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Implementing Virtual Reading Communities for Caregivers of Adolescents

open access: yesJournal of Adolescent &Adult Literacy, Volume 70, Issue 3, November/December 2026.
ABSTRACT This qualitative, formative implementation study examined the pilot version of the program I Read, We Talk, a WhatsApp‐based reading community for caregivers of adolescents, focusing on acceptability, feasibility, and sustainability as literacy‐relevant indicators of whether caregiver‐mediated reading practices can be taken up and sustained at
María P. Olivos, Montserrat Cubillos
wiley   +1 more source

Romantismus, osvícenství a fantastický hrdina

open access: yesAntropoWebzin, 2010
This article attempts to discover the roots of fantastic literature. In comparison with popular opinion of fantasy being a succesor of romanticism, this article shows that the popular opinion constitutes only half of the truth. Admittedly works of C.
Nikola Balaš
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CHRISTIAN TRADITION IN RUSSIAN SCIENCE FICTION OF THE 20TH AND EARLY 21ST CENTURIES [PDF]

open access: yesПроблемы исторической поэтики, 2011
The article analyzes different aspects of assimilation of Christian tradition in Russian science fiction (genre of fantasy). Contents and formal aspects of the tradition are taken into consideration.
Neyolov E. M.
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Linguistically and Culturally Responsive Reading Conversations: Understanding and Fostering Children's Reading Engagement

open access: yesThe Reading Teacher, Volume 80, Issue 3, November/December 2026.
ABSTRACT Reading engagement is a key factor in children's literacy development, yet it often receives limited attention in classroom practice. Linguistically diverse learners may face added challenges when formal reading education and assessment focus only on the language(s) of schooling.
Charlie Robinson‐Jones   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antagonists of Evil in the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien and Nato Davitashvili

open access: yesNalans, 2021
The article deals with the main characteristics of the antagonists in Fantasy literature. Evil characters have always existed in different literary works. However, in fantasy literature the main antagonist is definitely evil.
Tamar Katamadze
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Beyond Compartmentalized L1/L2 Teaching: Connecting Languages to Foster In‐Depth Learning and Multi/Trans Lingual Selves

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 4, Page 2960-2970, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines elementary Grade 5 and 6 students’ emic perspectives on their L1 French and L2 English teachers’ cross‐curricular efforts to build linguistic and conceptual bridges. Drawing on research on translanguaging pedagogies and recent motivation scholarship, we propose a multi‐competence view of motivation that aligns more closely ...
Sunny Man Chu Lau   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural models of Franz Schubert’s Wanderer fantasy: fantasy, symphonic poem, and two-dimensional sonata form [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The Wanderer Fantasy integrates qualities derived from three different genres: fantasy, tone poem, and sonata, and thus demonstrates a fusion of compositional styles that culminates in a complex formal structure.
Arko, Anja   +1 more
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Speculative Mimesis in Fantasy Literature: Rethinking Relations Between Fiction and Reality

open access: yes
With perceptions of reality in the 21st-century increasingly seen as pluralistic and a matter of interpretation, this open access book identifies fantasy literature as a uniquely and highly effective form of storytelling for engaging with our ...
Kraatila, Elise
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Are nekketsu shōnen manga sports manga?

open access: yesComicalités, 2018
Nekketsu shōnen constitutes one of the most famous and widespread genres of Japanese manga. This genre corresponds to a particular narrative structure rather than a register or setting, allowing it to include fantasy stories as well as realistic ones ...
Frédéric Ducarme
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The End of the World of Values: The Abandonment of the Axiological System in Recent Secondary World Fantasy for Young Readers. Part 2 — The Reduction

open access: yesLiteratura i Kultura Popularna
The present work is the second and final paper in a series that attempts to describe the literary genre convention of secondary world fantasy for young readers in terms of the axiological system that prevails in its most canonical texts and seems to have
Grzegorz Trębicki
doaj   +1 more source

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