Description
Book SynopsisIn the last decade alone, the world has changed in seismic ways as marriage equality has been ruled on by the supreme court, social justice issues such as #metoo and BlackLivesMatter have arisen, and issues of immigration and deportation have come to the forefront of politics across the globe. Thus, there is a need for an updated text that shares strategies for combining canonical and young adult literature that reflects the changes society has and continues to - experience. The purpose of our collection is to offer secondary (6-12) teachers engaging ideas and approaches for pairing young adult and canonical novels to provide unique examinations of topics that teaching either text in isolation could not afford. Our collection does not center canonical texts and most chapters show how both texts complement each other rather than the young adult text being only an extension of the canonical. Within each volume, the chapters are organized chronologically according to the publication d
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Victor Malo-Juvera and Paula Greathouse
CHAPTER 1
Feral Youth, The Canterbury Tales, and the Power of Stories
Shelly Shaffer
CHAPTER 2
Exploring Feminist Themes in Jane Eyre and Dark Companion
Amber Spears and Ciara Pittman
CHAPTER 3
Governed by Rules: Possibilities and Consequences in Wuthering Heights and The Hate U Give
Michael Macaluso and Kati Macaluso
CHAPTER 4
“I wish I weren’t so high”: Substance abuse and addiction in We Were Liars and The Great
Gatsby
Janine Darragh
CHAPTER 5
Justice Served? Teaching Native Son and Allegedly
Lisa Scherff
CHAPTER 6
They’re Still Watching: 1984, Little Brother, and the Staying Power of the Techno-Dystopia
Sarah Burriss and Melanie Hundley
CHAPTER 7
Identifying and Interrogating Toxic Masculinity in Lord of Flies and The Chocolate War
Katy Corvino, Anna Consalvo, and Natalie Chase
CHAPTER 8
Fallen Angels and The Things They Carried: Bringing the Vietnam War to Light
Crag Hill
ABOUT THE EDITORS
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX OF YA AND CANONICAL TEXTS
SUBJECT INDEX
