| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77548 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree. | en_US |
| dc.format | Monograph | |
| dc.format.medium | Electronic Resource | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY. | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dcterms.abstract | This thesis argues for the greater inclusion of fantasy literature in high school and middle school English classrooms. Through an analysis of the popularity of fantasy series, including recent movies and their widespread pop cultural appeal, this thesis illustrates that fantasy resonates with many readers. A close examination of various works of fantasy literature appropriate to be read in full or excerpted in the classroom demonstrates that fantasy usefully illustrates various literary concepts, such as symbolism, metaphor, allusion, allegory, and character foils; provides clear examples of the hero's journey, which appear in various canonical texts as well as other media; offers numerous connections to canonical texts studied in the high school curriculum, including works which contain elements of the fantastic; and that fantasy can be used to demonstrate different theories of reading literature, such as biographical, new criticism, reader response, postcolonialist, feminist, and disability studies approaches. Moreover, the abstract themes that fantasy makes concrete can be helpful and powerful ways to help students understand themselves and relate to their peers. | |
| dcterms.available | 2017-09-20T16:52:53Z | |
| dcterms.contributor | Videbaek, Bente | en_US |
| dcterms.contributor | Dunn, Patricia A. | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | Cignarella, Marisa Florence | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2017-09-20T16:52:53Z | |
| dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2017-09-20T16:52:53Z | |
| dcterms.description | Department of English. | en_US |
| dcterms.extent | 84 pg. | en_US |
| dcterms.format | Application/PDF | en_US |
| dcterms.format | Monograph | |
| dcterms.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77548 | |
| dcterms.issued | 2015-12-01 | |
| dcterms.language | en_US | |
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| dcterms.publisher | The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY. | |
| dcterms.subject | Literature | |
| dcterms.subject | Education, Fantasy, Fantasy in education, Fantasy in the classroom, Fantasy literature, Literature | |
| dcterms.title | In Defense of Magic: Using Fantasy Literature in the Classroom | |
| dcterms.type | Thesis | |
