scholarly journals ONYMIC SECTOR OF THE CONCEPTUAL SPHERE OF THE YOUNG-ADULT DYSTOPIAN NOVEL (case study S. COLLINS’ TRILOGY «THE HUNGER GAMES»

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-75
Author(s):  
Khrystyna Pavliuk
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Mental Lexicon ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
World Picture ◽  
Conceptual Structures ◽  
The Hunger Games

Introduction. The article examines the onymic parcel of the English young-adult dystopian novel conceptosphere based on the material of S. Collins’ trilogy «The Hunger Games». The theory of generations has proved the dominance of the main archetype of the hero for a circle of potential readers of the analyzed works, so the leading concept of dystopian novels is the concept of the hero around whom events take place, catalyst and initiator of which he acts. These protagonists are nominated by their own names, which serve as organizers of the artistic space. In the literary work onyms become the pillars of memory, the organizers of the mental lexicon, the coordinators of the mental world picture, the compact repository of significant information in a small form. The purpose. The purpose of the article is to analyze the onymic parcel of the English young-adult dystopian novel conceptosphere based on the material of S. Collins’ trilogy «The Hunger Games». The object is the onymic sector of the conceptosphere of the studied trilogy. The subject is the specifics of its structure and organization. Materials and methods. The analysis of the onymic parcel of the conceptosphere of the studied works was carried out in several stages: the cognitive features of the dominant onymic concept nominating the main character were established; a free associative experiment was conducted; systematized and described the reactions with the selection of their types; the most frequent associates are singled out, which are grouped into associative semantic gestalts. The material of the study was a trilogy «The Hunger Games» («The Hunger Games», «Catching Fire», «Mockingjay»), with a total volume of 1160 conditional pages. Results. An associative experiment with stimuli to denote the protagonists was conducted, which made it possible to establish the conceptualization and categorization of these anthroponyms in the mental lexicon of English speakers, detection of reflection in the received associations of hierarchical conceptual structures in the minds of respondents. Сonclusions. Summarizing the above, we can emphasize that the artistic onymic concept KATNISS of the onymic parcel of the conceptosphere of the trilogy «The Hunger Games» has cognitive features SACRIFICE, FEMININITY, HOPE, DEFENDER, VENGEANCE, WINNER and forms semantic associative gestalts THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE NOVEL / FILM and NOVEL / FILM.

scholarly journals Sentence Fragments in the Narration of the Novel "The Hunger Games"

Lexicon ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farhani Nurhusna
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Fiction Writing ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
Dependent Clause

The use of sentence fragments is generally discouraged in good English writing because they lack one or more essential components of a sentence, namely a subject and/or a predicate, and thus are grammatically unacceptable. However in fiction writing, the use of sentence fragments is not only quite common in dialogue, but in narration as well. The present study analyses sentence fragments in the narration of the first novel of the young-adult science-fiction trilogy The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins, to investigate the types of fragments employed in the novel and their classification based on syntactic structure in the form of dependent-clause fragments and phrase fragments. The sentence fragments were further analysed for their use based on the context of their preceding sentences. The use of sentence fragments in the novel basically serves the function of creating emphasis or stressing important points in the story.

Religion and the Arts in The Hunger Games

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-89
Author(s):  
Zhange Ni
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
The World ◽  
Film Series ◽  
Popular Texts ◽  
Religion And Art

Abstract In this selective overview of scholarship generated by The Hunger Games—the young adult dystopian fiction and film series which has won popular and critical acclaim—Zhange Ni showcases various investigations into the entanglement of religion and the arts in the new millennium. Ni introduces theories, methods, and the latest developments in the study of religion in relation to state politics, audio/visual art, material culture, reality TV, and transmedia projects, whilst also reading The Hunger Games as a story that explores the variety, complexity, and ambiguity of enchantment. In popular texts such as The Hunger Games, religion and art—both broadly construed, that is, beyond conventional boundaries—converge in creating an enchantment that makes life more bearable and effects change in the world.

scholarly journals Character Education Values of The Main Character in The Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games (2008)”

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
I Dewa Gede Krisna Dwipa Handayana ◽  
Putu Adi Krisna Juniarta ◽  
Gede Mahendrayana
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
Katniss Everdeen

Pendidikan karakter merupakan hal penting yang perlu diperhatikan oleh setiap guru di Indonesia. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan suatu media untuk mengajarkan pendidikan karakter kepada siswa. Penelitian ini terutama membahas tentang nilai-nilai pendidikan karakter yang dimiliki oleh Katniss Everdeen, tokoh utama dalam novel berjudul “The Hunger Games” karya Suzanne Collins yang sejalan dengan nilai-nilai pendidikan karakter dari kementerian pendidikan dan kebudayaan. Penelitian ini dirancang dalam bentuk penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Dari penokohan Katniss, ia memiliki 24 karakter yang membangun dirinya sebagai tokoh utama dalam novel tersebut. Dari 24 karakter tersebut, 22 di antaranya merupakan sub nilai nilai pendidikan karakter Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan (2017) yaitu Cinta Damai, Toleransi, Ikhlas, Tidak memaksakan kehendak sendiri, Cinta lingkungan, Unggul, Patriotisme, Taat hukum, Disiplin, Pekerja Keras, Ketangguhan Mental, Tegas, Kreatif, Berani, Kooperatif, Demokratis, Peduli, Sukarela, Jujur, Setia, Adil, dan Bertanggung Jawab. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa nilai-nilai pendidikan karakter dari kementerian pendidikan dan kebudayaan tercermin dalam karakterisasi Katniss. Hal ini membuat karakterisasi Katniss dapat digunakan sebagai media untuk mengajarkan nilai pendidikan karakter kepada siswa.

