CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTIOIN
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Overview 2
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Statement of the Problem 2
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Purpose of the Study 4
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Significance of the Study 4
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Research Question 6
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Limitation and delimitations 6
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Definition of key 7
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE
2.1. Young adult and young adult’s literature 10
2.1.1. Definition 10
2.1.2. What is young adult literature? 11
2.1.3. A Brief history of young adult literature 11
2.1.4. History of young adults’ literature in Iran: 13
2.1.5. Characteristics of young adult literature? 16
2.1.6. Genres of Young Adult Literature 21
2.1.7. Values of Young Adult Literature 22
2.1.8. Translation of young adult’s literature 23
2.1.9. Polysystem theory 25
2.2. Translation of cultural categories 27
2.2.1. Definition of culture 27
2.2.2. The Centrality of Culture in Translation 29
2.2.3. Methods of translating cultural categories in young adult’s
literature 31
2.2.4. Effects of culture on translation 38
2.3. Horror goner 40
2.3.1. Literature of horror 42
2.3.2. Why horror 45
2.3.3. Representation of horror 46
2.3.4. Background of the horror novel 47
2.3.5. Background of horror novels in Iran 48
2.3.6. Effects of horror genre 48
2.3.7. Neglected note 49
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1. Research Method and Approaches 55
3.2. Corpus and Sampling 55
3.3. Instrumentation 56
3.4. Theoretical Framework 56
3.5. Restatement of Research Questions 57
3.6. Data Collection and Data Analysis Procedure 57
3.7. Research Design 58
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1. Background 61
4.2. Ideological breakdowns 62
4.3 Cultural breakdowns 63
4.4. Analysis of “Vampire Diaries” 64
4.4.1. Analysis of “Vampire Diaries” based on polysystem 64
4.4.2. Analysis of breakdowns 65
4.4.3. Ideology breakdowns of “The Awakening” 66
4.4.4. Cultural breakdowns of “The Awakening” 75
4.5. Analysis of Welcome to Dead House 82
4.5.1. Analysis of “Welcome to Dead House” based on polysystem 83
4.5.2. Ideology breakdowns of “Welcome to Dead House” 85
4.5.3. Cultural breakdowns of “Welcome to Dead House” 85
4.6. Summary of Results and Discussions 86
CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION, IMPLICATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
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Conclusion 89
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Restatement of the Research Questions 90
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Recommendations 91
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Suggestions for Further Studies 93
