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"Surviving" Adolescence : Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Transformations In Young Adult Fiction
Kelvin Grove
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2010
Z1761971
2010
single work
thesis
'This study, entitled "Surviving" Adolescence: Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic transformations in young adult fiction", analyses how discourses surrounding the apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic are represented in selected young adult fiction published between 1997 and 2009. The term ―apocalypse‖ is used by current theorists to refer to an uncovering or disclosure (most often a truth), and post-apocalypse means to be after a disclosure, after a revelation, or after catastrophe.
'This study offers a double reading of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic discourses, and the dialectical tensions that are inherent in, and arise from, these discourses. Drawing on the current scholarship of children‘s and young adult literature this thesis uses post-structural theoretical perspectives to develop a framework and methodology for conducting a close textual analysis of exclusion, un-differentiation, prophecy, and simulacra of death. The combined theoretical perspectives and methodology offer new contributions to young adult fiction scholarship.
'This thesis finds that rather than conceiving adolescence as the endurance of a passing phase of a young person‘s life, there is a new trend emerging in young adult fiction that treats adolescence as a space of transformation essential to the survival of the young adult, and his/her community.'
Source: QUT ePrints.
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Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 14 no. 1 2006; (p. 40-41)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 32)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 49 no. 4 2005; (p. 35)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven 2005 single work novel -
Grave New Worlds
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 276 2005; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Snow Wings 2005 single work children's fiction ; The Rat and the Raven 2005 single work novel ; Dogboy 2005 single work novel
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Take Three
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 25 September 2005; (p. 14)
— Review of Across the Wall : A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories 2005 selected work short story novella ; The Rat and the Raven 2005 single work novel ; Rosa and the Veil of Gold 2005 single work novel -
Grave New Worlds
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 276 2005; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Snow Wings 2005 single work children's fiction ; The Rat and the Raven 2005 single work novel ; Dogboy 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 49 no. 4 2005; (p. 35)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 14 no. 1 2006; (p. 40-41)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 32)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven 2005 single work novel -
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"Surviving" Adolescence : Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Transformations In Young Adult Fiction
Kelvin Grove
:
2010
Z1761971
2010
single work
thesis
'This study, entitled "Surviving" Adolescence: Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic transformations in young adult fiction", analyses how discourses surrounding the apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic are represented in selected young adult fiction published between 1997 and 2009. The term ―apocalypse‖ is used by current theorists to refer to an uncovering or disclosure (most often a truth), and post-apocalypse means to be after a disclosure, after a revelation, or after catastrophe.
'This study offers a double reading of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic discourses, and the dialectical tensions that are inherent in, and arise from, these discourses. Drawing on the current scholarship of children‘s and young adult literature this thesis uses post-structural theoretical perspectives to develop a framework and methodology for conducting a close textual analysis of exclusion, un-differentiation, prophecy, and simulacra of death. The combined theoretical perspectives and methodology offer new contributions to young adult fiction scholarship.
'This thesis finds that rather than conceiving adolescence as the endurance of a passing phase of a young person‘s life, there is a new trend emerging in young adult fiction that treats adolescence as a space of transformation essential to the survival of the young adult, and his/her community.'
Source: QUT ePrints.
Awards
- 2005 highly commended Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Best Novel
- Ballarat, Ballarat area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,