Space and Place in the Hunger Games: New Readings of the Novels PDF
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Space and Place in The Hunger Games This page intentionally left blank Space and Place in The Hunger Games New Readings of the Novels Edited by DEIDRE ANNE EVANS GARRIOTT, WHITNEY ELAINE JONES and JULIE ELIZABETH TYLER McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina LIBRARYOFCONGRESSCATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATIONDATA Space and Place in the Hunger Games : New Readings of the Novels / edited by Deidre Anne Evans Garriott, Whitney Elaine Jones and Julie Elizabeth Tyler. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ♾ ISBN 978-0-7864-7633-6 (softcover : acid free paper) ISBN 978-1-4766-1451-9 (ebook) 1. Collins, Suzanne. Hunger Games. 2. Place (Philosophy) in literature. 3. Space and time in literature. I. Garriott, Deidre Anne Evans, editor of compilation. II. Jones, Whitney Elaine, editor of compilation. III. Tyler, Julie Elizabeth, editor of compilation. PS3603.O4558Z88 2014 813'.6—dc23 2014003626 BRITISHLIBRARYCATALOGUINGDATAAREAVAILABLE © 2014 Deidre Anne Evans Garriott, Whitney Elaine Jones and Julie Elizabeth Tyler. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. On the cover: arrow (Stockbyte/Thinkstock); fiery backdrop (© 2014 Shutterstock) Manufactured in the United States of America McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640 www.mcfarlandpub.com To the children who are hungry for food, for words, for stories, and for a voice. This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments We would like to thank professors and peers at the Univer- sity of Tennessee for their generous support and guidance. We would also like to thank our families and friends for their encour- aging words and enthusiasm about this project. We would like to acknowledge our contributing authors for their hard work and creativity, without which this project would not exist. And finally, we as co- editors would like to thank each other for the unfailing professionalism exhibited at each phase of this project, and most importantly for the loyalty, love, and good humor that comprise a strong and lasting friendship. This page intentionally left blank Table of Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Taking Up and Entering Critical Space 1 Part I: Identifying and Challenging Narrative Spaces Transgressing the Text and Playing Narrative Games: Katniss’s Narrative, “Real or Not Real?” JULIEELIZABETHTYLER 16 Tipping the Odds Ever in Her Favor: An Exploration of Narrative Control and Agency in the Novel and Film ANNEM. CANAVANand SARAHN. PETROVIC 45 Part II: Provoking Change and Creating Radical Spaces Katniss and Her Boys: Male Readers, the Love Triangle and Identity Formation WHITNEYELAINEJONES 60 The Making of the Citizen and the Politics of Maturation SUSANSHAUMINGTAN 83 Part III: Experiencing Trauma in Safe Spaces The Privileged Reader as Capitol and Learning Sympathy through Narrative ANNM. M. CHILDS 102 Recreating the Holocaust: YA Dystopia and the Young Jewish Reader ADAMLEVIN 124 Part IV: Popular Responses in Actual Spaces “I have a kind of power I never knew I possessed”: Transformative Motherhood and Maternal Influence KATIEAROSTEGUY 146 ix
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