summary

This book adds to the understanding of David Almond's work by offering a multi-faceted analysis of age.

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Anya Anjirbag, Leander Duthoy, Lindsey Geybels, Vanessa Joosen, Vanessa Anjirbag Joosen, Joosen Vanessa, Frauke Pauwels, Emma-Louise Silva
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032439600
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3243960-0
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Children's Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general