Anadem An Exploration of Queer Representation and Dress in Young Adult (YA) Dystopia

YA fiction has grown in popularity and renown in recent years, becoming a stylised mode of writing in its own right. Divided into a creative and critical focus element, this thesis explores Young Adult (YA) Dystopia’s problematic preference for portraying its ruling classes as queer coded and over-indulgent. Within the creative element I explore how and why a fictional dystopian world order might result in its ruling class adopting a queer sub-community’s modes of existence. As such the creative element of Anadem: An Exploration of Queer Representation and Dress in Young Adult (YA) Dystopia is at its core, a subversive criticism of the sub-genre as a whole. Using The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (New York City: Scholastic, 2008) and Legend by Marie Lu (London: Penguin Random House, 2012) as key source materials, the creative element of Anadem: An Exploration of Queer Representation and Dress in Young Adult (YA) Dystopia uses dress to establish its characters as vehicles for political and personal contention. In the concluding critical element, I evaluate the difficulties and challenges I encountered during the writing process, the way I approached my personal goals for the thesis and consider the methods I applied when describing the clothing and appearance of Anadem’s characters. The concluding critical element acts as a means of self-reflection and examination; allowing for a brief analysis of my creative decisions and reasoning, including a brief introduction to the genre and my personal interest in highlighting YA’s transformative potential as a genre that prioritises coming-of-age, self-discovery narratives.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

ma

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

masters

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Appleton, Briony

• PN Llenyddiaeth (Cyffredinol)
• Z004 Llyfrau. Ysgrifen. Paleograffeg

Dc Identifier Grantnumber

UWTSD

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.uwtsd.ac.uk:1768