Articles & Chapters by Roberta Trites
English Journal, 2019
This article argues for the value of preparing students to identify the presence of neoliberal id... more This article argues for the value of preparing students to identify the presence of neoliberal ideologies that amplify racial stratification by defining entire groups of people as “disposable” The authors examine a YA dystopian novel to demonstrate how the text can be interpreted as a critique of neoliberalism.
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The Edinburgh Companion to Children's Literature
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Literary Conceptualizations of Growth
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Literary Conceptualizations of Growth
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David Almond, 2014
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Waking Sleeping Beauty, 1997
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Children's Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 2014
Literary Conceptualizations of Growth explores those processes through which maturation is repres... more Literary Conceptualizations of Growth explores those processes through which maturation is represented in adolescent literature by examining how concepts of growth manifest themselves in adolescent literature and by interrogating how the concept of growth structures scholars’ ability to think about adolescence. Cognitive literary theory provides the theoretical framework, as do the related fields of cognitive linguistics and experiential philosophy; historical constructions of the concept of growth are also examined within the context of the history of ideas. Cross-cultural literature from the traditional Bildungsroman to the contemporary Young Adult novel serve as examples. Literary Conceptualizations of Growth ultimately asserts that human cognitive structures are responsible for the pervasiveness of growth as both a metaphor and a narrative pattern in adolescent literature.
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Children's Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 2014
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The Politics of Panem, 2014
In a rare interview with Time magazine, Suzanne Collins openly asserted in 2013 that she consider... more In a rare interview with Time magazine, Suzanne Collins openly asserted in 2013 that she considers the Hunger Games trilogy to be an extended anti-war commentary, and she admits that she was influenced by a variety of sources.
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The Yearbook of English Studies, 2004
... and 5 explore how sex and death, as biological im-peratives, both empower and repress ... ove... more ... and 5 explore how sex and death, as biological im-peratives, both empower and repress ... overview of how schol-ars of adolescent literature have successfully employed reader response theory ... that I think work well to demonstrate the patterns in adolescent literature: Adventures ...
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Journal of Popular Film and Television, 1991
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Children's Literature, 2000
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Childrens Literature in Education, 1994
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Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 1993
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... It follows logically that the only way for adolescents lo empower themselves is to quit being... more ... It follows logically that the only way for adolescents lo empower themselves is to quit being so ... is probably the only genre in the w orld designed to propel the reader out of her ... The Harry Poiter novels are among scores of adolescent novels that inculcate in teenagers their power ...
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In this lecture Distinguished Professor of English Dr. Roberta Seelinger Trites offers a retrospe... more In this lecture Distinguished Professor of English Dr. Roberta Seelinger Trites offers a retrospective look at the evolution of the study of children’s literature during her 30 year career as a teacher and scholar at Illinois State University. Trites’ presentation covers the changing nature of the scholarly study of Children’s Literature as well as a discussion of her own contributions to the field.https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/lenskilecture/1000/thumbnail.jp
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English Journal, 2019
This article argues for the value of preparing students to identify the presence of neoliberal id... more This article argues for the value of preparing students to identify the presence of neoliberal ideologies that amplify racial stratification by defining entire groups of people as “disposable” The authors examine a YA dystopian novel to demonstrate how the text can be interpreted as a critique of neoliberalism.
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Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 2005
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