Literacy engagement through peritextual analysis
Title:
Literacy engagement through peritextual analysis
ISBN:
9780838917688
Publication:
Chicago : ALA Editions, 2019.
Physical Description:
xiv, 178 pages, illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction: More than white noise : mining the peritext for literacy engagement / Shelbie Witte -- Grounding our work theoretically : the peritextual literacy framework / Melissa Gross -- Peritext and YA nonfiction : a case study of "The president has been shot!" / Don Latham -- Peritextual bridges : predicting plot and theme in Boxers & saints / Crag Hill -- When to judge a book by its cover / Jill Slay -- Critiquing, resisting, and remixing promotional peritextual elements of YA fiction / Sean P. Connors and Erin Daugherty -- Navigating Kafka's The metamorphosis using visual peritextual elements / Katie Rybakova -- A sense of time and place : using the author's note in a historical fiction novel to introduce primary sources and teach critical thinking / Rebecca Weber and Kevin Dyke -- Classroom discourse about illustrated dust jackets in a first-grade classroom / Luciana C. de Oliveira, Loren Jones, and Sharon L. Smith -- Cathy's book and the boundaries of books in a participatory age : exploring pedagogies and paratexts in expansive contexts / Antero Garcia and Bud Hunt -- Critical reading of online news articles using peritext elements / Hyerin Bak and Josie McDaniel -- (Re)covering Disney : media peritexts and media literacy in the classroom / Peter Kunze -- Leading students to exit through the gift shop : reading Banksy's Public art through documentary film and director's cuts / Jennifer S. Dail, Kyle Jones, and Glenn Chance.
Abstract:
"Paying attention to subtext is a crucial component of literacy. However, the concept of peritextual analysis takes such examination much further, teaching readers how to evaluate information and sources using elements that precede or follow the body of the text. A work's Preface, Afterword, index, dust jacket, promotional blurbs, and bibliography are only some of the elements that can be used to help readers connect with and understand the main text. Speaking directly to librarians and educators working with K-16 students, this important book outlines the Peritextual Literacy Framework and explains its unique utility as a teaching and thinking tool; defines components such as production elements, promotional elements, navigational elements, intratextual elements, supplemental elements, and documentary elements, offering examples drawn from both print and non-print texts; presents several case studies showing peritextual analysis in action, ranging from young adult nonfiction in the classroom to strengthening students'; visual literacy skills by critically comparing and contrasting two graphic novel covers; and examines how the functions of peritext and the Peritextual Literacy Framework exist within online news articles, film and media packaging, and other non-print texts. The creative and engaging approaches to providing, highlighting, and teaching the peritext of a text showcased in this collection will help students learn how to judge a book by its cover ... and everything else"-- Provided by publisher.
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