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Abstract: The purpose of this reading choice study was to analyze literary elements of young adult novels young adults have chosen to read. Using novels chosen by young adults in a nationwide reading project, Young Adults' Choices for 1997, this researcher analyzed literary elements by recording and interpreting data about each of twenty-three novels on an instrument designed for this study. The instrument consists of a multiple choice checklist supported by examples of each choice. For each novel the study examined seven literary elements defined by Rebecca J. Lukens and Ruth K. J. Cline in A Critical Handbook of Literature for Young Adults (1995). These literary elements are character, plot, point of view, setting, style, theme, and tone. The major research question of the study is: What are the literary characteristics of young adult novels chosen and read by young adults? A secondary question is: How do findings of this study compare with findings of previous studies? |
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