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Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION: Challenging Fantasy Literature
CRITICAL LITERACY
OVERVIEW
REFERENCES
PART ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES
1. IN THE SHADOW OF THE STATUS QUO: The Forgotten in The Lord of the Rings and A Song of Ice and Fire
REFERENCES
2. THE WIZARDS BENEATH: Finding Plato and Freud in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Tombs of Atuan
UNCONSCIOUS LEARNING TODAY
TABLEAUS OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT
A DIVIDED MIND
LEARNING WITHOUT LIGHT
THE SOURCE OF SHADOWS
LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
CHOOSING THE LIGHT
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
3. YOU’RE A PRINCE, HARRY: The Politics of Oppression and Self-Interest in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series
THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS
IT IS SAFER TO BE FEARED THAN LOVED
CONCLUSIONS
NOTES
REFERENCES
4. DESIGNING A COURSE INTEGRATING CRITICAL PEDAGOGY, FANTASY LITERATURE, AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
RATIONALE
1. DEFINING “RELIGION,” “MAGIC,” AND “FANTASY”
Bibliography 1
2. COLONIALISM
Bibliography 2
3. CAPITALISM
Bibliography 3
4. PERSPECTIVISM AND PRAGMATISM
Bibliography 4
5. FEMINISM AND QUEER THEORY
Bibliography 5
6. INTERROGATING THE SELF
Bibliography 6
7. ROYAL IDEOLOGY AND THE MONOMYTH
Bibliography 7
8. CRITICAL PEDAGOGY AND REFLEXIVITY
Bibliography 8
NOTES
REFERENCES
PART TWO: GENDER, CLASS, AND PRIVILEGE
5. STRONG WOMEN IN FAIRY TALES EXISTED LONG BEFORE FROZEN: Teaching Gender Studies via Folklore
THE RICH SCHOLARLY TRADITION ACCOMPANYING FAIRY TALES
ASKING QUESTIONS TO ENCOURAGE CRITICAL THINKING
SEEING STORIES AS PART OF AN ONGOING CONVERSATION
TALES SPEAKING THE CHANGES A SOCIETY MAY NEED
NOTE
REFERENCES
6. FROM FLEDGLING TO BUFFY: Critical Literacy, Fantasy, and Engagement in Secondary ELA Classrooms
OVERVIEW OF FANTASY LITERATURE AND SPECULATIVE FICTION
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Feminist Poststructuralism
Critical Literacy
Queer Theory
ANALYSIS OF FLEDGLING AND PARALLEL TEXTS
ANALYSIS OF THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS AND RELATED TOPICS
APPLICATION AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
The Genderbread Person
The Genderbread Person Activity
Buffy Characters vs. Shori
Compare and Contrrast Venn Diagram
Popular Culture and Gender Expression
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
7. GENDER, CLASS, AND MARGINALIZATION IN BEATRIX POTTER
BEATRIX POTTER
THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLEDUCK
THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS
THE TALE OF GINGER AND PICKLES
THE TALE OF MRS. TITTLEMOUSE
CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
8. DEPICTIONS OF SOCIAL CLASS IN NEWBERY-WINNING FANTASIES: A Critical Literacy Approach
DEFINING SOCIAL CLASS AND DISCOURSES ABOUT CLASS
DEPICTIONS OF SOCIAL CLASS IN NEWBERY FANTASIES
THE POOR AND THE WORKING CLASS
THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE AFFLUENT
DECONSTRUCTING CLASS DISCOURSES IN NEWBERY TITLES
IMPLICATIONS
REFERENCES
Children’s Literature Cited
9. INDIFFERENCE, NEGLECT, AND OUTRIGHT DISLIKE: Examining Sources of and Responses to Institutionalized Oppression in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
DEFINING AND USING THE MARXIST LENS
VIEWING ORDER THROUGH THE MARXIST LENS
BRINGING ANALYSES OF ORDER TO THE CLASSROOM
NOTE
REFERENCES
PART THREE: EDUCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
10. MAGIC AS PRIVILEGE IN ROBERT JORDAN AND BRANDON SANDERSON’S WHEEL OF TIME EPIC FANTASY SERIES
FANTASY AS SOCIAL COMMENTARY
FANTASY AS METAPHOR
THE WHEEL OF TIME
TEACHING SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH FANTASY LITERATURE—A CONCEPT-BASED APPROACH
Identity
Power
Privilege
SEEING PRIVILEGE FROM AN OUTSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
11. SEEING HARRY POTTER AS AN AT-RISK STUDENT: Critical Literacy, Cultural Capital, and the Wizarding World
THE INTERSECTION OF SCHOOL STORIES, FANTASY, AND CRITICAL FRAMEWORKS
RE-READING HARRY POTTER WITH PRESERVICE TEACHERS
The Study
Participants
The Process & the Products
Whitney’s Case
Findings and Discussion
Cultural Capital
Reflection
Deficit Thinking and Funds of Knowledge
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
12. MAGICAL OBJECTS IN FANTASY: A Multicultural Examination
HARRY POTTER AND THE MAGIC OF COMMUNITY FORMATION
RECKLESS LEARNING PRACTICES
EDUCATION THROUGH ESTRANGEMENT
TRANSITIONAL FANTASY FICTION IN THE CLASSROOM
NOTES
REFERENCES
13. CRITICAL LITERACY IN INQUIRY LEARNING: Perspective Sharing through Multiple Literacies, Continuous Inquiry, and Reflection
CRITICAL LITERACY AND INQUIRY LEARNING
CRITICAL LITERACY IN AN INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
The Novella, The Little Prince
MULTIPLE LITERACIES AND CONTINUOUS INQUIRY
Focus Groups and Class Discussions
Developing Questions
Interviews
REFLECTING AND AUTHENTIC CRITICAL LITERACY TASKS
CONNECTING IT ALL TOGETHER: ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
14. “BRUCE BANNER CAN BE AN ASSHOLE”: Using a FanFic to Break Down Privilege and Introduce Service-Learning Concepts
WHAT IS THIS STUFF?
DIGGING IN: A CLOSE READING OF THE TEXT WITH CONTEXT AND CONNECTIONS
CASE STUDY/APPLICATION: WHERE THE READER MEETS THE TEXT AND THE EDUCATOR GETS SCHOOLED
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
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