The Influence of Engagement with Graphic Narrative Text Formats on Student Attitudes Towards the School Library
Description:
Comics, graphic novels, and manga differ appreciably from textual narrative formats, and materials with increasingly visual elements have found their way into progressive and student-centered library collections. But many educators and librarians still resist inclusion of graphic narratives in school libraries and devalue the reading practice of students who prefer more visual texts. Using the framework of radical change, which posits that both text conventions and reader expectations for text …
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Date:
December 2014
Creator:
Stephens, Wendy Steadman
Partner:
UNT Libraries