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Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Contemporary Realistic Fiction. By: Kelly Harper & Cynthia Howard. What is Contemporary Realistic Fiction?. Genre that mirrors life Books have characters, events, and plots that have not actually happened in real life, but could actually happen

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Contemporary Realistic Fiction

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  1. Contemporary Realistic Fiction By: Kelly Harper & Cynthia Howard

  2. What is Contemporary Realistic Fiction? • Genre that mirrors life • Books have characters, events, and plots that have not actually happened in real life, but could actually happen • Characters deal with life’s ups and downs in realistic ways

  3. Genres Within • Animals • Humor • Mystery • Problem Novels • Series Books • Sports • Survival and Adventure

  4. Major Themes • Overcoming fears and accepting responsibilities • Understanding families, divorce, and adoption • Accomplishing goals in sports • Developing and Maturing

  5. More Themes • Finding Romance • Finding friends: Relationships, alienation, and a sense of belonging

  6. Themes Cont. • Coping with violence, crime, alcohol, and drug abuse • Living with physical and mental disabilities

  7. Themes Cont. • Coping with death, disease, accidents, and suicide, and growing old • Developing an understanding of sexual issues • Living in global society: politics, war, prejudice, conflicts, religion

  8. Choosing Quality Literature Within the Genre • Realistic Setting • Credible, non-stereotypical characters- multidimensional, change over time • Believable problems, solved in culturally grounded and realistic ways • Natural dialogue • Theme applicable to children’s lives

  9. How the Genre Has Evolved Over Time

  10. Why Realistic Fiction? • MY Life- shared problems and situations • Allows children to identify with characters and deal with issues in a different way • Judy Blume

  11. R.F. for Young Children • Barbara Park: Primary • Paula Danzinger: Primary/mid. school humor • Beverly Cleary: Primary/mid school humor • Judy Blume: Preteen

  12. Notable Pre-teen/Teen Authors • Judy Blume:  teen/pre-teen problem novels • Betsy Byers:  Pre teen problem novels • Virginia Hamilton:  African Am. Experience • Lois Lowry:  teen/pre-teen problem • Phyllis R. Naylor:  adolescent humor, animal stories • Gary Paulsen:  survival & adventure fiction • Jerry Spinelli:  teen/ pre teen problem • Laurie Halse Anerson: YA problem • Chris Crutcher:  YA

  13. R.F. for Older Children • Carolyn Coman (Many Stones) • Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak) • Alex Finn (Breathing Underwater)

  14. Favorites

  15. Notables • Taboos of literature are tested • Most popular genre • Changed drastically over time • Bibliotherapy

  16. Bibliography Bucher, K. & Hinton, K. (2010). Young adult literature: Exploration, evaluation, and appreciation. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Jacobs, J.S. & Tunnell, M.O. (2008). Children’s literature, briefly. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

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