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A Small Scale Study into the Effect that Text & Background Colour has on Processing and Self-Correction Rates for Childrens’ On-Screen Reading

Today’s children are encountering on-screen books in both formal education and daily recreational pursuits. This Research determines best practices in text and background colour for the design of this material.

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A Clash of Chronotopes: Adult reading of Children’s and Young Adult Literature

In this paper we explore ways in which adults engage children’s and young adult books in primary and secondary schools in relation to Bakhtin’s posited chronotope

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Failure in a Successful Interpretation: The Problem of Visual Literacy in Hablot Knight Browne’s Illustrations for Bleak House

This paper argues that Hablot Knight Browne shifted his illustration method to mirror that of Charles Dickens' own transition into a realist mode of writing.

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From Spoken Narration to Book: Adapting Oral Traditions to Modern Fiction in Native American Writing

How to keep alive some feeling of the long oral traditions in their native languages is an important part of the "project" of contemporary Native American writing.

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Through Thick and Thin: On the Typology and Agency of Literary Journals

This paper develops a typological distinction between ‘thick’ and ‘thin’ literary journals which runs through the content, form and function of these key publishing institutions in the twentieth century.

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The Progression of Digital Publishing: Innovation and the E-volution of E-books

Many e-books are merely an electronic image of a paper product; others broaden the spectrum of publishing. Examining three innovative digital texts demonstrates the potential and challenges of electronic publications.

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Literacy Crisis: A Realist Approach to the Acquisition and Development of Literacy in Primary Education in KwaZulu-Natal

Doctoral research into literacy acquisition and development at the primary school level (Grade 4,5,6) in South African schools, reviews work in progress.

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Using Panels to Shape Visual Storytelling: Organizing Flow in the Graphic Narrative

Exploring the theories and design behind panel and grid layout for the graphic narrative.

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Oral and Written Traditions in the Preservation of the Authenticity of the Qur’an

An examination of The Holy Qur’an and its historical role in transforming human civilisation from an oral to a written tradition.

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The Fate of Reading, Thinking, and Learning in an Electronic Age

This presentation will consider how literary reading practices and educational practices are transformed in the digital environment.

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