Speculative F(r)ictions
A Youth Restorying Horror and Monstrosity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21650204 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Corbitt (0000-0002-3453-3214, Boston College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 383-405 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Reading Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4111 • E-ISSN: 1554-8430 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1086296x231215778 |
| OpenAlex | W4388911706 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 37 |
This case study examined how a 14-year-old youth and eighth-grade student named Kendra (pseudonym) mobilized restorying to (re)center her experiences in horror fiction. I asked how she conceptualized horror and monstrosity in a 6-week English language arts unit, and how she (re)centered her life experiences within horror fiction through restorying “The Price” by Neil Gaiman. Focusing on two forms of her restorying practices—counter-storytelling and transmedia storytelling—I analyzed how she composed an original, personalized horror story. The findings illustrated how the composition reflected her conceptualizations of monstrosity and subverted problematic horror tropes. I also discussed how her horror story functioned as sociopolitical critique, a (re)interpretation of source material, and a method of composing for audiences
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Pseudonym · Sociology · Storytelling · The arts · Theology · Vampire · Visual arts · Comics and Graphic Narratives · Digital Storytelling and Education · Media Influence and Health · Philosophy
Applied Thematic Analysis
Locating the Semiotic Power of Multimodality
Indigenous Storytelling, Truth-telling, and Community Approaches to Reconciliation
Centering Black Girls’ Literacies
Restorying the Self
Exploring Black Girls’ Subversive Literacies as Acts of Freedom
Can I Get a Witness? Speculative Fiction as Testimony and Counterstory
Black Lives Matter
Restorying With the Ancestors
“I Hesitate but I Do Have Hope”
Why Horror Seduces
Searching for Sycorax
Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education
Remapping the Journey of Lesbian Youth Through Strength and “Truth Telling”
Ontological Metalepsis and Unnatural Narratology
Horror vérité
What Johnny Likes to Read Is Hard to Find in School
Research on Teaching and Teacher Research
Critical race theory
Suspending Damage
Critical Race Methodology
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |