Through the Space and Time of Educational Experiences

Examining the Chronotopic Landscape in New Kid

Authors

  • Holly Sheppard Riesco University of Arkansas
  • Megan Yates Grizzle University of Arkansas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2376-5275.2022.5.2.175-196

Keywords:

Bakhtin, multimodality, critical literacies, graphic novels, intertextuality

Abstract

This paper applies the Bakhtinian theory of chronotope, literally “time-space,” to Jerry Craft’s graphic novel New Kid. We examine the definition of chronotope and explore its role in the ELA classroom, as well as its relation to multimodal texts and critical literacies. We argue that an awareness of chronotopic spaces can guide students as they move through the intertextuality of their everyday spaces that shape aspects of their personal and social identities. We begin by outlining our theoretical framework and conclude with an analysis of chronotope, multimodality, and critical literacies in New Kid.

Author Biographies

Holly Sheppard Riesco, University of Arkansas

HOLLY SHEPPARD RIESCO is currently a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas in the Curriculum and Instruction program in English Education. Prior to entering the doctoral program, she taught secondary ELA for 15 years. Her research interest centers on the valuation of students’ lived literacies through young adult literature, rhetoric, and composition. She has co-authored the book Adolescent Realities: Engaging Students in SEL through Young Adult Literature (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), which offers SEL-focused lessons for middle and high school YA books.

Megan Yates Grizzle, University of Arkansas

MEGAN YATES GRIZZLE is a Ph.D. student in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. She has taught secondary ELA and undergraduate courses in Rhetoric and Composition. She has recently published entries in Language of Literacy Education and is interested in researching young adult literature, rhetoric and composition, and mentoring and coaching teacher interns.

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2022-07-01

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): IMAGE AND TEXT: CRITICAL AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON THE USE OF COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS IN LITERACY INSTRUCTION

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Critical Studies

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