Challenging the Pluralism of Our Past: Presentism and the Selective Tradition in Historical Fiction Written for Young People

Research in the Teaching of English May 2003

Challenging the Pluralism of Our Past: Presentism and the Selective Tradition in Historical Fiction Written for Young People

Chandra L. Power University of Georgia

Abstract

This study examines the concept of presentism as it relates to historical fiction written for young people. Presentism includes (1) writerly presentism, i.e., the imposition of a writer’s modern values, beliefs, or awarenesses onto a past era; and (2) readerly presentism, i.e., the imposition of a reader’s modern values, beliefs, or awarenesses onto a past era.

Journal: Research in the Teaching of English
Published: 2003-05-01
DOI: 10.58680/rte20031780
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multimodality

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