ENG 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Judy Blume, Superfudge, Main Plot
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Grew out of concern for increased relevance to the lives of young readers. Commitment to depicting issues and problems young people might face in their lives. Plot: arrangement of events in a narrative: causal connections, interactions between characters, juxtaposition of events. Order in which the events are revealed: order and sequence (chronological or not) Plot vs. theme: plot: events (what happens in the text, theme: central idea/message (what ideas the text suggests) Standard plot structure: exposition: back story (basic information about setting and major characters; Married three times (blume is the surname of her first husband) Named distinguished alumna of nyu in 1996; margaret a. edwards lifetime. Started her writing career after she married and had kids. Adult novels: wifey and in the unlikely event, forever . Books appear on restricted shelves in the library. Censorship: books are perceived as going against shared values. Calls for book banning: drawing far more attention to the book: taboo can be appealing.
