Young Adult Literature and Spirituality - How to Unlock Deeper Understanding With Class Discussion

This book offers revolutionary approaches to in-class discussions about young adult literature.

Table des matières

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: New Ways to Interpret and Discuss Young Adult Literature
Chapter 1: Prayers of Lament in Internment
Chapter 2: Yearning in The Hate U Give
Chapter 3: Speak and Long Way Down Graphic Novels for Prayers of Anger
Chapter 4: Confession in Goodbye Days.
Chapter 6: Thankfulness in The War that Saved My Life
Chapter 7: The Poet X and Louisiana's Way Home as Prayers of Reconciliation
Chapter 8: Using Havruta to Consider Orbiting Jupiter and Beast Player as Prayers of Obedience
Chapter 9: Prayers of Contemplation in Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Chapter 10: Finding Joy in The Fault in Our Stars through Floralegium
Chapter 11: The Inquisitor's Tale: Using PaRDeS to Explore Pilgrimage
Conclusion: Closing our Discussion and the Books
References
About the Author

A propos de l'auteur

William Boerman-Cornell has co-authored two previous books about using graphic novels to teach middle school and high school. A former high school English teacher, Boerman-Cornell is a professor of Education at Trinity Christian College near Chicago.
Deborah Vriend Van Duinen has served as the director of The NEA Big Read, a community-wide reading discussion program in Holland, Michigan that has pioneered college and community cooperative reading approaches. She is an Associate Professor of Education at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.
Xu Bian brings expertise as an Assistant Professor of Chinese to a consideration of international and inter-cultural literary interpretation. The author of several peer-reviewed studies, Bian teaches at Seattle Pacific University in Washington state.
Kris Gritter has published over twenty peer-reviewed articles and chapters about adolescent literacy and is the award-winning editor of a column in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. Gritter is a professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Seattle Pacific University in Washington state.

Résumé

This book offers revolutionary approaches to in-class discussions about young adult literature.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Kristine Alatheia Mensonides Gritter, Xu Bian, William Boerman-Cornell, William Vriend Van Duinen Boerman-Cornell, Deborah Vriend Van Duinen, Kristine Alatheia Mensonides Gritter, Deborah Vriend Van Duinen
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781475862102
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6210-2
• Pages: 180
• Catégories: Livres pour enfants et adolescents > Littérature spécialisée (texte ou images) > Religion, philosophie, psychologie; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Pédagogie, didactique, méthode; English, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spiritualism, Secondary Schools, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: English Literature, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Religion / General, Educational: First / native language: Literature studies, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities, Educational: Religious studies