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Direct linkStewart, Susan Louise – Children's Literature in Education, 2009
When Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" was published in 1952, he could not have known the impact his metaphor of invisibility would have on adolescent and YA literature. However, upon closer inspection, the importance and prevalence of his metaphor becomes evident. Authors of adolescent and YA literature routinely use the metaphor as an intertextual…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Figurative Language, Authors, Books
Cadden, Mike – Children's Literature in Education, 2005
Critics and teachers tend to pay attention to genre and ignore mode as an area of consideration. This study examines three novels for young readers that are comparable in terms of their entwining opposing modes (irony and romance, comedy and tragedy) as a successful crossover strategy for appeal to readers young and old. I share implications for…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Literary Genres, Figurative Language
