Analyzing Multicultural Literature

Analyzing Multicultural Literature LIB 617 Readings and Research in Young Literature Fall 2008

Why analyze literature? ,[object Object],June 5, 2009 Analyzing Multicultural Literature

A little Newtonian physics ,[object Object],[object Object]

Spectrum requires a prism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Prism as a filter ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A prism to view the full spectrum ,[object Object],R eal I nvented SM iley face

Two Continuums ,[object Object],[object Object]

Put ‘em together! Per so n a l SM i l e y Real Invented

Application to Literature??? . . . and Dragons????

Top Left Sector of Matrix ,[object Object],Real Personal Folklore : Folklore is the body of expressive culture , including tales , music , dance , legends , oral history , proverbs , jokes , popular beliefs , customs, material culture , and so forth, common to a particular population, comprising the traditions (including oral traditions ) of that culture, subculture , or group . ( Wikipedia ) Invented

Dragons in folklore ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Dragons in Folklore ,[object Object]

Dragons in Native American Folklore ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bottom Left Sector of Matrix ,[object Object],Real Personal Invented Quality literature, sometimes adaptations, or else original writing, with universal appeal and meaning for everyman and everywoman

An invented dragon who is very personal ,[object Object],[object Object]

The Hobbit as a graphic novel ,[object Object],[object Object],June 5, 2009 Analyzing Multicultural Literature

A Friendly Dragon (to some, at least!) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],June 5, 2009 Analyzing Multicultural Literature

A Chinese realistic graphic novel series ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],June 5, 2009 Analyzing Multicultural Literature

[object Object],Top Right of the Matrix Real Recognizable stories, but unoriginal and shallow

DRAGON'S LAIR — The Comic Book Series! ,[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],Bottom Right of the Matrix Invented Generic, unoriginal, impersonal, shallow

Indiana Jones to the rescue? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],June 5, 2009 Analyzing Multicultural Literature

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