Young Adult Literature As A Tool For Survival: Alex Sanchez's Rainbow Boys Series

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Young Adult Literature As A Tool For Survival: Alex Sanchez's Rainbow Boys Series

Original language description

This paper explores the use of literature as a tool for survival in the context of gay young adult literature, focusing on Alex Sanchez's series of novels, Rainbow Boys (2001), Rainbow High (2003), and Rainbow Road (2005). It argues that the didactic function, which is frowned upon in literature for adults, is not only accepted in literature for young adults but may even overshadow doubts about the literary quality of the works in question. This argument is further supported by an analysis of paratextual information, namely by a resource kit included in the novels. In order to understand the effect of such books on readers, interdisciplinary methods should be used.

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

AJ - Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities

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Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Theories and Practices: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Anglophone Studies

ISBN

978-80-7454-191-9

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

255-262

Publisher name

Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

Place of publication

Zlín

Event location

Zlín

Event date

Sep 7, 2011

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000310174300024