Teaching with fandom: Promoting student subject engagement and critical reflection through fan fiction writing.

In a "Fairy Tales Through Pop Culture" literature course, I introduced the practice of internet fan fiction to engage students more fully in the course content. While this sort of creative writing project allows students to understand the transformative storytelling process, it is also a site of ref...

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Publicado en:Transformative Works & Cultures Vol. 46; pp. 1 - 12
Autor principal: Roots, Jaime W.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Organization for Transformative Works - Karen Hellekson 2025
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