Compelling Narratives Aid Students in Reading the Word and the World
Texts that are connected to "real and imagined material and social worlds" (Gee, 2001, p. 716) include the type that many readers have always found appealing: powerfully engaging narratives. Engaging with a compelling narrative is what Morrison (1994) called "radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created" (p. 27). Readers can thus be transformed by their encounters with a story in ways that can alter habits of thinking or living. Consequently, a narrative in the form of a graphic novel can potentially influence students' lives. Reading these powerful narratives gives students a sense of ownership over these texts through their intellectual and emotional engagement with them. ( ...
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