Female Leadership Traits in Young Adult Literature: Literature Review
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, a young adult novel published in 2008 and closely followed by its sequels, Catching Fire (2009) and Mockingjay (2009), swept a generation of adolescent girls off their feet. Raised on the Hermione Granger’s (almost a protagonist of the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling in 1997-2007) example, millions of girls were longing to have a true hero of their own. As children, the gen-X girls once admired clever and helpful Hermione; as adolescents, they are ready to lead on their own. By 2008, a strong female leader protagonist was overdue.
Although Rowling created a powerful female character, worthy of admiration and exemplifying, …show more content…
(20012). The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay. New York: Scholastic Inc.
Dresang, E. T. (2002). Hermione Grenger and the Heritage of Gender. In L. A. Whited, The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon (pp. 211-242). Columbia: University of Missoury Press.
Greenwood, R. M. (2012). Standing at the Crossroads of Identity: An Intersectional Approach to Women’s Social Identities and Political Consciousness. In P. G. hSaun W., Social Cathegories in Everyday Experience (pp. 103-129). Washington: American Psuchology Association.
Grey, E. (2017, June 26). How Hermione Granger Went From Literary Witch To Powerful Feminist Symbol. Retrieved from Huffpost: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hermione-granger-feminist-symbol-20-years-later_us_59381659e4b0b13f2c65d5c6
Kirby, P. (2015). The Girl on Fire: The Hunger Games, Feminist. Geopolitics, 460-478.
Lips, H. M. (1994). Female Powerlessness: a Case of 'Cultural Preparedness'? In R. L. H., Power/Gender. Social Relation in Theory and Practice (pp. 89-107). London: SAGE Publication.
Pharr, M. F. (2012). Of Bread, Blood and the Hunger Games: Critical Essays on the Suzanne Collins Trilogy (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy). Jefferson: McPharland and Co,
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, a young adult novel published in 2008 and closely followed by its sequels, Catching Fire (2009) and Mockingjay (2009), swept a generation of adolescent girls off their feet. Raised on the Hermione Granger’s (almost a protagonist of the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling in 1997-2007) example, millions of girls were longing to have a true hero of their own. As children, the gen-X girls once admired clever and helpful Hermione; as adolescents, they are ready to lead on their own. By 2008, a strong female leader protagonist was overdue.
Although Rowling created a powerful female character, worthy of admiration and exemplifying, …show more content…
(20012). The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay. New York: Scholastic Inc.
Dresang, E. T. (2002). Hermione Grenger and the Heritage of Gender. In L. A. Whited, The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon (pp. 211-242). Columbia: University of Missoury Press.
Greenwood, R. M. (2012). Standing at the Crossroads of Identity: An Intersectional Approach to Women’s Social Identities and Political Consciousness. In P. G. hSaun W., Social Cathegories in Everyday Experience (pp. 103-129). Washington: American Psuchology Association.
Grey, E. (2017, June 26). How Hermione Granger Went From Literary Witch To Powerful Feminist Symbol. Retrieved from Huffpost: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hermione-granger-feminist-symbol-20-years-later_us_59381659e4b0b13f2c65d5c6
Kirby, P. (2015). The Girl on Fire: The Hunger Games, Feminist. Geopolitics, 460-478.
Lips, H. M. (1994). Female Powerlessness: a Case of 'Cultural Preparedness'? In R. L. H., Power/Gender. Social Relation in Theory and Practice (pp. 89-107). London: SAGE Publication.
Pharr, M. F. (2012). Of Bread, Blood and the Hunger Games: Critical Essays on the Suzanne Collins Trilogy (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy). Jefferson: McPharland and Co,