scholarly journals Portraying Trans People in Children’s and Young Adult Literature: Problems and Challenges

2020 ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Catherine Butler
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Young People ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Gender Expression ◽  
Trans People ◽  
The Future ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Points Of View

The last twenty years have seen a proliferation of books for young people dealing with trans experience and issues. This article charts the emergence of transgender fiction for children and young adults, and its development during that period. It will address several questions arising from this phenomenon. How does the representation of trans experience differ when presented for a child readership rather than adults, and for younger children rather than adolescents? How are the representations of gender identity, gender expression and sexuality affected by considerations of audience? What are the tropes (or clichés) of trans fiction, and how have they changed? Whose points of view do the stories represent? Does it matter whether their authors are themselves trans? Is it more possible today than twenty years ago to assume some knowledge in child readers, or must every story “start from scratch”? There is no single answer to any of these questions, but the article will note some of the trends discernible over a range of texts published in English since the start of the century, and describe some of the challenges in writing texts about trans experience in the future.

Fröschen und Gurken

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Julia Boog-Kaminski
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Sexual Liberation ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
The Social ◽  
Children And Young Adults

Artikelbeginn:[English title and abstract below] Kaum eine Zeit steht so sehr für die sexuelle Befreiung und Sprengung familialer Strukturen wie die 1968er (vgl. Herzog 2005). Kaum ein Märchen steht in der psychoanalytischen Deutung so sehr für den sexuellen Reifungsprozess und das Unabhängigwerden eines Kindes wie Der Froschkönig. Der vorliegende Artikel greift diese Verbindung auf, da gerade während der 68er-Bewegung verschiedene Wasser- und Amphibienfiguren in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (KJL) vorkommen, die stark an die Motive des Märchens erinnern. Frogs and CucumbersTransformed Men in Children’s and Young Adult Literature Since 1968 In psychoanalysis, the fairy tale The Frog Prince has attracted much interest as a narrative of sexual liberation. Placing this motif at the heart of Nöstlinger’s and Pressler’s ›antiauthoritarian classics,‹ this article puts forward a new reading of literature for children and young adults. Through the ambiguity of the frog figure – oscillating between nature and culture, consciousness and unconsciousness – these books chronicle, in their own manner, the social transformation associated with 1968. They portray the emancipation movement as a hurtful and paradoxical process instead of one that reproduces the myth of linear progress.

Ethical Problems of Young-Adult Genre and Book Video Bloging, As Formation of a Reading Circle in Modern Youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
E. Boyarshinova
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Young People ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Book Market ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Current State ◽  
History Of

This paper examines the history and current state of literature for teenagers. In modern criticism young-adult genre stands out in literature for adolescents. An introductory excursion into the history of the concept of “young adults” and literature for this category of readers is given. Criticism of such works is considered by video bloggers who place their clips on Youtube platform. It is analyzed whether these responses affect the book market conditions. According to the most conservative estimates, more than half of the literature published by major publishers is Young-adult books. They are read not only by teenagers, but also by adults who want to immerse themselves in their youth. The theme of Young-adult literature is serious and multifaceted. It attracted both professional authors, whose works become real literary events, and young, non-professional authors. The study of these works is important from the point of view of studying the sociology of teenage life, to understand what young people live, what problems are reflected in such works, albeit in a crooked mirror.

Schreiben lernen in der DDR

2020 ◽  
pp. 134-144
Author(s):  
Katja Stopka
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
German Democratic Republic ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
High Status ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
The University

Artikelbeginn:[English title and abstract below] An Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (KJL) herrschte in der DDR, die ja bekanntlich in vielen Bereichen durch Mangelwirtschaft gekennzeichnet war, tatsächlich kein Mangel. Sie wurde vom Staat gefördert und unterstützt, weil sie als wichtiges Instrument der sozialistischen Erziehung von Kindern und Jugendlichen galt (vgl. Lüdecke 2002, S. 434). Insofern besaß die KJL in der DDR einen vergleichsweise höheren gesellschaftlichen, politischen und künstlerischen Stellenwert als in der alten Bundesrepublik. Auch war die Grenze zwischen AutorInnen, die für eine erwachsene und eine kindliche bzw. jugendliche Leserschaft schrieben, nicht so strikt gezogen, wie man dies aus der Bundesrepublik kannte.   Learning to Write in the German Democratic Republic (GDR)Children’s and Young Adult Literature at the »Johannes R. Becher« Institute for Literature There was no shortage of children's and young adult literature in the German Democratic Republic (GDR )—it was promoted and supported by the state because it was an important instrument in the socialist education of children and young adults. Relative to this high status, it is not surprising that many of the best-known authors of children's and young adult’s books in the GDR studied at the renowned »Johannes R. Becher« Institute for Literature in Leipzig. This first, and, for a long time, only institute for creative and literary writing in German speaking countries was founded in 1955 and mandated with the task of training socialist writers. It was closed after German reunification in 1990 but was incorporated in 1995 into the University of Leipzig as the Leipzig Institute for Literature. In this article, an overview of the structure, tasks and goals of the Johannes R. Becher Institute is given, and selected texts for children and young adults that were written by its students are examined. It also demonstrates how these texts can be socially and aesthetically classified within the framework and along the lines of the development of the socialist state.

