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

我的批评-创作项目探索了2009年后年轻人奇幻小说精选中对双性恋的描述。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构建双性恋角色？我的第一个批判性章节研究了成长为魔术的经历和成长为同性恋之间的相似之处，第二个章节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边界的不确定性质如何反映了双性恋青少年的有限存在。我的发现将成为我的YA奇幻小说的灵感来源，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术市场的背景下发现了她的魔法和她的性取向。

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.