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From: James Elliott <libraryjim>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:40:44 -0400 (EDT)
My final thoughts:
1) Vampire/human love stories have been around for hundreds of years, so we can find both classics (Bram Stoker "Dracula") and contemporary literature (Patricia Briggs "Moon Called") to recommend, as well as TV shows on DVD (Buffy/Angel; Dark Shadows; Forever Knight; Moonlight; True Blood (R); etc. -- even "Highlander: the series" which deals with immortals).
2) Just because they are popular stories does not mean that they lack any intrinsic literary value. However, it does not mean that they contain any, either. Each work must be judged on their own merits.
3) Introduction to the genre can lead to a broadening of a teen's outlook on books, and lead to a path of multi-varied reading experiences.
4) Vampire stories today are radically different from vampire stories of the past. Whereas in the past, authors felt they should be true to the accepted 'canon' of Vampire lore (fear of -- or loss of power -- in sunlight; insatiable lust for blood; brooding manner; hatred of garlic; fear of crucifix and holy water; etc.) today's authors can do away with any or all of the above and still claim to be writing a 'vampire' story.
5) If it leads a teen to reading, it cannot be ALL bad.
6) The true conclusion of Twilight is "...then Buffy staked Edward. The End."
Jim Elliott North Georgia
----- Original Message ----- From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman at education.wisc.edu> To: Subscribers of ccbc-net <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:21:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CCBC-Net] Wrapping Up Vampire Stories
Or should that be "closing the lid"?
Regardless, we will be moving on to discussing Perry Nodelman's "The Hidden Adult" Defining Children's Literature" tomorrow (Thursday, July 16). So please offer your final thoughts on vampire stories what teens are--and perhaps are not--reading in this era of "Twilight."
Megan
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:40:44 -0400 (EDT)
My final thoughts:
1) Vampire/human love stories have been around for hundreds of years, so we can find both classics (Bram Stoker "Dracula") and contemporary literature (Patricia Briggs "Moon Called") to recommend, as well as TV shows on DVD (Buffy/Angel; Dark Shadows; Forever Knight; Moonlight; True Blood (R); etc. -- even "Highlander: the series" which deals with immortals).
2) Just because they are popular stories does not mean that they lack any intrinsic literary value. However, it does not mean that they contain any, either. Each work must be judged on their own merits.
3) Introduction to the genre can lead to a broadening of a teen's outlook on books, and lead to a path of multi-varied reading experiences.
4) Vampire stories today are radically different from vampire stories of the past. Whereas in the past, authors felt they should be true to the accepted 'canon' of Vampire lore (fear of -- or loss of power -- in sunlight; insatiable lust for blood; brooding manner; hatred of garlic; fear of crucifix and holy water; etc.) today's authors can do away with any or all of the above and still claim to be writing a 'vampire' story.
5) If it leads a teen to reading, it cannot be ALL bad.
6) The true conclusion of Twilight is "...then Buffy staked Edward. The End."
Jim Elliott North Georgia
----- Original Message ----- From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman at education.wisc.edu> To: Subscribers of ccbc-net <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:21:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CCBC-Net] Wrapping Up Vampire Stories
Or should that be "closing the lid"?
Regardless, we will be moving on to discussing Perry Nodelman's "The Hidden Adult" Defining Children's Literature" tomorrow (Thursday, July 16). So please offer your final thoughts on vampire stories what teens are--and perhaps are not--reading in this era of "Twilight."
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706 608/262-9503 schliesman at education.wisc.edu www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at lists.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://lists.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-netReceived on Wed 15 Jul 2009 12:40:44 PM CDT
