Young Adult Fantasy Fiction: Conventions, Originality, Reproducibility (Elements in Publishing and Book Culture)
Cambridge University Press, 8/8/2019
EAN 9781108445320, ISBN10: 1108445322
Paperback, 75 pages, 17.6 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm
Language: English
Young adult fantasy (YA fantasy) brings together two established genres - young adult fiction and fantasy fiction - and in so doing amplifies, energises, and leverages the textual, social, and industrial practices of the two genres: combining the fantastic with adolescent concerns; engaging passionate online fandoms; proliferating quickly into series and related works. By considering the texts alongside the way they are circulated and marketed, this Element aims to show that the YA fantasy genre is a dynamic formation that takes shape and reshapes itself responsively in a continuing process over time.
Introduction – genre and YA fantasy
1. Conventions and the text
2. Originality and the social
3. Reproducibility and industry
Conclusion – creative, cultural, commercial.