scholarly journals Slivers of Hope: Women in Dystopian Trilogy

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-91
Author(s):  
Josephine May Grace Aclan Famoso
Keyword(s):  
Women Characters ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Woman Character ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Last Stage ◽  
Katniss Everdeen

This paper explores the struggles, goals, and motivations of the women characters in The Hunger Games Trilogy. In detail, the study employs Elaine Showalter’s Feminist theory to reveal the women characters’ categories in terms of three stages: feminine, feminist and female. In the study, some of the women characters living in the dehumanized society of Panem have attained the last stage of feminism which is the female stage. However, other women characters are not able to fulfill their goals. Still, due to the women characters’ demand to change the system, they start an uprising. For example, the main character, Katniss Everdeen, contributes to the collapse of the ruling government in power as she accepts being the Mockingjay, the symbol of revolution. Another woman character to exemplify such a noble act is Johanna Mason who becomes part of the rebellion and survives the war against the unjust ruling of the Capitol. These women characters are slivers of light amidst the chaos. In conclusion, it is discovered that women characters play pivotal roles in society. This suggests that women characters recognize their power to accelerate societal advancement. For this dystopian trilogy, in particular, women become symbols of hope.

Imagining Dystopian Futures in Young Adult Fiction

2019 ◽  
pp. 117-132
Author(s):  
Lizzie Seal ◽  
Maggie O’Neill
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Speculative Fiction ◽  
Young Adult Fiction ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Dystopian Fiction ◽  
The Hunger Games

This chapter discusses how it is notable that ‘speculative fiction’ – fiction that creates alternative worlds – frequently addresses themes of deviance, transgression and ordering. It identifies themes of surveillance and spectacle; hyperreality and virtual reality; memory and the suppression of history; and hierarchy and difference in dystopian fiction aimed at young adults – The Hunger Games (Collins, 2008), The Maze Runner (Dashner, 2009), Divergent (Roth, 2011) and Red Rising (Brown, 2014). The chapter explores the role of this fiction in cultural imaginings of social control, repression and resistance, and argues for greater criminological attention to novels, including bestselling fiction.

scholarly journals Légitimité littéraire de la littérature jeunesse : les Hunger Games de Suzanne Collins

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-41
Author(s):  
Anne Sechin
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Literary Quality

The Hunger Games trilogy, an international commercial success, enables us to question the relationship between sales records and literary quality as well as to think critically about the literary status of Young Adult Literature. Are there some objective criteria that make it possible to establish a literary status, and can they be applied to Young Adult literature, especially as those works are usually perceived as “popular culture”?

scholarly journals Wisdom, Mystery, and Dangerous Knowledge: Exploring Depictions of the Archetypal Sage in Young Adult Literature

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-50
Author(s):  
Ian Parker Renga ◽  
Mark A. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Sharp Contrast ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Behavioral Abnormalities ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
Dangerous Knowledge ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Common Understanding

The archetypal sage character is a common, though relatively unexplored character, in young adult literature (YAL). Employing a sociocultural, constructivist understanding of archetypes, we unpack features of the sage through an examination of three sagacious characters: the Receiver of Memory in The Giver, Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games, and Anatov in Akata Witch. Our analysis reveals how these characters are each marked with physical or behavioral abnormalities, are isolated from society and its institutions, and possess dangerous knowledge of eros (The Giver), power (The Hunger Games), and identity (Akata Witch). They are also depicted as standing in sharp contrast to other, more typical teachers in the intimate relationships they form with students and degree of vulnerability they display. All of these characteristics, we argue, might explain the appeal of the sagecharacter in YAL, as well as its curious absence from our common understanding of K-12 teachers and curriculum. Indeed, we see these characterizations of fictional teachers as raising interesting questions about sagacious mentorship and wisdom in schools.

scholarly journals Trends and Themes in Contemporary Young Adult Literature

NOTIONS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Varsha Vats
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Popular Film ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Hunger Games

In the past few decades, Young Adult literature has become progressively more popular. Film makers, Television, Fans, Critics and Academics all seem to have an inclination towards the Young Adult field. The present mankind genus is more engrossed in the literature contextualizing analysis of broader trends. However, while Young Adult persist to expand, it often materialize that the corpus of texts which is taught, studied, and critically examined overlap with texts discussed in the popular media; this has resulted in increasingly diminutive hyper canon of texts and is very often limited to the kinds of bestseller texts that make an enormous impact on popular traditions and ethnicity. To non-experts, the Young Adult class is often considered to be identical with huge blockbuster fiction titles like Harry Potter, The Fault in Our Stars, Twilight and The Hunger Games. The Young modern adult now seeks variant approaches with tangible trends in terms of theoretical importance, cultural significance, pedagogical value or amalgamation of all these approaches

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