All episodes of Fiction for Young Adults

Fiction for Young Adults

Episodes

Conclusion and Revision II

Published 10/05/12

Fiction for Young Adults

Published 10/05/12

Conclusion and Revision I

Published 10/03/12

How a Reader Develops a Response

Once a reader forms a response, how is the next step taken? How are analysis of books communicated to the rest of the world? Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Published 09/21/12

I Can Make up my Own Mind

Over the course of this subject you would have encountered books that you love, books that you loathe, and books that you are indifferent towards. Why is this the case? How does a reader interpret and judge a book? Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Published 09/21/12

Changing Forms of Storytelling II

The ways that the story can be delivered, and the questions it raises about the nature of 'the author', 'the reader', and how 'the story' is changed. Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Published 09/21/12

Changing Forms of Storytelling I

Alternative forms of telling stories. How does poetry and the 'verse novel' change the way a story is told? Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Published 09/14/12

Moral Ambiguity in The Hunger Games

What are the characteristics of utopias and dystopias in young adult fiction? What are their origins? How does The Hunger Games use these themes? Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Published 09/09/12

Utopias and Dystopias

Published 09/04/12

The Gendering of Storytelling

Published 08/31/12

Girls Books and Boys Books

Published 08/30/12

Romance and Vampires

David Beagley on how the perception of vampires have changed, and how they are portrayed in modern fiction such as Twilight. Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Published 08/30/12

What it is to be Young and in Love

David Beagley on how romance is portrayed in fiction for young adults, looking at both Pride and Prejudice and Twilight. Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Published 08/21/12

Perceiving 'the Voice' in a Story

Published 08/20/12

Me in My World

David Beagley on the idea of identity of the central character in the context of their world, the larger society and their social awareness. Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Published 08/20/12

Creating Meaning in Fiction

Published 08/13/12

Me and My Identity

David Beagley on representation and identity in young adult fiction. How do readers seek and determine the self? Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Published 08/09/12

War in Young Adult Fiction

Published 08/09/12

The Turmoil of the Teenager

Published 08/03/12

Defining Young Adult Fiction

David Beagley defines fiction for young adults, and the common themes you can find in them, no matter when they were written. Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Published 07/27/12

Introduction

David Beagley introduces Fiction for Young Adults - theories around the definition of adolescence, assumptions about Young Adult readers and consequent assumptions about Young Adult Literature. Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Published 07/24/12