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CRITICAL LITERACY TEACHING SERIES: CHALLENGING AUTHORS AND GENRES Volume 8 Series Editor: P. L. Thomas, Furman University, Greenville, USA Editorial Board: Leila Christenbury, Virginia Commonwealth University Sean P. Connors, University of Arkansas Jeanne Gerlach, University of Texas-Arlington Renita Schmidt, Furman University Karen Stein, University of Rhode Island Shirley Steinberg, University of Calgary; Director of Institute of Youth and Community Studies, University of the West of Scotland

This series explores in separate volumes major authors and genres through a critical literacy lens that seeks to offer students opportunities as readers and writers to embrace and act upon their own empowerment. Each volume will challenge authors (along with examining authors that are themselves challenging) and genres as well as challenging norms and assumptions associated with those authors’ works and genres themselves. Further, each volume will confront teachers, students, and scholars by exploring all texts as politically charged mediums of communication. The work of critical educators and scholars will guide each volume, including concerns about silenced voices and texts, marginalized people and perspectives, and normalized ways of being and teaching that ultimately dehumanize students and educators.

Fantasy Literature Challenging Genres

Edited by Mark A. Fabrizi Eastern Connecticut State University, USA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

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Introduction: Challenging Fantasy Literature Mark A. Fabrizi

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Part One: Philosophical Issues 1. In the Shadow of the Status Quo: The Forgotten in The Lord of the Rings and A Song of Ice and Fire Neil McGarry and Daniel Ravipinto

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2. The Wizards Beneath: Finding Plato and Freud in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Tombs of Atuan Nathaniel Gee

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3. You’re a Prince, Harry: The Politics of Oppression and Self-Interest in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series Mark A. Fabrizi

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4. Designing a Course Integrating Critical Pedagogy, Fantasy Literature, and Religious Studies Nathan Fredrickson

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Part Two: Gender, Class, and Privilege 5. Strong Women in Fairy Tales Existed Long Before Frozen: Teaching Gender Studies v