scholarly journals Juvenile Literary Hypertextual Fanfiction: evolution, analysis and educational possibilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Anastasio García-Roca ◽  
José Manuel de Amo
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Evolution ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Evolution Analysis ◽  
Fan Communities ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
Literary Practices ◽  
The Relationship

In this work we analyse the evolution of fanfictions related to four of the most popular current fandom series: Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games and Divergent. This is a descriptive investigation wherein the temporal evolution of fanfic production is studied. The research focuses mainly on the relationship between the periods of greatest creative fanfiction activity and the publishing of the different books of the respective series, their transmedia expansion and film adaptations, among others. The study has allowed us to observe that these fan communities are generally ephemeral, although strongly united by ties of affinity, as well as being creative and active. The results obtained suggest that these vernacular literary practices are the source not only of motivation, but also of a formative process of reading and writing that can be planned and developed in formal learning contexts

Let the Games Begin

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily L. Hiltz
Keyword(s):  
Natural Order ◽  
The Political ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Political Commentary ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
External Forces ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

This essay examines Suzanne Collins’s monstrous “mutts” in her phenomenally popular series The Hunger Games. Hiltz is especially interested in Collins’s characterization of human-animal hybrids, investigating the relationship between the political commentary at work in the novels and these “monsters,” from the half-wolf, half-humans that nearly overtake Katniss at the Cornucopia in the first novel to the lizard-humans whispering her name throughout the viaducts beneath the city in the last. Hiltz focuses on the mutts as abject creatures, demonstrating the ways in which these uncanny monsters, quite literally making the familiar strange, are at once metaphors for the political control exerted by the Capitol, the rebels’ resistance to the Capitol’s power, and the disruption of natural order. She also concentrates on Katniss and Peeta muttations, each of them reformed by warring entities in service of “the greater good.” Most importantly, Hiltz emphasizes that Collins’s mutts are designed to demonstrate the fine and wavering line between good and evil, calling into question the nature of monstrosity, especially as it relates to human behavior. Her location of monstrosity in the protagonists themselves especially offers a new way of thinking about teen dystopic novels that engage horror as a means of conveying identities assaulted by external forces.

scholarly journals Verbal and Visual Communication in the Movie The Hunger Games

HUMANIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 604
Author(s):  
Ayu Putu Fridayanti ◽  
Ni Wayan Sukarini ◽  
Putu Weddha Savitri
Keyword(s):  
Visual Communication ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Communication Analysis ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
Communication Modes ◽  
The Relationship

Communication can be made by using two kinds of mode; they are verbal and visual communication modes. Nowadays, people tend to focus on the verbal communication and ignore the visual communication itself, even though they have the same important part of communication by using language. This study entitled “Verbal and Visual Communication in the Movie The Hunger Games” is trying to reveal and find out the sentence forms of the characters’ verbal utterances, the visual signs of the scene among the characters and the relationship between those communications. In the study, The Hunger Games movie is used as the data source. It tells about a death game that was held by a capitol city which was inhabited by people of the upper class and the people of the lower class who live in the districts as the tribute of the game. The method used to analyze the movie is Qualitative method. The main theory used is proposed by Dyer (1986) with his Verbal and Visual Communication theory and helped by using a theory from Timothy Shopen (2007) describing the types of sentence in form of verbal utterance. Based on the analysis, all of the sentence types as the verbal communication analysis and almost all of the visual sign elements in the movie were found, except for the national and racial element in appearance category. The verbal and visual communications represented in the movie supports each other to convey the meaning. It shows the differences between two different social classes; they are upper and lower classes. How the characters of the upper class speak, act, and look, tend to be more polite, prestigious, classy, colorful, and more educated than the characters of the lower class. It shows the relationship of visual and verbal communication itself. 

Transmedia and the Vagueness of Narrative Structure

2019 ◽  
pp. 167-189
Author(s):  
Ahmet Oktan
Keyword(s):  
Motion Pictures ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Star Trek ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Star Wars ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Game Of Thrones

This chapter focuses on the types of transformations that transmedia applications cause on the narrative structure of motion pictures and television series. Since different methods are used to construct the story as a transmedia narrative in different films or series, as many works as possible are included in the study to make more accurate determinations. In this context, examples of Star Trek, The Godfather, The Matrix, Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Shrek, Madagascar, Lost, Game of Thrones, Medcezir, and Vatanım Sensin have been examined in terms of their narrative structure. In these works, the condition of the parts constituting the story universe compared to the main narrative, the elements that enable the construction of new narratives related to the main narrative in different media, fictionalization of the elements such as story lines, characters, spaces, atmosphere, and sound, the methods that are used for the transition among stories, etc. have been examined.

scholarly journals Training and Profile of Special Olympics Portugal Coaches: Influence of Formal and Non-Formal Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6491
Author(s):  
Pedro Pires ◽  
Marco Batista ◽  
Daniel A. Marinho ◽  
Antonio Antúnez ◽  
Helena Mesquita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Formal Learning ◽  
Special Olympics ◽  
Academic Background ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Adapted Sports ◽  
And Training

Since coaches play an important role in the development of athletes, the process and mechanisms used by Special Olympics Portugal to develop coaches’ skills are worthy of research. In this context, the study aims to identify the training paths and profiles of the Special Olympics Portugal coach. It also aims to analyze the relationship between formal and non-formal learning in the profile and training of this type of coach. The research is descriptive and transversal regarding Special Olympics Portugal coaches, with the participation of 50 subjects. Two questionnaires were used, the Coaches’ Training Profile Questionnaire to determine the training routes, and the Coaches’ Orientation Questionnaire. The results show that the Special Olympics Portugal coaches have an academic background and a somewhat critical profile. It is imperative to build formal and non-formal learning contexts that focus on the theme of adapted sports, in order to allow the training of more qualified coaches, who are consequently more effective in their interventions with this type of athlete.

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”?

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