Fantasy Literature : : Challenging Genres / / edited by Mark A. Fabrizi.
Fantasy literature, often derided as superficial and escapist, is one of the most popular and enduring genres of fiction worldwide. It is also—perhaps surprisingly—thought-provoking, structurally complex, and relevant to contemporary society, as the essays in this volume attest. The scholars, teache...
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| Superior document: | Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genre |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016. |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genre
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Mark A. Fabrizi
- Introduction / Mark A. Fabrizi
- In the Shadow of the Status Quo / Neil McGarry and Daniel Ravipinto
- The Wizards Beneath / Nathaniel Gee
- You’re a Prince, Harry / Mark A. Fabrizi
- Designing a Course Integrating Critical Pedagogy, Fantasy Literature, and Religious Studies / Nathan Fredrickson
- Strong Women in Fairy Tales Existed Long Before Frozen / Martha M. Johnson-Olin
- From Fledgling to Buffy / Margaret A. Robbins and Jennifer Jackson Whitley
- Gender, Class, and Marginalization in Beatrix Potter / Hannah Swamidoss
- Depictions of Social Class in Newbery-Winning Fantasies / Danielle E. Forest
- Indifference, Neglect, and Outright Dislike / Claire A. Davanzo
- Magic as Privilege in Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s Wheel of Time Epic Fantasy Series / Louise Pisano Simone
- Seeing Harry as an At-Risk Student / Dawan Coombs , Jon Ostenson and Whitney Sommerville
- Magical Objects in Fantasy / Stephanie Dreier
- Critical Literacy in Inquiry Learning / Cynthia Dawn Martelli and Vickie Johnston
- “Bruce Banner can be an Asshole” / Rebecca Sutherland Borah
- Author Biographies / Mark A. Fabrizi.