- Description
- 1 online resource.
- Summary
- "In the mid- to late 2000s, the United States witnessed a boom in dystopian novels and films intended for young audiences. At that time, many literary critics, journalists, and educators grouped dystopian literature together with science fiction, leading to possible misunderstandings of the unique history, aspects, and functions of science fiction and dystopian genres. Though texts within these two genres may share similar settings, plot devices, and characters, each genre's value is different because they do distinctively different sociocritical work in relation to the culture that produces them. In The Order and the Other: Young Adult Dystopian Literature and Science Fiction, author Joseph W. Campbell distinguishes the two genres, explains the function of each, and outlines the different impact each has upon readers. Campbell analyzes such works as Lois Lowry's The Giver and James Dashner's The Maze Runner, placing dystopian works into the larger context of literary history. He asserts both dystopian literature and science fiction differently empower and manipulate readers, encouraging them to look critically at the way they are taught to encounter those who are different from them and how to recognize and work within or against the power structures around them. In doing so, Campbell demonstrates the necessity of both genres."--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Children's literature association series
- Uniform Title
- Order and the other (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Order and the other (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Interpolation, identification, and the boundary between self and other -- The electric boy grows up: science fiction for a young adult audience -- The treatment for stirrings: Dystopian literature for adolescents -- Teaching the fantastic: using science fiction and dystopian texts in the classroom -- Signs of life?: considerations for the future of the genres and their critique -- Notes -- Bibliography.
- LCCN
- 2019021707
- OCLC
- ssj0002191525
- Author
Campbell, Joseph W.
- Title
The order and the other [electronic resource] : young adult dystopian literature and science fiction / Joseph W. Campbell.
- Imprint
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
- Series
Children's literature association series
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Other Form:
Print version: Campbell, Joseph W. author. Order and the other Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019] 9781496824721 (DLC) 2019008117