Now, a raw emotivism exploiting violence and Eros seems to drive many of YA fiction’s bestselling novels. They’re tough, deadly, and usually emotionally tormented inside.īut (at the risk of dating ourselves) Rowling began writing twenty years ago-a full generation of readers ago. Although the books make sure to include the obligatory smoldering teen romances, our heroines and heroes spend much of their time giving and receiving beatings, and killing bad guys. In the last decade a violent portrait of teenagers has emerged-from The Hunger Games to the Divergent series-in which young people become vicious fighters and killers.
We can see this particularly in the stories found in the genre of Young Adult fiction. The image of teenage life has grown dark and distorted in our modern, Western imagination.
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