Violence in Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games Trilogy

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Auteur principal: Wiener, Gary, 19..-
Support: Livre
Langue: Anglais
Publié: Famington Hills, Mich.[etc.] : Greenhaven Press, 2015.
Collection: Social Issues in Literature
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Autres localisations: Voir dans le Sudoc
Résumé: "This series brings together the disciplines of sociology and literature. It looks at a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue that is reflected in it"--
Table des matières:
  • Chapter 1 : Background on Suzanne Collins
  • P.23
  • The life of Suzanne Collins / Authors and Artists for Young Adults
  • P.36
  • Suzanne Collins is something of a mystery / Claire Armistead
  • P.44
  • The last battle : with Mockingjay on its way, Suzanne Collins weighs in on Katniss and the Capitol / Rick Margolis
  • P.53
  • The hunger games changed Suzanne Collins's life / Hillel Italie
  • Chapter 2 : Violence in The Hunger Games Trilogy
  • P.60
  • The hunger games taps into adolescent issues of dating and death / Brian Bethune
  • P.71
  • Violence in The hunger games is a reflection of our own world / Rebecca Keegan
  • P.75
  • Love is the strongest weapon in The hunger games / Mary Borsellino
  • P.86
  • Katniss becomes a killer kid / Lois H. Gresh
  • P.98
  • Indicting violence : a pacifist review of The hunger games trilogy / Marty Troyer
  • P.105
  • Glamour of evil or glimmer of hope? / Patrick O'Hannigan
  • P.110
  • The hunger games distorts the reality of war / Paul K. Chappell
  • P.118
  • Governments perpetrate violence in contemporary fictions / James Warner
  • P.125
  • The Mockingjay revolution is not a just war / Louis Melancon
  • Chapter 3 : Contemporary perspectives on violence
  • P.139
  • Violent teens should not be treated as adults / Sarah Alice Brown
  • P.147
  • There is no correlation between violent movies and societal violence / Robert M. Schwartz
  • P.151
  • Media violence and the Connecticut shootings / James Hirsen
  • P.155
  • Media violence by itself does not cause mass killings / Arline Kaplan
  • P.162
  • Mass shootings by the mentally disturbed can be mitigated / Dennis Grantham
  • P.168
  • Dark and violent books help teens through adolescence / Mary Elizabeth Williams