Author: Mary Labatt
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781553375654
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
In this Level 1 first reader, Puppy Sam causes mayhem at school.
Sam Goes to School
Author: Mary Labatt
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781553375654
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
In this Level 1 first reader, Puppy Sam causes mayhem at school.
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781553375654
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
In this Level 1 first reader, Puppy Sam causes mayhem at school.
The Animator's Eye
Author: Francis Glebas
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136130225
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
First published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136130225
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
First published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A Supernatural Politics
Author: Lisa Macklem
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476641196
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
What makes a horror television drama interesting? Like any other drama, it is often the character development or plot, and this certainly applies to the dramatically-resonant Supernatural and its beloved characters. However, Supernatural has achieved a dedicated fandom and a record-breaking 15-season run by skillfully engaging with the social reality inhabited by the show's audience. Additionally, the show plays with the fourth wall by having an in-world fandom for the main characters. Supernatural's many layers have garnered the attention of academics who analyzed the show's engagement with diverse topics such as the #MeToo movement, consumerism, and the American Dream. This collection of essays studies the topical issues and politics that added depth and maturity to Supernatural, separated it from X-Files knock-offs, and garnered the show its own cult following.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476641196
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
What makes a horror television drama interesting? Like any other drama, it is often the character development or plot, and this certainly applies to the dramatically-resonant Supernatural and its beloved characters. However, Supernatural has achieved a dedicated fandom and a record-breaking 15-season run by skillfully engaging with the social reality inhabited by the show's audience. Additionally, the show plays with the fourth wall by having an in-world fandom for the main characters. Supernatural's many layers have garnered the attention of academics who analyzed the show's engagement with diverse topics such as the #MeToo movement, consumerism, and the American Dream. This collection of essays studies the topical issues and politics that added depth and maturity to Supernatural, separated it from X-Files knock-offs, and garnered the show its own cult following.
Willful Monstrosity
Author: Natalie Wilson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476637261
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Taking in a wide range of film, television, and literature, this volume explores 21st century horror and its monsters from an intersectional perspective with a marked emphasis on gender and race. The analysis, which covers over 70 narratives, is organized around four primary monstrous figures--zombies, vampires, witches and monstrous women. Arguing that the current horror renaissance is populated with willful monsters that subvert prevailing cultural norms and systems of power, the discussion reads horror in relation to topics of particular import in the contemporary moment--rampant sexual violence, unbridled capitalist greed, brutality against people of color, militarism, and the patriarchy's refusal to die. Examining ground-breaking films and television shows such as Get Out, Us, The Babadook, A Quiet Place, Stranger Things, Penny Dreadful, and The Passage, as well as works by key authors like Justin Cronin, Carmen Maria Machado, Helen Oyeyemi, Margo Lanagan, and Jeanette Winterson, this monograph offers a thorough account of the horror landscape and what it says about the 21st century world.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476637261
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Taking in a wide range of film, television, and literature, this volume explores 21st century horror and its monsters from an intersectional perspective with a marked emphasis on gender and race. The analysis, which covers over 70 narratives, is organized around four primary monstrous figures--zombies, vampires, witches and monstrous women. Arguing that the current horror renaissance is populated with willful monsters that subvert prevailing cultural norms and systems of power, the discussion reads horror in relation to topics of particular import in the contemporary moment--rampant sexual violence, unbridled capitalist greed, brutality against people of color, militarism, and the patriarchy's refusal to die. Examining ground-breaking films and television shows such as Get Out, Us, The Babadook, A Quiet Place, Stranger Things, Penny Dreadful, and The Passage, as well as works by key authors like Justin Cronin, Carmen Maria Machado, Helen Oyeyemi, Margo Lanagan, and Jeanette Winterson, this monograph offers a thorough account of the horror landscape and what it says about the 21st century world.
