What worldview is gained from reading popular young adult fiction? For teenage readers, the messages woven through popular young adult (YA) literature are particularly influential as they develop their identities and world views. Our overarching research question is thus: a window can also be a mirror, Reading then, becomes a means of self-affirmation of reaffirming our place in the world and our society.’ Bishop (1990).īishop’s message is that the windows, mirrors and doors onto the world presented through literature reveal powerful messages about who is valued in society and also who is marginalised. Usually the window is also a door, and a reader has only to walk through in imagination to become a part of whatever world has been created or recreated in the book. To answer this, we’d like to bring in a foundational quote on literature from Professor Rudine Sims Bishop: So what is the project and what do we hope to achieve in the world of children’s literature? OU funding enabled us to bring in Ernesto as a research assistant and also buy books …. However, a chance conversation in the OU coffee shop led us to consider the possibilities of our combined teaching and research interests and take a linguistic approach to the study of children’s literature. The first three of us named here –Maria, Sarah and Sally – are in the throes of module production for a new, interdisciplinary module titled Language, literature and childhood (元01) and found we had little time and headspace for developing new research. By Maria Leedham, Sarah Jane Mukherjee, Sally Hunt and Ernesto Roque-Gutierrezįinding time to develop a new research project amidst the demands of teaching, supervision and admin can be (how to put it) ….
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