User:Connorehl/The Giver/Bibliography

Bibliography

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Works Cited

• Avi. "Lois Lowry’s the Giver." Censored Books II. Edited by Nicholas J. Karolides. Scarecrow, Lanham, 2002. Gale Literature Resource Center; Gale, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420119754/LitRC?u=wash43584&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=ac9348bf.
  • Avi argues that those who seek to censor The Giver do so for two reasons. Mainly, they do so in search of control of the content to which children are exposed. Additionally, it may come from a misunderstanding of the book wherein they think Lowry is endorsing concepts which she is in fact criticizing. I could use this review to enhance the discussions on controversies and censorship in this book.
• Bridges, Elizabeth. "Nasty Nazis and Extreme Americans: Cloning, Eugenics, and the Exchange of National Signifiers in Contemporary Science Fiction." Studies in Twentieth and Twenty First Century Literature, vol. 38, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-19.
  • Bridges article discusses the prevalence of references to Nazis and America in German and Anglo-American fiction in stories that deal with eugenics and cloning. She suggests that sameness specifically is a reference to racial planning observing that all members of the community have the same skin colors, and there are even hints to genetic engineering in the eugenic planning of the society. This article will help with the analysis sections and be used to look at academic analyses.
• Campbell, Patty. "The Sand in the Oyster." The Horn Book Magazine, vol. 69, 1993, pp. 717-721. Gale Literature Resource Center; Gale, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420003329/LitRC?u=wash43584&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=85826838.
  • Campbell offers a favorable review of The Giver suggesting that its depiction of a dystopic seemingly functioning family is particularly shocking in comparison to Lowry’s other work. She particularly lauds the gradual reveal, the wonderfully developed community and the ambiguous ending. Since this article is a review from the year  The Giver came out, I can use it to help update the reception section.
• Felder, Deborah G. "Lois Lowry (1937–)." The American Women's Almanac: 500 Years of Making History. Visible Ink Press, Canton, MI, USA, 2020.
  • This article provides biographical information about Lois Lowry. I will use it to check the biographical information available on the page and to consider if there is any additional biographical information about Lois Lowry that fits in with the article and is worth adding.
• Freeman, Evelyn B. "Lois Lowry: A Giver of Books for Children." Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature, vol. 54, no. 4, 2016, pp. 34-37.
  • This article deals with Lowry’s catalog of books. She mentions reasons for controversies with the book and suggests that it may have set the stage for the popularity of the dystopian novel genre. I could use it to add to discussions of controversy and reception later down.
• Gadowski, Robert. "Critical Dystopia for Young People: The Freedom Meme in American Young Adult Dystopian Science Fiction." Edited by Andrzej Wicher, Piotr Spyra, and Joanna Matyjaszczyk. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 2014.
  • Gadowski argues that the control and gene editing of people’s bodies in The Giver, represent the way that bodies can be an extension of state control over people, rather than tools for their own will. To gain freedom, Gadowski suggests the novels posit that the only way to gain freedom is to escape the order of the communities rather than working to change the community from within. This could be added to the analysis section that needs to be included or expanded upon.
• "The Gift of Memory." School Librarian's Workshop, vol. 14, 1994, pp. 8-9.
  • This is a brief review endorsing the book for children in grades 7 through 12. It does not have much depth, but I may use it to add to the reception section.
• Hanson, Carter F. "The Utopian Function of Memory in Lois Lowry's the Giver." Extrapolation, vol. 50, 2009, pp. 45+. Gale Literature Resource Center; Gale, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A204868852/LitRC?u=wash43584&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=7ff89e97.
  • This article focuses on the role of memory in The Giver. I could incorporate this into the analysis section.
