Open Access"Narrative Attraction: One Story, One Reader and Two Decades of Ongoing Appeal "
Author(s) -
Warren Maynes,
Margaret Mackey
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
language and literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1496-0974
DOI - 10.20360/g29c7q
Subject(s) - enthusiasm , narrative , appeal , literacy , media studies , sociology , literature , aesthetics , visual arts , history , psychology , pedagogy , art , political science , social psychology , law
Using the example of the reconstructed history of one adolescent and his intense enthusiasm for the story Highlander (which is told in movies, novelizations, television programs and card games), this article explores questions of what we may and may not understand about what makes a story compelling to a particular reader. It also investigates appropriate stances for teachers and librarians who work with adolescent readers.