Horror Literature and Dark Fantasy: Challenging Genres (Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genres; Volume 10) by Edited by Mark A. Fabrizi - 2018

BRILL, 2018. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Contributors in English, religious studies, literature, and media studies give reasons for keeping horror literature and dark fantasy in the secondary and university classroom to teach critical literacy skills. Chapters are grouped in sections on horror and the adolescent, religion and issues of culture, and alterity and identity. Some specific topics discussed are examining privilege through genre literature, working with contemporary young adult horror fiction in the college classroom, and women as shapeshifting fox spirits in Chinese tales of the strange. A final chapter gives tips on designing a course that combines genre-based pedagogy, horror literature, and religious studies. (2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)