Logan Jackson

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  • #238
    lkj
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    Hi, my name is Logan Jackson and I am a senior at UNC. I am originally from Raleigh, NC. I am majoring in Human Development and Family Studies and I want to do nonprofit development. I enjoy reading and I am excited to learn more about fan-fiction regarding some of my favorites books/television/movies like Twilight.

    #255
    Grant Glass
    Keymaster

    Hi Logan,

    Thanks for introducing yourself. I hope things in Raleigh are ok! Did you know that 50 shades started out as a Twilight fan fiction?

    #278
    lkj
    Participant

    I did not know that! That’s very cool. In today’s lecture you mentioned that fanfiction can give voice to those silenced in stories. I was wondering If the Short Life of Bre Taylor (Twilight) would be considered fanfiction or not since Stephanie Meyer wrote both. Thanks!

    #280
    Grant Glass
    Keymaster

    Logan,

    You bring up a very good point! I think what many of your peers have brought up is the intention and motivation of some authors to make more money. Usually this act of giving a voice to the silence is political in nature (the bite as Hutcheon says it), while as the best to my knowledge, the novela doesn’t do it. What is it about? How do you think it fits into what Spivak would call the postcolonial.

    #284
    lkj
    Participant

    Interesting point! I was more concerned about the semantics and less about the motivation. I would think that her motivations were likely financial and not at all political, especially considering it was a published book for sale. If someone else were to write something similar on Wattpad, then that would be fan fiction to my understanding. Thanks for your help!

    #294
    Grant Glass
    Keymaster

    yes you got it! I think that is right! There is a power dynamic at play between the author and the reader/fan fiction writer.

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