The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony ElizabethThomas, 2020. New York University Press. ISBN: 9781479806072, 240 pages, £12.99 (paperback)

Literacy ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Ovenden
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
New York University ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
The Hunger Games

scholarly journals Juvenile Literary Hypertextual Fanfiction: evolution, analysis and educational possibilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Anastasio García-Roca ◽  
José Manuel de Amo
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Evolution ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Evolution Analysis ◽  
Fan Communities ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
Literary Practices ◽  
The Relationship

In this work we analyse the evolution of fanfictions related to four of the most popular current fandom series: Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games and Divergent. This is a descriptive investigation wherein the temporal evolution of fanfic production is studied. The research focuses mainly on the relationship between the periods of greatest creative fanfiction activity and the publishing of the different books of the respective series, their transmedia expansion and film adaptations, among others. The study has allowed us to observe that these fan communities are generally ephemeral, although strongly united by ties of affinity, as well as being creative and active. The results obtained suggest that these vernacular literary practices are the source not only of motivation, but also of a formative process of reading and writing that can be planned and developed in formal learning contexts

Transmedia and the Vagueness of Narrative Structure

2019 ◽  
pp. 167-189
Author(s):  
Ahmet Oktan
Keyword(s):  
Motion Pictures ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Star Trek ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Star Wars ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Game Of Thrones

This chapter focuses on the types of transformations that transmedia applications cause on the narrative structure of motion pictures and television series. Since different methods are used to construct the story as a transmedia narrative in different films or series, as many works as possible are included in the study to make more accurate determinations. In this context, examples of Star Trek, The Godfather, The Matrix, Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Shrek, Madagascar, Lost, Game of Thrones, Medcezir, and Vatanım Sensin have been examined in terms of their narrative structure. In these works, the condition of the parts constituting the story universe compared to the main narrative, the elements that enable the construction of new narratives related to the main narrative in different media, fictionalization of the elements such as story lines, characters, spaces, atmosphere, and sound, the methods that are used for the transition among stories, etc. have been examined.

scholarly journals The One by K. Cass

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawna Manchakowsky
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Book Club ◽  
Her Family ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
True Love ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

Cass, Kiera. The One. New York: Harper Teen/Harper Collins Publisher, 2014. Print.Book Three in The Selection seriesThe One is the third instalment of Kiera Cass’ Selection series.  The first book, The Selection, begins with thirty-five girls who are chosen across the country to vie for the prince’s heart to become the next queen of Illéa.  For most girls, this would be a dream come true.  For America Singer, one of the selected, she could not care less.  She does not want to leave her family or her childhood sweetheart behind.  Soon swept into a world so different from her own, she begins to see not everything is perfect at the castle or as simple as it seems.The Elite, book two, picks up right after one of the eliminations and begins with the final six girls (the elite).  There is more turmoil as America battles with her feelings for her childhood sweetheart, Aspen, who is a guard at the palace, and Maxon, the prince, who has more aspects to him than she originally thought.  Tension rises when the rebels attack the castle and the girls are under siege.  While America struggles with her feelings, she decides that she does, in fact, want to be there and will now try for Maxon’s heart, if she still has a chance.The One, book three, begins with the castle under attack.  We have learned secrets about the king at the end of book two and are beginning to understand the rebels’ motives. Competition is also fierce as it is now down to the top four girls and each girl is desperately trying to win Maxon’s heart.  America feels strongly for the prince, but how can she know if she loves him when he still has three other girls that he is dating?  Does he love her or one of the other girls more?  Can she really turn away from Aspen, her first true love? Full of action, suspense and heartache, you will want to know how this book ends. The story is a mix between The Hunger Games, The Bachelor and Cinderella. This series is sure to thrill teenage audiences looking for adventure and romance.Highly Recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewed by: Shawna ManchakowskyShawna Manchakowsky recently completed her MLIS at the University of Alberta.  When she is not working at Rutherford Library as a Public Service Assistant, she can be found with her husband parenting her two young girls; avoiding any kind of cooking; and reading for her two book clubs. In between book club titles, she tries to read as much teen fiction as she can get away with. 

scholarly journals Børnelitteratur i udbrud. Transmediale bevægelser i nutidig børnelitteratur

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (75) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Mygind
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Transmedia Storytelling ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Narrative Mode ◽  
Entertainment Products ◽  
Point Of Departure

“Children’s Literature Erupting. Transmedia Movements in Contemporary Children’s Literature”The rise of large transmedia storytelling systems such as Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones suggests that transmedia storytelling is the most important narrative mode of our time. However, transmedia storytelling also exists and works on other scales. This article focuses on a growing transmedia storytelling practice that has remained underexposed as such in the field of research due to the dominance of the large transmedia franchises. This practice is indeed related to transmedia storytelling but it also challenges existing theories. With a number of different media publications all named The Numberlys produced by Moonbot Stu- dios as its point of departure, the article explores the underlying structures, relations and mechanisms in and between these publications in order to elucidate aesthetic consequences of the transmedial ‘eruptions’ in contemporary media entertainment products for children.

scholarly journals Trends and Themes in Contemporary Young Adult Literature

NOTIONS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Varsha Vats
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Popular Film ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Hunger Games

In the past few decades, Young Adult literature has become progressively more popular. Film makers, Television, Fans, Critics and Academics all seem to have an inclination towards the Young Adult field. The present mankind genus is more engrossed in the literature contextualizing analysis of broader trends. However, while Young Adult persist to expand, it often materialize that the corpus of texts which is taught, studied, and critically examined overlap with texts discussed in the popular media; this has resulted in increasingly diminutive hyper canon of texts and is very often limited to the kinds of bestseller texts that make an enormous impact on popular traditions and ethnicity. To non-experts, the Young Adult class is often considered to be identical with huge blockbuster fiction titles like Harry Potter, The Fault in Our Stars, Twilight and The Hunger Games. The Young modern adult now seeks variant approaches with tangible trends in terms of theoretical importance, cultural significance, pedagogical value or amalgamation of all these approaches

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