Mastering Fear
Author: Rikke Schubart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 150133672X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Mastering Fear analyzes horror as play and examines what functions horror has and why it is adaptive and beneficial for audiences. It takes a biocultural approach, and focusing on emotions, gender, and play, it argues we play with fiction horror. In horror we engage not only with the negative emotions of fear and disgust, but with a wide range of emotions, both positive and negative. The book lays out a new theory of horror and analyzes female protagonists in contemporary horror from child to teen, adult, middle age, and old age. Since the turn of the millennium, we have seen a new generation of female protagonists in horror. There are feisty teens in The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017), troubled mothers in The Babadook (2014), and struggling women in the New French extremity with Martyrs (2008) and Inside (2007). At the fuzzy edges of the genre are dramas like Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and Black Swan (2010), and middle-age women are now protagonists with Carol in The Walking Dead (2010–) and Jessica Lange's characters in American Horror Story (2011–). Horror is not just for men, but also for women, and not just for the young, but for audiences of all ages.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 150133672X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Mastering Fear analyzes horror as play and examines what functions horror has and why it is adaptive and beneficial for audiences. It takes a biocultural approach, and focusing on emotions, gender, and play, it argues we play with fiction horror. In horror we engage not only with the negative emotions of fear and disgust, but with a wide range of emotions, both positive and negative. The book lays out a new theory of horror and analyzes female protagonists in contemporary horror from child to teen, adult, middle age, and old age. Since the turn of the millennium, we have seen a new generation of female protagonists in horror. There are feisty teens in The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017), troubled mothers in The Babadook (2014), and struggling women in the New French extremity with Martyrs (2008) and Inside (2007). At the fuzzy edges of the genre are dramas like Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and Black Swan (2010), and middle-age women are now protagonists with Carol in The Walking Dead (2010–) and Jessica Lange's characters in American Horror Story (2011–). Horror is not just for men, but also for women, and not just for the young, but for audiences of all ages.
Stage It
Author:
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412010985
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
The plays in this book have all been performed by young people and have proven entertaining, versatile and easily producibile in many different venues. Teachers, young actors and audiences find these scripts appealing because they feature interesting characters, engaging plots, imaginative staging concepts and witty dialogue. The first play, A Look All Her Own, is a heartwarming, modern Cinderella story about a girl who dares to be different. This play is perfect for large casts consisting of various age groups. The Legend of the Lost and Found Box is a unique and imaginative play about four students who confront a notoriously dangerous lost and found box in order to rescue one of the student's most precious possessions. This play has minimal props and costumes and basic blocking requirements, making it extremely easy to stage. The next play featured in this book is called A Fairytale Medley. This fun script is designed for a small and enthusiastic cast. It integrates different fairytales into an interesting collage of scenes including tableaus, storytelling, recognizable references to modern media and audience participation. The final script included in this collection is a monologue entitled The Phone Call. In this piece, Leah reveals her frustration and insecurities as she vents her anxieties after a phone argument with her love interest, Keith. Get your copy of these beautifully illustrated plays today. Read reviews! This review is from the "Voice Magazine" page 31 of vol.7 no.2 winter 2005 edition. Reviewed by Maureen Doeler, a Grade 6 teacher in Simcoe County.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412010985
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
The plays in this book have all been performed by young people and have proven entertaining, versatile and easily producibile in many different venues. Teachers, young actors and audiences find these scripts appealing because they feature interesting characters, engaging plots, imaginative staging concepts and witty dialogue. The first play, A Look All Her Own, is a heartwarming, modern Cinderella story about a girl who dares to be different. This play is perfect for large casts consisting of various age groups. The Legend of the Lost and Found Box is a unique and imaginative play about four students who confront a notoriously dangerous lost and found box in order to rescue one of the student's most precious possessions. This play has minimal props and costumes and basic blocking requirements, making it extremely easy to stage. The next play featured in this book is called A Fairytale Medley. This fun script is designed for a small and enthusiastic cast. It integrates different fairytales into an interesting collage of scenes including tableaus, storytelling, recognizable references to modern media and audience participation. The final script included in this collection is a monologue entitled The Phone Call. In this piece, Leah reveals her frustration and insecurities as she vents her anxieties after a phone argument with her love interest, Keith. Get your copy of these beautifully illustrated plays today. Read reviews! This review is from the "Voice Magazine" page 31 of vol.7 no.2 winter 2005 edition. Reviewed by Maureen Doeler, a Grade 6 teacher in Simcoe County.
