Stephen M. Zimmerly

The Sidekick Comes of Age

How Young Adult Literature is Shifting the Sidekick Paradigm

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Produktbeschreibung

Young adult literature uses literary sidekicks in new and exciting ways, which changes how sidekicks are understood. Three ways authors elevate sidekicks include letting sidekicks "evolve" over the course of multiple texts, using parallel novels to add complexity to a sidekick's characterization, and telling a story from the sidekick's perspective.

Produktdetails

• Children and Youth in Popular Culture
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 248g
• ISBN-13: 9781498586818
• ISBN-10: 1498586813
• Artikelnr.: 67793491

Autorenporträt

By Stephen M. Zimmerly

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Using Young Adult Literature to Study Sidekicks
Chapter One: Four Classic Sidekick Roles: Exploring Sidekicks as Narrative
Gateways, Devil's Advocates, Comic Relief, and Foils
Chapter Two: Family Ties: An Investigation into the Potential Familial
Relationships between Heroes and Sidekicks
Chapter Three: The Secondary Hero: Neville Longbottom and Tenar as
Sidekicks-Turned-Heroes
Chapter Four: The Sidekick Sequel: Reinventing Sidekicks through Parallel
Novels
Chapter Five: The Self-Aware Sidekick: Studying Sidekicks in First-Person
Sidekick Superhero Stories
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author