'Strange Magic': A Creative and Critical Exploration of Bisexual Representation in Young Adult Fantasy Literature

“奇怪的魔法”：青年奇幻文学中双性恋表征的创造性和批判性探索

• 批准号: 2243682
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2243682
• 关键词: Strange; Magic; Creative; Critical; Exploration

My critical-creative project explores depictions of bisexuality in a selection of post-2009 young adult fantasy novels. My primary critical research question is: how, why and to what ends do these texts employ magic to support their construction of bisexual characters?My first critical chapter investigates the parallels between the experience of "growing up magic" and growing up queer, while the second discusses the magical bisexual body. The final chapter discusses how the indeterminate nature of the borders and boundaries demarcating the magical worlds in these texts reflects the liminal existence of the bisexual teenager.My findings will inform my YA fantasy novel, a fully realised portrayal of bisexuality in which a girl discovers her magic and her sexuality against the backdrop of a mysterious magical market.

我的批判性创作项目探讨了2009年后年轻成人幻想小说中对双性恋的排斥。我主要的批判性研究问题是：这些文本如何、为什么以及为了什么目的使用魔法来支持他们对双性恋角色的构建？我的第一个关键章节调查了“成长魔法”和成长酷儿之间的相似之处，而第二个章节则讨论了神奇的双性恋身体。最后一章讨论了这些文本中划分魔法世界的边界和界限的不确定性如何反映了双性恋青少年的存在。我的发现将为我的YA幻想小说提供信息，这是一部完全实现的双性恋写照，一个女孩在一个神秘的魔法市场的背景下发现了她的魔法和她的性。