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Direct linkLatham, Don – Children's Literature in Education, 2008
In "Skellig," "Kit's Wilderness," and "Clay", David Almond employs various types of intertextuality to enrich his narratives. Through the use of allusion, adaptation, collage, and mise-en-abyme, he encourages his adolescent readers to seek out precursor texts and to consider the interrelationships between these texts and his own. By so doing, he…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Novels, Empowerment, Literary Devices
