Honors Theses
Date of Award
Spring 4-30-2021
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Education
First Advisor
Rosemary Oliphant-Ingham
Second Advisor
Joel Amidon
Third Advisor
Sally Quong
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
The ways in which fiction affect the perceptions of high school students’ realities are many, and they vary widely depending on the book read. While lessons can be learned from every fictional book, certain types of books are more beneficial and relevant for students. Young adult literature, while often overlooked, is a significant source of students’ perspective shifts and metacognition. Every book has a lesson that it can teach students, but contemporary young adult literature deserves to be taught in schools alongside the classics in order for students to make personal connections with the texts they read and take an aesthetic and personally-linked interpretation from them.
Recommended Citation
Dowty, Dylan, "The Effects of Fictional Literature on Real-World Perceptions of Students" (2021). Honors Theses. 1597.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1597
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