Narrative Pleasures in Young Adult Novels, Films and Video Games

Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses inform a new framework of contemporary themes of narrative comprehension.

Author: M. Mackey
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/08/2011
Pages: 258
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780230293007

About the Author
MARGARET MACKEY is Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada. She teaches, researches, and publishes widely in the areas of multimodal literacies, changing reading behaviours, and young adult literature. Her recent books are Mapping Recreational Literacies and Literacies across Media.