• Kyoung-Min, Han, and Yonghwa Lee. "The Philosophical and Ethical Significance of Color in Lois Lowry's the Giver." The Lion and the Unicorn, vol. 42, no. 3, 2018, pp. 338-358. Literature Online, ProQuest Central, Research Library, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/uni.2018.0031.
  • Kyoung-Min and Lee argue that Jonas’s cognitive and moral development are closely tied to the development of his ability to perceive color and specifically, his ability to perceive witness in contrast to his perception of color. I would plan to use this article in my analysis section.
• Lea, Susan G. "Seeing Beyond Sameness: Using the Giver to Challenge Colorblind Ideology." Children's Literature in Education, vol. 37, no. 1, 2006, pp. 51-67, doi:10.1007/s10583-005-9454-2.
  • Lea argues that sameness is an allegory for color-blind ideologies, and that in Lowry’s treatment of sameness, she challenges the validity of color-blindness. Furthermore, she suggests The Giver may productively teach children about race and colorblindness in the classroom. I plan to use this in the analysis section both in a literary analysis paragraph and educational analysis section.
• Lehman, Barbara A., and Patricia R. Crook. "Doubletalk: A Literary Pairing of "the Giver" and "we are all in the Dumps with Jack and Guy."." Children's Literature in Education, vol. 29, no. 2, 1998, pp. 69-78.
  • Lehman and Crook suggest that the books paired above can offer deeper insights to children than reading either alone, and that the use of them together can help to teach the value of literature as such rather than just for pragmatic purposes. I can add this to the education section in analysis.
• Lord, Elyse. "The Giver." Novels for Students. Gale, Detroit, MI. Gale Literature Resource Center; Gale, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420003328/LitRC?u=wash43584&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=b1c6c00f.
  • This is an article review that discusses some of the reasons for censorship of the novel that holds a favorable view of the work. I could use it in the reception section and to add context to the mention of the controversy listed in the intro section.
• Lowry, Lois. "Newbery Medal Acceptance." The Horn Book Magazine, vol. 70, 1994, pp. 414-422. Gale Literature Resource Center; Gale, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420003330/LitRC?u=wash43584&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=cbbbcc4c.
  • This is Lois Lowry’s acceptance speech. I may incorporate it in reception/ awards, but I may leave it out.
• Menexas, Vicky. "Efferent and Aesthetic Stance: Understanding the Definition of Lois Lowry's "the Giver" as Metaphor." Journal of Children's Literature, vol. 23, no. 2, 1997, pp. 34-41.
  • Request submitted, unable to source.
• Narduzzi, Dilia. (Un)Natural Bodies: Reproduction, Disability, Queerness, vol. 72, McMaster UniversityUMI; ProQuest, 2012.
  • I plan to use this in my analysis section, but am waiting on a request for it, currently unavailable.
• Perdigao, Lisa K. "‘Something He could Keep’: The Politics of Change in Postmodern Adolescent Literature." To See the Wizard. Edited by Laurie Ousley. Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007. Gale Literature Resource Center; Gale, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420119755/LitRC?u=wash43584&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=48f274b8.
  • The article argues that Jonas is able to renegotiate, deconstruct, and reconstruct his society through the power. I would potentially include this in the analysis section.
• Triplett, C. C., and John J. Han. "Unmasking the Deception: The Hermeneutic of Suspicion in Lois Lowry’s the Giver." Edited by John J. Han, C. C. Triplett, and Ashley G. Anthony. McFarland & Company Publishing, Jefferson, NC, 2018.
  • Waiting on delivery.
• Wend-Walker, Graeme. "On the Possibility of Elsewhere: A Postsecular Reading of Lois Lowry's Giver Trilogy." Children's Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, 2013, pp. 137-158, doi:10.1353/chq.2013.0025.
  • Wend-Walker argues that Jonas’s journey in the giver represents a refutation of ideological secularism without endorsing religious dogmatism or upholding traditional Western Christian values. That argument counters critiques that The Giver is merely conservative and is instead progressive in the way that it destabilizes the traditional binary in Western thought of the religious and the secular. I plan to use this source to further my analysis section.