scholarly journals Kindheit- und Kindlichkeitskonzeptionen in der russischen Literatur des 21. Jahrhunderts

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-135
Author(s):  
Ksenia Kuzminykh
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
21St Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Soviet Literature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Children And Young Adults

The article begins with an overview of the childhood conceptions found in literature for children’s and young people. The conception of childhood in the Enlightenment is directed towards the future. The characters are serious and strive to become better people. They are an example for the recipients. Romanticism, on the other hand, tries to undermine this idea, and evokes a golden age of childhood. The first type dominated Soviet literature for children and young people. This changed in the 21st century. The analysis of Sabitova’s, Emec’s, Wostokows’s, Krjukova’s, Murašova’s and Verkin’s novels shows how these childhood myths are successfully combined in modern books for children and young adults.

Young Adults as Branded Readers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Ackermans
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Young People ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
New Model ◽  
Specific Target ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Since 2009, Dutch publishers are increasingly marketing and branding books as young adult literature (YAL), thereby wishing to appeal to a specific target group of young people. In exploring YAL as a brand, we observe an interesting and broad branding process, within which attention is devoted to strategies that focus on branded relationships and the creation of a lifestyle, and within which the use of social media and the utilization of readers as influencers are key. This interactive branding process is explored against the theoretical backdrop of Bourdieu’s theory of the reversed economy and Martens’s (2016) new model of publishing. The Dutch publishing house Blossom Books provides a case study for examining the (re)distribution of the roles of publishers and readers and shows how exceptional the branding of YAL is.

Modern Iranian Female Identity in Farhad Hassanzadeh's Hasti

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-225
Author(s):  
Fateme Ghane ◽  
Amir Ali Nojoumian
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Young Adult Fiction ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Game Changer

Iranian women's first attempt at changing their social conditions dates back to the Qajar era, continuing up to the present time. In recent years, the traditional discourse on women in Iran has changed significantly, resulting in ongoing revisions concerning modern Iranian female gender identity. Yet, this new conception of identity has not been reflected in official Iranian media. Similarly, children's books usually depict women and girls mostly within pre-established ideological frameworks. However, a seminal publication project acted as a game-changer in 2010. ‘Today's Young Adult Fiction’, commissioned by the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, invited many children's and adolescents' novelists to contribute to a collection of novels with a new outlook. Among the published books, some writers narrated women's issues and struggles in the guise of young adult literature. Hasti (2013), a novel by Farhad Hassanzadeh, comes from this project, emerging as an exemplar of protest against gender stereotypes. We argue that Hassanzadeh's book has been influenced by radical changes in gender identity in Iran's recent years, and in turn, this novel, among other literary and artistic works, may raise awareness and affect the process of change in Iranian society.

Young Adult Literature: 1982 Books for Young Adults Poll

1983 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
G. Robert Carlsen ◽  
David P. Lass ◽  
Elizabeth A. Belden
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Literature

Young Adult Literature: 1985 Books for Young Adults Poll

1985 ◽  
Vol 74 (8) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
John W. Conner ◽  
Kathleen M. Tessmer ◽  
Ann Conner Johnson ◽  
Alyce J. Toloui ◽  
Ann M. Drew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Literature

Millennial fears

2019 ◽  
pp. 113-138
Author(s):  
Jennie Bristow
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
The Future ◽  
Education Work

This chapter looks beneath the hype and the horror that characterises Millennial myth-making, and explores the reality that confronts young people in their struggles with education, work, and housing. It shows that their experience, like that of the generations before them, is a mixed one. In some respects, they have more opportunities, more stuff, and more choices than young people have ever had; in others, their lives, aspirations, and freedoms are extraordinarily constrained. The much-discussed elements of Millennial angst can similarly be compared to the difficulties faced by young people at various points throughout history, and declared to be nothing particularly new, or even all that bad. But Millennials experience these problems as new to them, and in a particular context. They have grown up at a time when cautious hopes for the future jostle with a heightened sense of fear; when ‘the young’ are hailed as the answer to questions that nobody has quite worked out; when a prevalent generationalist outlook presents young people's problems as a direct consequence of the mistakes made by their parents' generation, which they are expected to suffer from rather than overcome. These features of our ‘millennial moment’ affect both how young adults make sense of the Zeitgeist, and how they express it.

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