Young Adult Literature Exam 1

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S.E. Hinton (name the book)

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The Outsiders (name the author)

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An Na (name the book)

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A Step from Heaven (name the author)

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Louis Sachar (name the book)

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Holes (name the author)

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Amy Heckerling (directed which film?)

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Clueless (directed by?)

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Havighurst’s Eight Developmental Tasks for Young Adults

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physique, peer relationships, gender identity, emotional independence, career preparation, preparation for marriage / family life, socially responsible behavior, system of ethics

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The developmental tasks outlined by his 1972 book "Developmental Tasks and Education"

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Havighurst’s Eight Developmental Tasks for Young Adults

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Young adult literature

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Anything that readers between the ages of 12 and 18 choose to read

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Common characteristics of young adult literature

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From the viewpoint of young readers, protagonists make decisions without the aid of parents or adults, fast paced, covers a variety of genres and subjects, features characters from many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, deals with emotions important to young adults

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Daniel Defoe (name the book)

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Robinson Crusoe (name the author)

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Robert Havighurst (name the book)

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Developmental Tasks and Education (name the author)

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Newbery Medal

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First award for children's lit, given every January to a US citizen or resident for a book that was first published in the US in the preceding year

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Michael Printz Award

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Awarded for the year's "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit", started in 2000 and named after a Topeka, KS librarian and member of the Young Adult Library Services Association

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New Realism

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Books that had a new candor and dealt with what were then controversial subjects: gangs, teenage pregnancy, poverty, and prejudice. They also presented protagonists from lower-class families who used colloquial language. Their endings were often “unhappy.”

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Groundbreaking books (1967-69)

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The Outsiders, Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones, House of Tomorrow, Sounder, Red Sky at Morning, The Pigman, Where the Lilies Bloom, I'll Get There(,) It Better Be Worth the Trip

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Bildunsgroman

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Novel of formation/education/culture; coming of age story where the protagonist grows mentally and emotionally into adult; therefore, change is a key characteristic of this form

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Meaning of "romance"

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The word romance comes from the Latin verb romanice, which means “in the Latin manner.” It is with this meaning that Latin, Italian, Spanish, and French are described as romance languages. The literary meaning of romance grew out of its use by English speakers to refer to French dialects, which were much closer to Latin than was their own Germanic language of English. Later it was used to refer to Old French and finally to anything written in French. Many of the French stories read by English speakers were tales about knights who set out on such bold adventures as slaying dragons, rescuing princesses from ogres, and defeating the wicked enemies of a righteous king. Love was often an element in these stories, for the knight was striving to win the hand of a beloved maiden. So, today, when a literary piece is referred to as a romance, it usually contains either or both adventure or love.

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Significance of romance as a genre to teens

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Many of the protagonists even in the traditional and classic tales are in their teens. Modern young adults are at an age when they leave home or anticipate leaving to embark on a new way of life. And seeking and securing a “true love” usually—but not always—takes up a greater proportion of the time and energy of young than of middle-aged adults. And the exaggeration that is part of the romantic mode is quite honestly felt by young people.

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Adventure romance

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The great satisfaction of the adventure or the accomplishment romance lies in its wish fulfillment. It is a distinguishing feature of such romances that the happy ending is achieved only after the hero’s worth is proven through a crisis or ordeal. Usually as part of the ordeal the hero must make a sacrifice, must be wounded, or must leave some part of his or her body, even if it is only sweat or tears. The real loss is that of innocence, but it is usually sym-bolized by a physical loss. What is purchased with the suffering of the hero is nearly always some kind of wisdom, even though wisdom is not what the hero set out to find.

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Love romance

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The love romance shares many of the characteristics with the adventure-romance. They are symbolically associated with youth and with springtime. There is an ordeal or problem to be overcome followed by a happy ending. The “problem” is invariably the successful pairing of a likable young couple. An old definition of the love-romance pattern is, “Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy wins girl.” This is a fairly accurate summary except that with teenage literature it is usually the other way around. Most of the romances are told from the girl’s point of view. The tone of the love-romance is often lighter than that of the adventure-romance. In a love story the protagonist neither risks nor gains as much as an adventure. Notwithstanding Romeo and Juliet, people seldom die, emotionally or physically, because of young love. For this reason, the love-romance tends to be less serious in its message. Its power lies in wish fulfillment.

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Types of books read by children prior to 1700s

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Didactic, instructional material on skills, advice, religious principles, etc.

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Horn book

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Early “basal reader,” a sheet of parchment on a paddle, including the alphabet and a short text, covered with cow’s horn.

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Jane Austen (name the book)

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Emma (name the author)