Article 1:

Author: Sean P. Connors

Title: Weaving Multimodal Meaning in a Graphic Novel Reading Group

URL: file:///C:/Users/Caroline%20Mukhar/Downloads/Weaving_multimodal_meaning_in_an_after-
s%20(1).pdf

Year Published: 2013

Article 2:

Author: Sean P. Connors and Anna O. Soter

Title: Beyond Relevance to Literacy Merit: Young Adult Literature Literature

URL: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/v37n1/soter.html

Year Published: 2009

Article 3:

Author: Sean P. Connors

Title: Toward a Shared Vocabulary for Visual Analysis: An Analytic Toolkit for Deconstructing the Visual
Design of Graphic Novels

URL: file:///C:/Users/Caroline%20Mukhar/Downloads/Toward_a_shared_vocabulary_for_visual_an.pdf

Year Published: 2012

In Beyond Relevance to Literacy Merit: Young Adult Literature Literature by Sean P. Connors and Anna
O. Soter they both push for young adult literature to be accepted as literature by school teachers. Not
only does this type of literature relate to these adolescents through themes and subjects that are
relevant to them at their current stage of life, but also invites them into an intellectual engagement.
Connors challenges his students by having them define literature in a small group setting and many of
the students struggle because they are unsure of what is considered literature. Students that are not
above average readers typically steer away from reading literature because it reminds them of the types
of books they study in high school. The authors come to the conclusion that young adult novels should
and in their minds certainly do qualify as young adult literature. Young adult literature is capable of
covering the same genres as adult literature and provides thought-provoking topics as well.