How a Reader Develops a Response

The second lecture giving a conclusion and revision to 'Fiction for Young Adults'. Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

The first lecture giving a conclusion and revision to 'Fiction for Young Adults'. Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Once a reader forms a response, how is the next step taken? How are analysis of books communicated to the rest of the world? Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Over the course of this subject you would have encountered books that you love, books that you loathe, and books that you are indifferent towards. Why is this the case? How does a reader interpret and judge a book? Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

The ways that the story can be delivered, and the questions it raises about the nature of 'the author', 'the reader', and how 'the story' is changed. Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Alternative forms of telling stories. How does poetry and the 'verse novel' change the way a story is told? Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

What is the primary world? Where is our world in The Hunger Games? What are the elements that we can take directly from it? Some of it is going to be decoration, others more direct. Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

What are the characteristics of utopias and dystopias in young adult fiction? What are their origins? How does The Hunger Games use these themes? Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

What mechanisms are used to establish a gendered tone to the mechanisms of a story? Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

What is the difference in how a book is written for a girl audience or boy audience? Copyright 2012 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.