Autobiography, Fan Fiction, and Education

Nicola Robertson (Anthology Editor) , Yueling Chen (Anthology Editor) , Nicola Robertson (Contributor) , Yueling Chen (Contributor) , Shone Surendran (Contributor) , Abigail Kirby (Contributor) ,

Autobiography, Fan Fiction, and Education

Nicola Robertson (Anthology Editor) , Yueling Chen (Anthology Editor) , Nicola Robertson (Contributor) , Yueling Chen (Contributor) , Shone Surendran (Contributor) , Abigail Kirby (Contributor) ,

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Description

This book illuminates the relationship between autobiography, fan fiction, and education via philosophical, pedagogical, and formative perspectives.

How might we consider autobiography and fan fiction writing to be educational? How can we harness the potential of fan fiction writing for pedagogical use? How does the practice of creating and consuming fan fiction/autobiographical texts support the formation of identity? This book brings together contributors from across the world to consider the answers to these questions, and more, with the resulting interpretations and perspectives offering something novel in the linking of these three concepts. Separated into three distinct sections, the chapters in this book look first at philosophical perspectives, moving on to pedagogical approaches, and, finally, the role of fan fiction and autobiography in the formation of individual and social identities. The eclectic mix of arguments, methods, and styles aims to provide insights to readers interested in life writing, popular culture and media studies, and those engaged in the multiple sub-disciplines of education studies.

Introduction
Nicola Robertson and Yueling Chen

Part One: Philosophical Considerations

Chapter 1
Autobiographical Writing and Fan Fiction: Pedagogical Reductions and the Hermeneutic Link
Nicola Robertson and Yueling Chen

Chapter 2
Superheroes, Identities and Philosophy: From Fandom to Brandom
Shone Surendran

Part Two: Pedagogical Approaches

Chapter 3
The Author's Note as Autobiography and Meta-Analysis in the Secondary Classroom
Abby Kirby

Chapter 4
The Potential of Fan Fiction for Developing Creative Skills
Jonathan Firth

Chapter 5
Fan Fiction Fanatics: Exploring Educational Applications of Fan Fiction Through Autoethnographic Inquiry
Jessica Wythe

Part Three: Forming Social and Individual Identities

Chapter 6
Becoming someone else: Cosplay as identity formation and solidification
Nicola Robertson

Chapter 7
A palimpsest of belonging: A critical reflection on writing Fan Fiction about Victor Hugo's “Les Miserables”
Sam Greene

Chapter 8
Marginally Fannish: Restorying Imaginations with Intersectional Counternarratives in Fan Podcasts
Parinita Shetty

Chapter 9
The Coming of Age of a Caribbean Intellectual: Black Childhood and Evocations of Political Consciousness in George Lamming's In the Castle of My Skin
Marcelo Jose Cabarcas Ortega

Conclusions, Considerations, Continuations
Nicola Robertson and Yueling Chen

About the Contributors