Narrative matters : you do you : teens’ coconstruction of narrative, reality and identity on social media
Children's literature is awash with bildungsromane, or ‘novels of formation’ in which a young person makes a physical, spiritual, moral or emotional journey and learns about themselves, the world, or Life with a capital L (Boes, 2006). Examples include Little Women, The Catcher in the Rye, and...
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2019
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83284 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50190 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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| Summary: | Children's literature is awash with bildungsromane, or ‘novels of formation’ in which a young person makes a physical, spiritual, moral or emotional journey and learns about themselves, the world, or Life with a capital L (Boes, 2006). Examples include Little Women, The Catcher in the Rye, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Some win awards, such as Sharon Creech's witty and warm Walk Two Moons, whose heroine Salamanca Hiddle takes a physical and psychological road‐trip in search of her mother. Others appeal more to adults such as Sue Townsend's The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾, whose bittersweet humour delighted grown‐ups reading about a childhood even more awkward than their own. All involve an author creating a memorable lead character who is formed or transformed during the narrative. |
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