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Empowering Adolescent Readers: Intertextuality in Three Novels by David Almond.
- Source :
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Children's Literature in Education . Sep2008, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p213-226. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- In Skellig, Kit’s Wilderness, and Clay, David Almond employs various types of intertextuality to enrich his narratives. Through the use of allusion, adaptation, collage, and mise-en-abyme, he encourages his adolescent readers to seek out precursor texts and to consider the interrelationships between these texts and his own. By so doing, he demonstrates the respect he has for his readers and empowers them to become active makers of meaning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *INTERTEXTUALITY
*CHILDREN'S literature
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00456713
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Children's Literature in Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32679772
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-007-9052-6