Pup and Hound
Author: Susan Hood
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781553376736
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Hound finds Pup some food to make him feel better.
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781553376736
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Hound finds Pup some food to make him feel better.
The Monster Who Wasn't
Author: T.C. Shelley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1547605189
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
It is a well-known fact that fairies are born from a baby's first laugh. What is not as well documented is how monsters come into being ... This is the story of a creature who is both strange and unique. When he hatches in the underground lair where monsters dwell, he looks just like a human boy – much to the monsters' dismay. Even the grumpy gargoyles who take him under their wings and nickname him "Imp" only adopt him to steal chocolate for them from nearby shops. With feet in both the monster and human worlds, Imp doesn't know where he fits. But little does Imp realize that Thunderguts, king of the ogres, has a great and dangerous destiny in mind for him, and he'll stop at nothing to see it come to pass. . . With rich, atmospheric writing, debut author T.C. Shelly weaves a story of unlikely friendship, family, strange magic, and finding one's place in the world.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1547605189
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
It is a well-known fact that fairies are born from a baby's first laugh. What is not as well documented is how monsters come into being ... This is the story of a creature who is both strange and unique. When he hatches in the underground lair where monsters dwell, he looks just like a human boy – much to the monsters' dismay. Even the grumpy gargoyles who take him under their wings and nickname him "Imp" only adopt him to steal chocolate for them from nearby shops. With feet in both the monster and human worlds, Imp doesn't know where he fits. But little does Imp realize that Thunderguts, king of the ogres, has a great and dangerous destiny in mind for him, and he'll stop at nothing to see it come to pass. . . With rich, atmospheric writing, debut author T.C. Shelly weaves a story of unlikely friendship, family, strange magic, and finding one's place in the world.
The New York Drama: no. 37-48
George R.R. Martin and the Fantasy Form
Author: Joseph Young
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351384597
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Using the frameworks of literary theory relevant to modern fantasy, Dr. Joseph Young undertakes a compelling examination of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and his employment of the structural demands and thematic aptitudes of his chosen genre. Examining Martin’s approaches to his obligations and licenses as a fantasist, Young persuasively argues that the power of A Song of Ice and Fire derives not from Martin’s abandonment of genre convention, as is sometimes asserted, but from his ability to employ those conventions in ways that further, rather than constrain, his authorial program. Written in clear and accessible prose, George R. R. Martin and the Fantasy Form is a timely work which encourages a reassessment of Martin and his approach to his most famous novels. This is an important work for both students and critics of Martin’s work and argues for a reading of A Song of Ice and Fire as a wide-ranging example of what modern fantasy can accomplish when employed with an eye to its capabilities and purpose.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351384597
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Using the frameworks of literary theory relevant to modern fantasy, Dr. Joseph Young undertakes a compelling examination of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and his employment of the structural demands and thematic aptitudes of his chosen genre. Examining Martin’s approaches to his obligations and licenses as a fantasist, Young persuasively argues that the power of A Song of Ice and Fire derives not from Martin’s abandonment of genre convention, as is sometimes asserted, but from his ability to employ those conventions in ways that further, rather than constrain, his authorial program. Written in clear and accessible prose, George R. R. Martin and the Fantasy Form is a timely work which encourages a reassessment of Martin and his approach to his most famous novels. This is an important work for both students and critics of Martin’s work and argues for a reading of A Song of Ice and Fire as a wide-ranging example of what modern fantasy can accomplish when employed with an eye to its capabilities and purpose.